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Originally Posted by etherdude
Yeah I know all of this. I was the OP for that thread.
My question was whether one "could" get the amp to work. The DC power plug does not go through the radio and should work, and the speaker input/output is the same. The issue is the line to "turn the amp on" (I think). Could it somehow be hooked to a switch? Is it just a +12V signal? If so, hooking it to a switched circuit off of the ignition ought to do the job. Maybe off the 12V plug in the center console? One could hook up an "amp on" switch?
Keep in mind that there is no way the speakers could have worked as delivered because the amp fuse was pulled by the installer (at the port I think) before we got our cars. Toyota just failed to install the speaker loopback connectors which was a 30 second job once we knew what to do.
Doug
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Mine was all plugged in properly so the door speakers did indeed "work". If you want to call the noise coming out of them as "working" that is.
I like to set the sound more to the rear but it appears that the door speakers are directly wired into the dash lines so if I fade to the rear then they disappear completely. Since the phone only works through the door speakers I have to crank the volume to 30 and even then can hardly hear what is being said. My 14 with the old head unit that uses the amp had none of these concerns and actually sounded pretty good.
This is my only disappointment with this car since I had better sound out of the single paper cone dash mounted speaker and AM radio in my 58 Chevy!
Maybe there is a way to repin the connectors?