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Acc power at ANC?

jmorrow25

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Hey,

I have a 2020 quad cab with 8.4 uconnect and base 6 speaker sound system. I am adding a couple of subs and amp to it and was wondering if there is an accessory power wire at the ANC? Or if anyone has a wiring diagram of wires at the anc, that would be even better. From reading around here and other places, all the speaker wires, mics, power and ground are there, but i was looking for a wire i could use as a remote turn-on for the amplifier. I have 9 conductor cable I'm running back from the anc location to the amplifier that will cover the high level inputs for the amp plus the remote lead. If here is nothing there i can use, i will need to bring an acceptable accessory power wire there from somewhere else. But if there is already something there i can use, would save me a good bit of trouble. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
 

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Update:

Since nobody here was able/willing to provide assistance, i pulled out my meter and dug into it myself. No acc power is available at the anc. Only constant +12v/ground.

Ended up changing my plans a little as well. Couldn't confirm whether or not there is any bass roll-off with the factory stereo, so i decided to go with a "bass enhancing" active LOC. Was going to go with the audiocontrol lc2i, but due to the fixed 33hz subsonic filter on the lc2i i decided to go with a different brand. I ended up settling on a brand I've never heard of. Hope it wasn't a mistake. I purchased a gravity gr-dbe. It was very cheap at $45 which makes me a little nervous about performance/reliability, but i guess only time will tell. Curiously, the unit is almost identical to the lc2i. They even use the same exact detachable connector blocks, so if this unit is trash, i can just unplug the connectors and plug them right back in to an lc2i.

Anyway, trying to do a little bit at a time as I'm able to after work. No big rush for me at the moment as I'm becoming increasingly convinced that i won't receive the sub box i ordered from fox acoustics a month ago until next year. So i still havent hooked power up to the unit. Plan to use the power wires for the anc. Also still have to get acc power to the unit and run rcas to the rear. Just wanted to include a couple of pictures for reference. Used bch3 anc bypass harness from idatalink and tapped the rear speakers from the harness for the high level input to the LOC. Bypass harness is small enough that you can tuck it under the carpet after installation to keep everything looking clean. Unfortunately it doesn't provide power/ground tails so I'll be tapping the factory harness for those. I also completely removed the anc module and mounted the LOC in its place. It is the exact same height, and almost the same width, as the anc so there aren't any clearance issues.
 

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Wish you the best in your quest and wish I understood the set up.
 

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Made some more progress if anyone was curious. Couldn't find a great location for a sub amp other than the back wall of the cab. Made a custom abs panel to mount the amp on. Now the only thing I'm waiting on is the enclosure from fox acoustics.
 

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Also, out of curiosity, anyone know what this connector is for? I assume it's so feature that my truck doesn't have...
 

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