Stereo question after installing an amp?

[ctoolman]

so i added an amp to my boat stereo,now when i power on the head unit there is a pop sound in the speakers,it works great and everything,just this weird pop on power up?

any clue what causes this?

[Glen E]

Just everything energizing...normal...keep the vol down at start

[ctoolman]

thanks...

[lknTP17]

Most of the time this is caused by people who signal their amps to turn on via a switch and not through the amp turn on wire of the headunit. You can still use an external switch, just have it feed a relay which feeds the switch. You could get away with just feeding directly to the switch but putting in a relay only ads about 5 minutes of time and you won't ever have to worry with it.

[ctoolman]

head unit signals the amp...no switch here...