That was my first post over here, and I didn't have the settings right yet to have it email me when I got responses. I've been searching the net ever since I made that post, which led me back here, only to see that there has been a TON of responses! Thanks guys.

Also, I just realized that I likely posted this in the wrong place, and should have put it in the audio section. Sorry about that.

So, I'm still very confused here. The more I learn this afternoon, the worse it seems.

So, let me re-cap, and let me put in what I've taken from the conversation, and then maybe see if I'm reading it all wrong, and am, in fact a moron.

Ok, so, the ground to the ash tray that I have set up now is no good. I'm going to need to also take that ashtray out in order to see the other wires that I'm missing now, specifically, the blue wire for the antenna power.

As it stands now, I have a huge marine cable run from the battery to the trunk and connected to an amplifier and two 10 inch Jenson subs. I have a ground coming from that amp and going to one of the bolts that holds up the carpeted wall between the gas tank and the trunk. I neglected to run the wire from the amp to the new wiring harness that tells the amp not to power on unless the car is on (the remote, I believe it's called).

However, my concern on that blue wire is that I think that the antenna is supposed to be wired to that so that it extends on powerup. Am I supposed to splice the remote for the amp and the antenna together with the blue remote from the head unit??

Right now I have the brown wired as constant power, but I believe now that it is a ground. If I am using the ground from the current new wiring harness, can I disregard the original factory brown ground?

It appears I'm also going to need constant power as well. I think the best way is to run a wire directly to the battery. This is no big deal, as I already have pretty easy access through the firewall, as I haven't sealed it back up yet from running power to the amp. I guess my only concern there is how do I get a clean addition to the battery with a small wire like that? I don't really know what I should splice it into.

I also realize that this all may be easier for me to grasp once I'm back at home looking right at the whole thing, as opposed to working off of photos and memory.