Install help · RGB+W system

Installing RGB+W lights

Colour plus a dedicated white channel. Covers Axion RGB+W rock lights, Rhino 3.0 RGB+W whips, RGB+W strip.

Your install in 5 steps Tap a step to jump to it

01 PrepRead before you wire
02 App settingsConnect and enter the settings
03 Install guidesPDFs and videos for your lights
04 Add-onsTurn signals, switches and more
05 HelpTroubleshooting and who to call

Not RGB+W? RGB RhinoLink Switched 12V

01Prep

Read this before you wire.

For RGB+W lights

Mount Axion rock lights on solid metal only. On the highest brightness they get hot during long use.
Axion lights daisy-chain: controller to the first light, then each light's output to the next light's input.
Add a jumper wire (supplied in multi-light kits) between the 3rd and 4th light, and at the end of every row. Run its red and black to your switch, never straight to the battery.
Where you jump power mid-chain, keep the yellow data wire unbroken from one light to the next. Snip and cap the old red and black.
RGB and RGB+W lights cannot share the standard Bluetooth controller. To run RGB lights and Axion rock lights together, in sync, use RhinoLink: see the RhinoLink guide.

6 rules for every install

Wire the controller through a switchWired straight to the battery it draws power all the time and drains it.
Keep the controller away from heatNot near the engine or exhaust. The housing survives the heat; the electronics inside do not.
Never plug or unplug with the power onThe surge can damage the lights. That counts as install damage and is not covered.
12 volts onlyMore than 12V damages the lights and voids the warranty.
Test before you secure anythingLay everything out, power it up and check it all works before you run and tie down wire.
No bare wires touchingCheck every connection before power goes on, and use waterproof connections.

Next step 02 App settings

02App settings

Set the controller for RGB+W.

Your Bluetooth controller runs on the LED Chord app. If the colours are wrong or only some LEDs light, these settings are almost always the reason.

1 · Get the app and connect

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You must be connected to the controller before the app can read or change its settings.

Controller toggle switched off: not connected — Toggle grey: not connected

Controller toggle switched on: connected — Toggle yellow: connected, ready to set

How to use the app

2 · Enter these settings

Colour order: RGB
LED driver: TM1814

TM1814, not SK6812_RGBW. They sit next to each other in the list and are easy to mix up.

LED Chord settings showing colour order RGB and driver TM1814

Correct RGB+W settings. Example: 10 segments × 16 pixels = 160.

3 · Segments

Set segments by the product with the most LEDs on the controller. Pixels per segment is 16. The app works out the total. Example: 4 ft whips and rock lights = 10 segments.