tomstrong92
Junior Member
I switched cars for my system, it was all working perfectly.
I have my amp correctly grounded to the seat bolt in the trunk, no corrosion, etc. I have switched locations 3 times, it's not the ground.
I tested both fuses on the amp ( KDC-8105D ) they are both fine.
My power wire is getting power ( 12V without car on, 14~15 with car on ( only have an analog meter ).
My ground is also getting a good reading.
My remote is as well.
The inline fuse is good.
The power cord is not grounding out anywhere, I have it heat shield tubed in the engine compartment, and it is running through a rubber grommet already existing for my dash wires.
The amp will simply not turn on in the new vehicle, I really don't want to take out my carpet and re-run the wires to the old vehicle to test the amp again.
It is not the remote wire, I even removed it and jumped it from the power terminal.
I have called Sonic, Crutchfield, and Kenwood tech support, none of them can figure it out.
The amp is not screwed down, and is sitting on carpet, it is not grounding to metal.
When I jumped the REM from PWR, the small speaker wire does not spark when it contacts wire-wire, but when it touches the metal wall off the amp frame near the terminal, it sparks. I told this to Crutchfield and they said that the amp metal is supposed to be grounded. I just don't think the amp frame is supposed to be grounded, and that is the only thing I can think of that is causing my amp to not work.
I opened up the amp and looked inside, it looks perfectly fine, nothing burned, nothing loose.
My next move is to test each terminal from the INSIDE or the amp, there are gold metal connectors that run from terminal to the amp motherboard in an L shape, do you think my terminal could be broken?
Kenwood said my amp is probably shorted out on the inside, but I told them what would cause that to happen, it went from the back of a van to the trunk of my car and never was dropped or set down anywhere else. I also have never had the amp bolted to my sub enclosure, so there are no components that have jarred loose inside either. Kenwood says the only course of action is to mail it to Virginia... Sonic said I am 3 months past my 1 year warranty, and to call Kenwood since they can't figure it out, and the amp was not purchased from Crutchfield, only my headunit was, but they helped me anyways.
EDIT: Also forgot to mention, when I jump from PWR to REM, twice the amp red triangle flashed on, the amp has a blue bar light and a red triangle, Kenwood said the red triangle means the amp is under power and working properly, the blue bar light means there is a signal from REM and it is on. The tech guy could not explain this phenomenon.
I have my amp correctly grounded to the seat bolt in the trunk, no corrosion, etc. I have switched locations 3 times, it's not the ground.
I tested both fuses on the amp ( KDC-8105D ) they are both fine.
My power wire is getting power ( 12V without car on, 14~15 with car on ( only have an analog meter ).
My ground is also getting a good reading.
My remote is as well.
The inline fuse is good.
The power cord is not grounding out anywhere, I have it heat shield tubed in the engine compartment, and it is running through a rubber grommet already existing for my dash wires.
The amp will simply not turn on in the new vehicle, I really don't want to take out my carpet and re-run the wires to the old vehicle to test the amp again.
It is not the remote wire, I even removed it and jumped it from the power terminal.
I have called Sonic, Crutchfield, and Kenwood tech support, none of them can figure it out.
The amp is not screwed down, and is sitting on carpet, it is not grounding to metal.
When I jumped the REM from PWR, the small speaker wire does not spark when it contacts wire-wire, but when it touches the metal wall off the amp frame near the terminal, it sparks. I told this to Crutchfield and they said that the amp metal is supposed to be grounded. I just don't think the amp frame is supposed to be grounded, and that is the only thing I can think of that is causing my amp to not work.
I opened up the amp and looked inside, it looks perfectly fine, nothing burned, nothing loose.
My next move is to test each terminal from the INSIDE or the amp, there are gold metal connectors that run from terminal to the amp motherboard in an L shape, do you think my terminal could be broken?
Kenwood said my amp is probably shorted out on the inside, but I told them what would cause that to happen, it went from the back of a van to the trunk of my car and never was dropped or set down anywhere else. I also have never had the amp bolted to my sub enclosure, so there are no components that have jarred loose inside either. Kenwood says the only course of action is to mail it to Virginia... Sonic said I am 3 months past my 1 year warranty, and to call Kenwood since they can't figure it out, and the amp was not purchased from Crutchfield, only my headunit was, but they helped me anyways.
EDIT: Also forgot to mention, when I jump from PWR to REM, twice the amp red triangle flashed on, the amp has a blue bar light and a red triangle, Kenwood said the red triangle means the amp is under power and working properly, the blue bar light means there is a signal from REM and it is on. The tech guy could not explain this phenomenon.