Alpine 9887 / imprint error -3 "fl speaker no detect"

[srch4aresn 10+ year member]

head unit : 9887

fronts : hertz hsk 165

rears : jl c2-650

sub : dc lvl 4 15

mids amp : sundown 100.4

bass amp : sundown 1500

laptop being used : asus eee notebook

have all my speakers up and running properly. ordered a used imprint that came without the cd. found the software on the internet (version 2.1 i believe) and got it up and running.

got everything ready for testing, start the measurements. it gets about 15% when i hear the "bweep bweep bweep bweep..." and 5 seconds later i get "error code -3" which according to the manual is "FL SPEAKER NO DETECT"

anyone have any idea on what the hell is the problem? im thinking its the mic not picking up sounds but im hoping its not that.

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[srch4aresn 10+ year member]

doing a windows update and going to manually check all required programs are installed on the laptop. hopefully this has something to do with the problem but my computers are usually up to date

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

Turn your sub stage off and try again.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

FL --front left?

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

FL --front left?

Yes

 

[srch4aresn 10+ year member]

forgot to mention the sub stage was off. i had the mic on a tripod and had the cable running outside the car with the laptop on the roof. the laptop had the update icon next to the shutoff button which is now on 9 of 11 updates and hopefully it took care of the requirements for this software

thanks for the quick responses!

 

[srch4aresn 10+ year member]

hah... of course! service pack 2 is required but not available for windows 7. beautiful

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

hah... of course! service pack 2 is required but not available for windows 7. beautiful

Right click the software and run it as admin and run it in compatibility mode with XP Service Pack 3.

 

[srch4aresn 10+ year member]

tried xp service pack 2 and 3, also vista service pack 2.

this thing has about an hour or two of my time left before it gets sold

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

tried xp service pack 2 and 3, also vista service pack 2.
this thing has about an hour or two of my time left before it gets sold

I ran mine off of Win7 without issues. Do you have User Account Control turned off?

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

tried xp service pack 2 and 3, also vista service pack 2.
this thing has about an hour or two of my time left before it gets sold

I ran mine off of Win7 without issues. Do you have User Account Control turned off?

 

[srch4aresn 10+ year member]

I have full control of everything. it's my laptop and mine only. only thing I can think of is it's windows 7 starter. you can't even change the desktop background on this f'in thing. I'm gonna try it on an old hp laptop and hope for the best

 

[srch4aresn 10+ year member]

hp laptop, windows vista service pack 2, still same error. selling this ****

 

[srch4aresn 10+ year member]

think im going to look for a microphone first. ive wanted this setup for a while

 

[whitedragon551 5,000+ posts]

hp laptop, windows vista service pack 2, still same error. selling this ****

Why not call Alpine tech support?