amp not turning on ???

[daicacharco 10+ year member]

alright i have the remote wire tapped onto the ciggarite thing

got the power wire running through the car on the + terminal of the battery

and the ground wire to the chasis under the spare tire. ..

am i doing anything wrong ?

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[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

your remote wire should be connected to a wire off the back of the head unit? and if thats not possible, a switch connected directly to your battery. Your ground must be on a clean, unpainted metal surface. Be sure your inline fuse isn't blown if you have one.

Grinder

 

[blackbonnie 5,000+ posts]

is your remote wire getting power? bad ground? bad connections overall?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

yes you did everything wrong, thats why the amps not turning on

1: change the remote wire to a PROPER 12V switched source

2: change your ground from where ever you put it under the "spair"

 

[daicacharco 10+ year member]

did everything you guys said.

replaced the ground wire and ran the remote wire directly to the 12v

then i tapped it into navi and it still doesnt work =X

can it be the amp ? i just replaced both fuses also.

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

please give me information on your setup so we can help you. headunit, amp, subs, car etc.

 

[daicacharco 10+ year member]

2006 Acura TSX w/ navi

Stock head unit

Alpine MRV F540

CDT components

Alpine MRP M850

2 12w6v2

i tapped the remote wire to one of my ignition wires.

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

did you change your ground location?

 

[daicacharco 10+ year member]

before i put it on a new location i sanded it down and cleaned it and made sure it was on good.

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

could just be a defective amp but thats unlikely.....try the amp in someone else's car and if it works, You have a wiring problem.

 

[daicacharco 10+ year member]

i bought the amp used from one of the members on this forum. i believe its the amp. my other amp works correctly.

 

[Bloodstalker999 10+ year member]

Kinda stupid question but does your car still start? I ask because when you wired the remote wire to the cigarette plug it could have drained your battery. The remote wire tells the amp when to turn on, so when you had it hooked up to a non switchable source it could have powered the amp and drained the battery.

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

Take it to a shop....you probably got screwed on it

 

[daicacharco 10+ year member]

Take it to a shop....you probably got screwed on it

my other amp works fine.

also my car turns on.

i was just driving it to go buy some fuses because i thought that was the problem.

seller didnt respond so i wrote a dispute on him with paypal.com

 

[Grinder1989 5,000+ posts]

so then its your amp.