Amp question

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

What does it mean when my amp cuts out and the offset light comes on?

amp is in my sig

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[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Offset light? Whassat?

 

[soul05 10+ year member]

maybe its going to xplod

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

thanks for allyour great help.............another person who feels because itsnot super expensive itsno good at all!

 

[soul05 10+ year member]

i have a profile amp...but it sure is hell better than your sony

if u tell us what a offset light is..maybe you will get more help.

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

I dont beleive I asked you to critique my amp ..........I just asked a question If youdont have the answer then STFU and dont post.

 

[Safe-N-Sound215 10+ year member]

i have a profile amp...but it sure is hell better than your sony
if u tell us what a offset light is..maybe you will get more help.

Do you mean the protection light? And just try to give some more details before getting sh*tty with people.

I've tried it before and trust me it works

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

There are 3 ligths on my amp

Power

Offest

Thermal

I just found this at crutchfield.com

DC Offset: Turns the amp off whena DCcurrent is generated

this isfor a different sony model but should be the same.

Now what does this mean?

 

[Safe-N-Sound215 10+ year member]

There are 3 ligths on my amp Power

Offest

Thermal

I just found this at crutchfield.com

DC Offset: Turns the amp off whena DCcurrent is generated

this isfor a different sony model but should be the same.

Now what does this mean?

Gimme a second. brb

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

thanks for allyour great help.............another person who feels because itsnot super expensive itsno good at all!

All of us here have felt the pain of trying to build a system on a tight budget, friend. Don't get your panties in a bunch. If you have seen more than a few of my posts around the forum I continually advocate people in a money crunch look into Profile's amps. They are far from super-expensive but I will continue to suggest them to those needing amplification on a budget as in my own personal experience they are reliable, decent-sounding amps.

I make no judgements on pricing, fella. You get what you can afford to get.

So - back to my original response....

Offset light? Whassat? I have not heard of that, don't know what it is, and cannot make a suggestion on something I am completely ignorant of. Care to enlighten me so that maybe I can help you get your equipment issue resolved?

Edit: You've provided that info. Thank you. Now let me see what I can find in the way of a solution to the problem. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

Do you mean the protection light? And just try to give some more details before getting sh*tty with people.I've tried it before and trust me it works

My question was fine as I was asking what it means when the offset ligth comes on if I knew what it was I would ahve known why it came on.

 

[Colt9699 10+ year member]

All of us here have felt the pain of trying to build a system on a tight budget, friend. Don't get your panties in a bunch. If you have seen more than a few of my posts around the forum I continually advocate people in a money crunch look into Profile's amps. They are far from super-expensive but I will continue to suggest them to those needing amplification on a budget as in my own personal experience they are reliable, decent-sounding amps.
I make no judgements on pricing, fella. You get what you can afford to get.

So - back to my original response....

Offset light? Whassat? I have not heard of that, don't know what it is, and cannot make a suggestion on something I am completely ignorant of. Care to enlighten me so that maybe I can help you get your equipment issue resolved?

Edit: You've provided that info. Thank you. Now let me see what I can find in the way of a solution to the problem. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Sorry just been one of "those" days.

Lookin my post above yours I explain what i found out.

edit: I see you editted sorry

 

[Safe-N-Sound215 10+ year member]

This should help found it on this website about sony amps

http://www.teamrocs.com/reviews/amplifiers/XM2252HX.htm

These bicolor LED's will go from green to amber to indicate a problem with your setup. They are labeled "Over Current" (you are driving too low of an impedance load or the speaker leads are shorted directly), "Offset" (the amp is generating DC current - you probably have a ground loop somewhere, check the amp mounting screws for grounding, and your power / ground connections), and "Thermal" (overheating).//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[soul05 10+ year member]

i never critiqued your amp. it was just a play on words...if you feel offended by it, then i apologize. as you can see, not many people know of this offset light, so your original post posted a vague problem to us. after searching through google, i found this for you, dont know if it will help you, but it seems to be a common problem within sony amps.

One common thing people seem to have problems with is the amplifier shutting down due to an "Offset" error (indicated by the "Offset" status LED glowing amber, see Figure 1b above). Almost 99% of the time, this is because the case of the amplifier is grounding through the mounting screws to the car chassis, or some other piece of metal below it. This creates a ground loop and the amplifier's protection circuitry seems to be sensitive to this scenario. I *highly* recommend mounting this amplifier on a board, then attaching the board to the car floor / mounting point separately. Make sure you don't drill into a gas tank or anything. Using rubber grommets in the amplifier mounting holes for the screws can help also, but is not always reliable. If this is not the problem (you already have the amplifier on a board/etc), then check your power and ground connections, make sure all connections are tight, and that your speaker terminals / leads are not grounding to the chassis either. Also always ground all amplifiers to the same point on the car chassis.

 

[soul05 10+ year member]

This should help found it on this website about sony ampshttp://www.teamrocs.com/reviews/amplifiers/XM2252HX.htm

These bicolor LED's will go from green to amber to indicate a problem with your setup. They are labeled "Over Current" (you are driving too low of an impedance load or the speaker leads are shorted directly), "Offset" (the amp is generating DC current - you probably have a ground loop somewhere, check the amp mounting screws for grounding, and your power / ground connections), and "Thermal" (overheating). If all the lights are green, you are ready to ROC!

lol beat me to it argh