??any ideas??

[akheathen Premium Member]

make sure you don't have the channels crossed. if you have the negative of one voice coil on one channel and the positive on another, you are basically bridging one coil, and making the other fight with the amp circuits. that amp is basically 2 synced into push-pull (basically one side drives negative, and the other side drives positive, with the other 2 as basic "neutral" long story short- the amp is most likely just shot, and not worth the price to fix it, but since it still quasi-operates, try using 1 channel at a time (disconnect both the speakerwire and rca off one side at a time) another possibility is that the sub is blown. if you have an ohm meter, i would check that first. about the blue wire- the standard on aftermarket decks is, solid blue is remote turn on output (your amp) and blue/white is radio antenna, so it only turns on with the radio

 

[ostromk45]

make sure you don't have the channels crossed. if you have the negative of one voice coil on one channel and the positive on another, you are basically bridging one coil, and making the other fight with the amp circuits. that amp is basically 2 synced into push-pull (basically one side drives negative, and the other side drives positive, with the other 2 as basic "neutral" long story short- the amp is most likely just shot, and not worth the price to fix it, but since it still quasi-operates, try using 1 channel at a time (disconnect both the speakerwire and rca off one side at a time) another possibility is that the sub is blown. if you have an ohm meter, i would check that first. about the blue wire- the standard on aftermarket decks is, solid blue is remote turn on output (your amp) and blue/white is radio antenna, so it only turns on with the radio

the amp is brand new and the sub is not blown I made sure I did not cross anything. I thought the blue and white wire is the one you want to hook your remote wire to.

 

[ostromk45]

I know I am a bit of an annoying noob but can any one help

 

[akheathen Premium Member]

yah, if the amp is brand new, return it with the 20amp fuses as doa........ if you paid a god amount for it i'm sure you can pick up a good brand 2nd hand amp that will actually put out some real power...... or at least get another working amp.

 

[ostromk45]

ok for the second time I can not do that and that is not answering my question about the blue wires.

 

[iLL Ridge 10+ year member]

If you've got that amp bridged more than likely the ohm load to it is too low for the amp to handle with any volume. Try and wire up your speakers for a higher, i.e. 4ohm load.

As for the wires, do you have a dmm? You could wire the remote to the fuse box accessory or stereo fuse if all else fails. Amp will turn on when you turn on the accessories in your car.