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<blockquote data-quote="Frankensuby" data-source="post: 3480961" data-attributes="member: 569869">To be honest, I&#039;m very confused at how it went staticy, it has to be something with the system somewhere in your car. Maybe just a weird wire somewhere. You definitely heard it before it was taken out, and I did it in your presence, so the amp isn&#039;t bad.&nbsp; How are your gains set?&nbsp; DMM?I was running the front speakers at 85 RMS DMM and the rears at roughly 110-120 RMS DMM.&nbsp; Another thing I can say is that when you are tuning these Xenon amps, they are VERY touchy at the gain knob.&nbsp; It&#039;s been too long since I tuned the amp, but I remember the DMM went crazy at about 75% of the gain knob adjusted.&nbsp; What I mean by that is when you are ajusting the gain upward...them DMM barely responds to output until nearly 75% of the knobs turn, and then it shoots up like crazy.&nbsp; So if you aren&#039;t careful with the knob, you could be pushing more or less power to your speakers than you intended.Did you listen to the speakers before touching my adjustments just to hear them?&nbsp; Like I said, I had roughly 85 RMS to the front, and 110 or so to the rear, so your speakers shoudl have been fine on that for a test listen.&nbsp; That would be helpful as a grounds to figure out from.&nbsp; The amp was perfect sounding at that point.Also, when you installed, I hope you definitely made sure to have the battery disconnected, or made sure your pre-outs were NOT in the amp when you connected the live power wire.&nbsp; I toasted a set of pre-outs on my current deck (Best Buy fixed for free FTW) when I was tuning my sub stage amp (An older Bazooka,and I din&#039;t have any of my Xenon stuff at the time).&nbsp; I had CRAZY static when the car was off, and then static plus engine whine when the car was on.&nbsp; Pioneers have a &#039;safety&#039; ground wire inside their headunits, basically from what I am told, it is a thin fused wire connected to all 3 pre-outs, and when one pre-out goes, all are affected.Just trying to help //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frankensuby, post: 3480961, member: 569869"] To be honest, I'm very confused at how it went staticy, it has to be something with the system somewhere in your car. Maybe just a weird wire somewhere. You definitely heard it before it was taken out, and I did it in your presence, so the amp isn't bad. How are your gains set? DMM? I was running the front speakers at 85 RMS DMM and the rears at roughly 110-120 RMS DMM. Another thing I can say is that when you are tuning these Xenon amps, they are VERY touchy at the gain knob. It's been too long since I tuned the amp, but I remember the DMM went crazy at about 75% of the gain knob adjusted. What I mean by that is when you are ajusting the gain upward...them DMM barely responds to output until nearly 75% of the knobs turn, and then it shoots up like crazy. So if you aren't careful with the knob, you could be pushing more or less power to your speakers than you intended. Did you listen to the speakers before touching my adjustments just to hear them? Like I said, I had roughly 85 RMS to the front, and 110 or so to the rear, so your speakers shoudl have been fine on that for a test listen. That would be helpful as a grounds to figure out from. The amp was perfect sounding at that point. Also, when you installed, I hope you definitely made sure to have the battery disconnected, or made sure your pre-outs were NOT in the amp when you connected the live power wire. I toasted a set of pre-outs on my current deck (Best Buy fixed for free FTW) when I was tuning my sub stage amp (An older Bazooka,and I din't have any of my Xenon stuff at the time). I had CRAZY static when the car was off, and then static plus engine whine when the car was on. Pioneers have a 'safety' ground wire inside their headunits, basically from what I am told, it is a thin fused wire connected to all 3 pre-outs, and when one pre-out goes, all are affected. Just trying to help [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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