Do i need a new amp? One side of car speakers working HELPP

[FirebirdNation]

I have two JBL gt5-10d's hooked onto a JBL Grand Touring Series GTO1201.1 II. Only one side of my car speakers work(passengers) the subs both work. I checked my head unit balance settings and I made sure the wiring harness was connected correctly and it was. Before this amp it worked. But when it got installed the driver side speakers stopped working. The amp gets to hot, to touch after about 20 min or 15 min of booming. Do I need a new amp? If so I was looking at a soundstream p1.600d because i do not want to spend over $100 and I don't want competition style system, just something to bang.

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[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

If your amp is working and heating up the settings or wiring is suspect. If your running your speakers off the head unit then they are unrelated. Unless you are using a factory head unit with a line output converter. More info please. Gto is much better than the soundstream

 

[FirebirdNation]

Sorry about that, I have a JVC KD-R330 head unit. Before this amp I tried out a crappy Pyramid and my speakers worked but subs didnt so I received that JBL from my friend and after he hooked it up (he is a audio technician) The subs were great, slammin but no driver side speakers...Wiring harness is matched color coded and everything... (Speakers are connected to amp through RCAs)

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

It sounds like the head unit or wiring to the speakers. Something could have been disturbed during the installation. Did they work at all after the installation? If not something definately got bumped or accidentally unhooked

 

[FirebirdNation]

No they didn't work after the install. Do you have any suggestions on what/where to check?

 

[Spike243 10+ year member]

Have you tried switching the L/R RCA's to see if the problem switches sides?

 

[FirebirdNation]

......Lol actually I haven't. But it's colored coded red and white so I didn't think it would matter.

 

[Spike243 10+ year member]

......Lol actually I haven't. But it's colored coded red and white so I didn't think it would matter.

Switching the red and white RCA's could determine if there is a problem with the RCA's or head unit rather than the amp. If you swap rcas and then your passenger side speaker stops working and the drivers side starts working then the problem isn't in the amp.

 

[Spike243 10+ year member]

......Lol actually I haven't. But it's colored coded red and white so I didn't think it would matter.

Wait are your speakers being ran off of the head unit or an amp?

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

Check the rear speakers if they are in the rear deck. Did the head unit get installed at the same time or was it existing?

 

[FirebirdNation]

The amp. when he was adjusting the amp setting my speakers were changing too.

 

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Head unit was already in. I have a 2001 Firebird.

 

[FirebirdNation]

Do i need new wires probably?

 

[garychoffmann 10+ year member]

That's odd. Is it a factory amplified system? Did he run rca's from the head unit back to the amp?

 

[Spike243 10+ year member]

The amp. when he was adjusting the amp setting my speakers were changing too. 

---------- Post added at 11:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:43 PM ----------

 

Head unit was already in. I have a 2001 Firebird.

You're running your door speakers off of the GTO1201.1 II?

 

[FirebirdNation]

Yea RCA from the front to the back. Idk what's going on lol

And yes I am running door speakers off the amp.