Fader Issues?

[summerspop]

After hooking up an amp and cd player in my car, i tested it out and noticed it sounded like a set of tweeters playing in a coffee can. When I fade to just any one speaker, that speaker sounds fine but the other side speaker is still playing but not as loud.

From the amp, I ran a 9 conductor cable that is wired and I have checke those connections 3 times and everything is wired correctly there.

Anyone have any ideas? The equipment had been working just fine in my last car up until it was taken out last Friday.

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[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Out of phase. Check the speaker polarities. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[summerspop]

I checked that first. The 9 conducter cable is color coded the same as the wire harness.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

What is this 9 conductor cable? Do you nave a link or pic?

 

[summerspop]

This is the cable.

http://theinstallbay.com/product_individual.php?id=746

It goes from the amp speaker outs to the factory harness behind the deck.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

This is the cable.
http://theinstallbay.com/product_individual.php?id=746

It goes from the amp speaker outs to the factory harness behind the deck.

Why would you have a wire going from the amp speaker out to the HU? The amp speaker out should only go to a speaker.

 

[summerspop]

It doesn't go to the headunit, it goes to the factory harness that sends it over the factory wiring. It keeps you from running seperate speaker wires to your doors and deck.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Are all 9 conductors different colors or something? It seems like it would be easy to fix up some of those wires. Maybe you have some of them crossed up.

 

[summerspop]

That's what I thought would be the problem but they use the common wiring colors of the purple, grey, white and green.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

That's what I thought would be the problem but they use the common wiring colors of the purple, grey, white and green.

And your sure that all of the polarities are correct between all 8 connectors?

 

[summerspop]

I disconnected the 9 cable and took a 4x6 speaker and tested each channel of the amp right at the amp and got the same results. So I am guessing it is the head unit? Since I am fading the headunit all the way to the front left speaker but am getting some sound out of the right front and vice versa.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

Sounds like it to me.