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<blockquote data-quote="Zavenoa" data-source="post: 8099150" data-attributes="member: 654283"><p>The power and remote wires are only close to the RCAs and Speaker wires under the seat. The RCAs and speaker wires are run along the sides of the car (Sub RCA on driver side, speaker RCA on Passenger) and the power and remote wires are run under the carpet through the center console. Eventually, they won't be anywhere near each other, but I want to get this amp issue fixed first.</p><p></p><p>I now know that the amp is not going into protect mode, the issue is somewhere else. I don't think it's the ground either. I took it to Best Buy and had one of the guys at the install bay there take a look at my ground wires and he said they looked fine. I didn't think that was the issue anyway. If it was, the issue with the power wouldn't be so random.</p><p></p><p>For example, today I drove 2 miles to pick up a Pizza, the amp was working fine on the way there. I turned my car off, went in and picked up the Pizza, and when I came back out and turned my car on the amp turned on and immediately turned back off. I drove back home, ate, and then got back in my car and drove to Best Buy (also 2 miles, right next to the Pizza place) and the amp was working just fine. On the way back, same issue, amp turned on and then turned right back off. When I got home I went out to take pictures of what the lights look like and now it's working just fine again. Here are pictures of the lights to give a better idea.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">Car/Amp is Off:</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]26542391[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">When I turn the car on the Amp first goes into Protect mode:</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]26542393[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">After a couple of seconds, the Amp switches from Protect mode to Power:</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]26542392[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">Proper Sequence:______________Protect Mode Sequence:______My Sequence when Not Working:</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]26542391[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . [ATTACH]26542391[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH]26542391[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]26542393[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . [ATTACH]26542393[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH]26542393[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]26542392[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . [ATTACH]26542392[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH]26542392[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[ATTACH]26542393[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH]26542391[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>If the amp were going into Protect mode, when I started the car the red LED would light up, then after a couple seconds the red LED would turn off and the blue LED would light up, but quickly switch back to the red LED, which would remain lit. The issue I'm having causes the lights to turn off all together after cycling from Protect to Power like it normally should.</p><p></p><p>I'm sick of dealing with this, I think most of my problem is this amp. In defense of AudioPipe I'm a moron and twice I cross-wired the power and ground, which probably fried the thing. I thought it was fine because it seemed to be working fine at first, but now I'm thinking I probably did some serious damage to it. I'm going to replace my Distribution Block first to see if that is the problem, because it took a beating when I cross-wired the amp. I'm going to open the amp up and see if there is any visible damage.</p><p></p><p>The Pioneer amp I bought has worked great for me, so I think I'm going to go with another one of those, maybe the GM-D9601. If I were willing to spend the money, I'd go with a higher end amp, but I've already spent way more than I intended to on this system and I still need to build a custom box, Dynamat everything, upgrade the big 3 and my alternator, and possibly pick up a 3 way crossover and o-scope if I can't get it tuned the way I want it with what I've got.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zavenoa, post: 8099150, member: 654283"] The power and remote wires are only close to the RCAs and Speaker wires under the seat. The RCAs and speaker wires are run along the sides of the car (Sub RCA on driver side, speaker RCA on Passenger) and the power and remote wires are run under the carpet through the center console. Eventually, they won't be anywhere near each other, but I want to get this amp issue fixed first. I now know that the amp is not going into protect mode, the issue is somewhere else. I don't think it's the ground either. I took it to Best Buy and had one of the guys at the install bay there take a look at my ground wires and he said they looked fine. I didn't think that was the issue anyway. If it was, the issue with the power wouldn't be so random. For example, today I drove 2 miles to pick up a Pizza, the amp was working fine on the way there. I turned my car off, went in and picked up the Pizza, and when I came back out and turned my car on the amp turned on and immediately turned back off. I drove back home, ate, and then got back in my car and drove to Best Buy (also 2 miles, right next to the Pizza place) and the amp was working just fine. On the way back, same issue, amp turned on and then turned right back off. When I got home I went out to take pictures of what the lights look like and now it's working just fine again. Here are pictures of the lights to give a better idea. [CENTER]Car/Amp is Off: [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542391[/ATTACH] When I turn the car on the Amp first goes into Protect mode: [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542393[/ATTACH] After a couple of seconds, the Amp switches from Protect mode to Power: [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542392[/ATTACH] Proper Sequence:______________Protect Mode Sequence:______My Sequence when Not Working: [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542391[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542391[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542391[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542393[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542393[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542393[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542392[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542392[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542392[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[ATTACH=CONFIG]26542393[/ATTACH] . . . . . . . . . . [ATTACH=CONFIG]26542391[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] If the amp were going into Protect mode, when I started the car the red LED would light up, then after a couple seconds the red LED would turn off and the blue LED would light up, but quickly switch back to the red LED, which would remain lit. The issue I'm having causes the lights to turn off all together after cycling from Protect to Power like it normally should. I'm sick of dealing with this, I think most of my problem is this amp. In defense of AudioPipe I'm a moron and twice I cross-wired the power and ground, which probably fried the thing. I thought it was fine because it seemed to be working fine at first, but now I'm thinking I probably did some serious damage to it. I'm going to replace my Distribution Block first to see if that is the problem, because it took a beating when I cross-wired the amp. I'm going to open the amp up and see if there is any visible damage. The Pioneer amp I bought has worked great for me, so I think I'm going to go with another one of those, maybe the GM-D9601. If I were willing to spend the money, I'd go with a higher end amp, but I've already spent way more than I intended to on this system and I still need to build a custom box, Dynamat everything, upgrade the big 3 and my alternator, and possibly pick up a 3 way crossover and o-scope if I can't get it tuned the way I want it with what I've got. [/QUOTE]
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