Help!!! Just installed my RL-P, something is very wrong!!!

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

alright ill do this as easy as I can

Wiring Parallel:

1 piece of wire 1 ft long.

Strip the ends on one side

Put put respective wire polarities in one coil

(so now you have a negitive and a positive in one coil)

strip the other end and get another piece of wire that will go to the box terminal

take box terminal wire and strip a end.

Wrap the wire + wire coming off the voice coil to the + on the box wire. Put twisted wire into open red voice coil terminal.

repeat for expect for negitive wire.

At this point your woofer is wired in parellel.

Take box terminal wire, strip the other end, and connect to the box terminal.

From other side of box terminal to bridged on the amp.

I think thats ok

 

[cpierce 5,000+ posts]

Well, thats basically what i have now. I have one wire going to the negative, then another wire soldered to that one going to the other negative, than the same with the positives. Except i basically have 2 big wires, the two negative wires and 2 positives are connected to eachother at the ends via solder. Do you mean im supposed to just wire the voice coils together with separate wire, than send the two main wires from the terminal to them? Becuase both scenarios sound like the same thing pretty much to me though.

I don't think you have it wired right. On one of the positives on my speaker a have a wire running to the amp and a SEPRATE wire running to the other positive ont the speaker. Same thing for the -

 

[_PuNiShEr_ 10+ year member]

No its wanging, but it doesn't sound anywhere near close to 1200 watts, it souds alot like my old 250 watt sub. PLus i have to turn the gain up dangerously high to get sound from it.

1200 watts going to a sub with a rms of 1200 is just the same as sending 250 watts to a sub with a rms of 250.

I think you just thought that since 1200/250=4.8 so you expect it to be 4.8 times louder. You said your friend and you both said it is unbareable to listen to when you turn it up. So what exactly is wrong with it?

Another thing you sure you got the D2 model?

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

Dude, this either has to be the box or the wiring. Are your RCA's in the right pre-outs?

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

I don't think you have it wired right. On one of the positives on my speaker a have a wire running to the amp and a SEPRATE wire running to the other positive ont the speaker. Same thing for the -

Well if you stick both wires into the same terminal (which you have to to jump it from one voice coil to the other) wouldn't the wire be acting as one wire anyway since they both are touching inside the terminal? Mine is like yours, except the wires were two seperate wires at first, but i solderdered the ends together, so they wouldn't fall out. Soldering them together or just sticking 2 wires in the same terminal would have the same effect i thought?

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

1200 watts going to a sub with a rms of 1200 is just the same as sending 250 watts to a sub with a rms of 250.
I think you just thought that since 1200/250=4.8 so you expect it to be 4.8 times louder. You said your friend and you both said it is unbareable to listen to when you turn it up. So what exactly is wrong with it?

Another thing you sure you got the D2 model?

Yeah i am. BUt even if it was the D4 by some crazy scenario, it would still be getting 900 watts from my amp, and it doesn't sound anywhere close to 900 watts.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

1200 watts going to a sub with a rms of 1200 is just the same as sending 250 watts to a sub with a rms of 250.
I think you just thought that since 1200/250=4.8 so you expect it to be 4.8 times louder. You said your friend and you both said it is unbareable to listen to when you turn it up. So what exactly is wrong with it?

Another thing you sure you got the D2 model?

Whats wrong with it is to get it loud, i have to turn the gain up very high, so high that when i turn the HU volume up, the sub actually bottoms out. That is whats wrong. And it doesn't sound right.

PS: And if you are trying to tell me a 250 watt sub and a 1200 watt sub will sound the same, i dunno if i buy that. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/redface.gif.62fdbfe1a101588a808c4cff71bcb942.gif

 

[blackgeltabs 5,000+ posts]

IF you have a digital and you pull your sub out of the box and take a picture of the wiring ill tell you if its right or not.

Edit: not thinkin

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

Careful about using solder around a VC too, it can burn it. IF you have a digital and you pull your sub out of the box and take a picture of the wiring ill tell you if its right or not.

we didn't actually solder it in the voice coil, i soldered the extra two wires to the existing two before i even got the sub, then i just connected all the wires via the diagram.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

Careful about using solder around a VC too, it can burn it. IF you have a digital and you pull your sub out of the box and take a picture of the wiring ill tell you if its right or not.

im about to head out now, but i will defintately do that when i get back. thanks.

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

Set gains to 0. Turn up your music to listening volume. Set gains. Thats about it, then in the future build a ported box.

Like I asked before... Are your RCA's in the right preouts? There is a front, rear and sub preout.

EDIT: Also, this may sound stupid but if you canot get it to work. Go to circuit city or best buy and buy a Line out converter and try it. Just wire the rears up and see if that makes a difference. My line out converter put out a better signal than my alpine HU.

Just a thought.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

Set gains to 0. Turn up your music to listening volume. Set gains. Thats about it, then in the future build a ported box.



Like I asked before... Are your RCA's in the right preouts? There is a front, rear and sub preout.

well, my last sub sounded fine, and i didn't touch any wiring except the amp wiring so i assume all the wiring down by the head unit is correct.

 

[cpierce 5,000+ posts]

A picture of the subs wiring and a picture of the amp setting will probably get this settled. I would still go over the gain setting tutorial and set everything up again.

 

[Silver 10+ year member]

Sorry pimp I added some more info to my post. I want this thing to work for you.

Also, is your sub sounding distorted?

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

go outside NOW!!!!!!!!!!

snap some pics of the wiring to amp, sub, settings to amp.

Hurry back now.