I have to fix a halfassed install, help find the problem

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

I'll have to measure his RCA voltage in AC tomorrow. Then we can know if I can cross that off the list or not.

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

Wow that was hooked up really bad.

Ya think? good help man

Yea take your subs and completely unhook them and hook up one coil at a time let us know how it goes

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

rewire the subs to the amp see if that fixes it, make sure you have the + and - right on both woofers.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

make sure you have the + and - right on both woofers.

I have looked over the entire system several times to see if it's wired right, and it is.

 

[Ctminime 10+ year member]

haha if its a pioneer it is VERY possible that the preouts are toast they are notorious for crappy preouts.... not premier mind you PIONEER... my pioneers rcas are creating ground loop like bihotch... almost any other cd player works perfectly

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

I'll repeat - Disconnect one sub - if you have MORE bass - one is out of phase. To check just remove one wire from one of the subs, very easy

 

[Mr. Opportunist 10+ year member]

^ easiest way to check

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

haha if its a pioneer it is VERY possible that the preouts are toast they are notorious for crappy preouts.... not premier mind you PIONEER... my pioneers rcas are creating ground loop like bihotch... almost any other cd player works perfectly

I still think the problem is the preouts. I'll have to mess with it soon.

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

I'll repeat - Disconnect one sub - if you have MORE bass - one is out of phase. To check just remove one wire from one of the subs, very easy

I will, I didn't ignore you.

 

[Pyro_By_Nature 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like the subs aren't wired properly.

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

sounds like the sub outs are gone

 

[PepsiFiend69 10+ year member]

my friend had that problem with the same CD player that i installed for him, i think it is the pre-outs, the sub out was only about 75% of what it used to be before he changed HU's

 

[PhatTonyDeMarco 5,000+ posts]

Well if you even have slight output, then you must be getting some voltage from the RCA's, unless you are measuring them incorrectly.

I second the idea of only connecting one voice coil, or you could even try just a single driver in this case since you are running two, and see if that yields more output than the two. If so, you have a wiring problem. If not, then you have an RCA problem...

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

Well if you even have slight output, then you must be getting some voltage from the RCA's, unless you are measuring them incorrectly.
I second the idea of only connecting one voice coil, or you could even try just a single driver in this case since you are running two, and see if that yields more output than the two. If so, you have a wiring problem. If not, then you have an RCA problem...

I tried to measure my RCA voltage in AC today and it showed zero. Maybe my DMM show below 1v? It's a cheap one. I hooked the + of the DMM to the middle piece that comes out of the RCA and the - of the DMM to the outer ring of the RCA. This is right isn't it?

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

If your getting output (even faint) signal is going through so that would indicate something is working and you should be getting voltage. Have you tried the sub setting on the HU or a different set of preouts?