Kenwood Excelon Amp Problem

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My friends got a kenwood excelon amp and we hooked it up in my car and everything worked fine. We go to hook it up in his car and the amp goes into protect and the b.m.s light comes on. Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it?

 
did you rehook it up to your car to see if something went bad to the amp while being moved between cars? thats what i would do first to see if its the amp or the car.

 
Hooked it up to my car and did the same thing now. Does anyone know what this b.m.s means. I hooked the amp up by itself and amp powers on but this b.m.s light comes on. Need some help.

 
The green light is on for the pwer but then at the top there is a red light on and right next to that it says bms. I hooked it up to his subs and no output.

 
sounds bad to me...if you don know what the bms means ask a local dealer or email or call kenwood. emailing them may not work though because i emailed them on sunday and still have not heard anything back.

 
Got this off crutchfields site from an excelon head unit description.

External Amp Control: Kenwood also calls this "B.M.S." (Bass Management System). When used with a compatible, Kenwood eXcelon amplifier, you can adjust the bass boost level of the amplifier through this head unit. You may select "Off", "1" or "2" for the desired amount of bass boost.

So the b.m.s. Is the bass management sytem.

 
Alright thanks so much....but then i don't get y the amp won't have power. Maybe if i turn the bms off then it'll work. It might be thinkin its a kenwood deck when really its not. Thanks for the help. Any other ideas what would be happening?

 
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