need BIGTIME help.

[lewshus]

For the last 2 weeks I have been doing my install i have had no music in my car and its really getting to me.

So yesterday I finish up connecting everything, connect the power wire to the battery, and turn on the car, ready for my ears to be flooded with joyous sound.

Instead, i got nothing. I checked the fuses, and none are blown, checked all the connections and everything seems in place and tight. Here is my setup

Pioneer avh-p1400dvd

hifonics 1200.1D mono amp

MB quart onx4.125

I have a 4 awg power wire going to power dist block and splitting into 2 8 awg wires. In the block I have 2 60 amp fuses.

When the car turns on the letters on "HIFONICS" light up, but the power light doesnt. Neither does the power light on the MB Quart. I bought the light up fuses and they aren't lighting up either.

I changed the 2 8 gauge wires to 4 gauge. Tested with mulitmeter and got 14.3 to the ground, and 14.3 to remote wire. However, i received 0 when testing the power. that was all with the car off.

When the car is on, the ground and remote wire drop down to under 1 and still no reading from the power.

I also installed a parking brake bypass that connected with

the ground, the parking brake, and the remote wire.

Would that be an issue?

thanks in advance.

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[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

the ground is getting power?

check make sure u didnt reverse the power wire with the ground.

and check the underhood fuse

 

[lewshus]

The ground shouldnt get any voltage?

 

[winkychevelle 10+ year member]

The ground shouldnt get any voltage?

no when you test the ground it shouldnt read voltage.

take you leads from you dmm put the black side on a good ground like a strut tower bolt and then take the red side and test the terminals of the amp. with the car off but the key on they should read

power 12.8 +/- .2volts

remote 12.8 +/- .2volts

ground should be 0volts or zero load

and you really should up the wire going to the amp to 4 gauge all the way and the fuse in the distro to 120 amp

and does the car even crank?

 

[mlstrass 5,000+ posts]

x2 sounds like you have POS/NEG reversed on that amp...

If the amp has fuses you might have smoked those.

 

[madcad95 10+ year member]

The ground shouldnt get any voltage?

Sig worthy thanks //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif