New vibe amp in protect after an hour.....pls help

[n8te81 10+ year member]

Ok so after I couldnt get my older amp working it kept cutting out at my normal listening volume but i could turn it off and back on and it would work right away but still did the same thing.I decided to go with a new vibe 4channel and i installed it with gains less then a quarter of the way up and after an hour it went into protect mode.I took all the wires off except for power ground and remote and it still wont go out of protect.It says in the manual to disconnect all the wires and reset the amp but i have no idea how to do that......any help would be great cause buying a new amp and having this happen after an hour is no fun.

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[Ninesvnsicks 10+ year member]

If it says to disconnect all the wires then disconnect all the wires but you can probably just take the positive wires fuse out to cut power to the amp. What model amp is the Vibe and what kind of speakers are you connecting to it?

 

[n8te81 10+ year member]

Amp is the black box v1 and the speakers are DD comps in the front and CDT coax in the back...

 

[n8te81 10+ year member]

Ok so i took the remote wire out and it went out of protect then i put it back in and it did it again so it has to be the remote wire.Its dark now so ill just have to look at it in the morn and see if its just the connection or if its the other side near the deck.

 

[n8te81 10+ year member]

Im not sure what i was thinking because i forgot the remote wire has to be connected for the amp to be on anyways so i guess im still stuck with the same problem.....**** lol.

 

[n8te81 10+ year member]

Anyone else have any ideas??? I have no music right now and it *****,alot.

 

[Pborcich 10+ year member]

Sounds like a bad ground....

Are you grounded to the frame rather than sheetmetal

And have you cleaned your ground? "scraped off the pain ect"

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Sounds like a bad ground....Are you grounded to the frame rather than sheetmetal

And have you cleaned your ground? "scraped off the pain ect"

Scrape off the pain!

 

[barbaroja 10+ year member]

dude first disconnect all speaker cables coming OUT of the amp, to rule out any shorts. You do not have to disconnect the remote since, as you say, it turns on the unit; however If you suspect of the remote wire being done, with the stereo off, and the old remote input disconnected, have a new piece of wire coming from your main amp input (+12V) into the amp remote input. if it does not turn off, then you have a suspect. then, start connecting (turning off and on the amp as you make any changes) the speaker cables one speaker at a time and check if it fails. you are basically checking for speaker cable shorts here. thats an easy way to pinpoint a failing point.

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

dude first disconnect all speaker cables coming OUT of the amp, to rule out any shorts. You do not have to disconnect the remote since, as you say, it turns on the unit; however If you suspect of the remote wire being done, with the stereo off, and the old remote input disconnected, have a new piece of wire coming from your main amp input (+12V) into the amp remote input. if it does not turn off, then you have a suspect. then, start connecting (turning off and on the amp as you make any changes) the speaker cables one speaker at a time and check if it fails. you are basically checking for speaker cable shorts here. thats an easy way to pinpoint a failing point.

He already disconnected the speaker leads. Reading > You //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[barbaroja 10+ year member]

poor flamer

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

poor flamer

poor dumbass...

I took all the wires off except for power ground and remote and it still wont go out of protect.

 

[barbaroja 10+ year member]

hope your lameass comments serve well to the OP. you for sure make this forum a helpful one. go ask mommy for some milk... meanwhile you sum more unuseful farts to your account. 12k now and counting.