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<blockquote data-quote="leon" data-source="post: 1903098" data-attributes="member: 568813"><p>Please Help!</p><p></p><p>Today I got my system installed by Best Buy because my dad did not want me to attempt installing it myself.</p><p></p><p>It worked beautifully on the drive home, but I didn't turn it up too much because my dad is not a bass head like I am, but when I was playing Andrea Bocelli, he said it sounded like he was at a concert. Really nice and crisp.</p><p></p><p>So when I got home, I decided to plug in some Linkin Park and cranked it up. Nice and loud, with minimal dimming. Then all of a sudden, my subs cut off. WHAT THE HELL?!</p><p></p><p>So I checked my amp and it was flashing 'CUR' which meant it shutted down because of "excessive current". The manual advises me to find and eliminate the cause of the excessive current.</p><p></p><p>I have an <a href="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-hv9Umx4Upsh/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?search=m1005&amp;i=500MRDM105" target="_blank">Alpine MRD-M1005</a> monoblock amp pushing about 700 (at 12v) - 1000 (at 14.4v) watts rms to my two type-R's in a sealed box with .8 ft^3 per sub. I seem to be getting about 13.7 volts to the amp (the amp has digital display that can show the volts/gain/bass level/what have you.</p><p></p><p>To make matters even worse, I can only remove one of the two allen-head screws holding down the faceplate of the amp (which covers all the oh-so-important buttons and adjustment tools). The stupid installers at Best Buy managed to torque the other screw down so tightly I can't even get it to budge. I stopped after a while because i did not want to risk stripping the screw head. On top of <strong>that</strong>, they did not give back the tools that came with the amp, the allen wrenches that would have fitted perfectly in those hex screws.</p><p></p><p>UGH I am so pissed off. I want to get this fixed ASAP because I leave in one week for college where I will be working for the rest of summer.</p><p></p><p>My wiring kit is the <a href="http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=15606" target="_blank">Absolute Kit 850</a>, which has 4-gauge power wire. It came with 14-gauge speaker wire but members of this forum recommended I use 10-gauge speaker wire instead, so I bought some so the installers would use it instead.</p><p></p><p>I hope I gave you enough information to help. Please help! =(</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="leon, post: 1903098, member: 568813"] Please Help! Today I got my system installed by Best Buy because my dad did not want me to attempt installing it myself. It worked beautifully on the drive home, but I didn't turn it up too much because my dad is not a bass head like I am, but when I was playing Andrea Bocelli, he said it sounded like he was at a concert. Really nice and crisp. So when I got home, I decided to plug in some Linkin Park and cranked it up. Nice and loud, with minimal dimming. Then all of a sudden, my subs cut off. WHAT THE HELL?! So I checked my amp and it was flashing 'CUR' which meant it shutted down because of "excessive current". The manual advises me to find and eliminate the cause of the excessive current. I have an [URL="http://www.crutchfield.com/S-hv9Umx4Upsh/cgi-bin/ProdView.asp?search=m1005&i=500MRDM105"]Alpine MRD-M1005[/URL] monoblock amp pushing about 700 (at 12v) - 1000 (at 14.4v) watts rms to my two type-R's in a sealed box with .8 ft^3 per sub. I seem to be getting about 13.7 volts to the amp (the amp has digital display that can show the volts/gain/bass level/what have you. To make matters even worse, I can only remove one of the two allen-head screws holding down the faceplate of the amp (which covers all the oh-so-important buttons and adjustment tools). The stupid installers at Best Buy managed to torque the other screw down so tightly I can't even get it to budge. I stopped after a while because i did not want to risk stripping the screw head. On top of [B]that[/B], they did not give back the tools that came with the amp, the allen wrenches that would have fitted perfectly in those hex screws. UGH I am so pissed off. I want to get this fixed ASAP because I leave in one week for college where I will be working for the rest of summer. My wiring kit is the [URL="http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=15606"]Absolute Kit 850[/URL], which has 4-gauge power wire. It came with 14-gauge speaker wire but members of this forum recommended I use 10-gauge speaker wire instead, so I bought some so the installers would use it instead. I hope I gave you enough information to help. Please help! =( [/QUOTE]
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