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<blockquote data-quote="CAT" data-source="post: 922304" data-attributes="member: 559980"><p>Hey everyone. First of all I would like to say great forums, lots of nice systems and plenty of knowledge and good sense! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif</p><p></p><p>Ok, I drive a 1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88, and I recently installed a Scosche amp kit for up to a max of 550 Watts. This is what I am running right now.</p><p></p><p>Panasonic Deck, 50 X 4, MP3/WMA support</p><p></p><p>Alpine 6 x 9's</p><p></p><p>Factory front speakers</p><p></p><p>Alpine 3555 Amplifier ( it is about 9 years old!) (50 x 4 RMS - bridged right now at 100 X 1 RMS)</p><p></p><p>12 Inch JL Audio 12W0 Sub</p><p></p><p>I installed the amp kit myself and i hooked everything up to is corresponding spots on the amp, but what's this, the amp wont turn on. I test it in the trunk, with a circuit tester, and i used the ground for the amp, which is bolted to my wheel well bracket, and i poked the end of the wire, and it lights up, ok, there is power there. So I checked the line for piercings of the wire, none. Checked the decks remote wire with the circuit tester light comes on, power here.</p><p></p><p>Still nothing</p><p></p><p>So I decided to try something, I took a little piece of speaker wire, 2 inches long, stripped about half an inch of casing off each end, bent it into a U shape, and hooked it from the BATT spot on the amp, to the RMT spot on the amp, and then bam, the amp fires up and starts kicking like it should! I couldve left it like this, but the problem is everytime i shut the car off I would have to pull the wire out so it wouldnt drain the battery, so that wasnt an option.</p><p></p><p>Is it possible that I didnt crimp the wire into the butt connector under the dash far enough? Like i didnt put it far enough in and maybe only 2 or 3 strands are actually making contact with the remote wire coming off the deck, which isnt able to delivery enough power to turn the amp on??</p><p></p><p>When I crank the music to like volume 20 or so, then the amp will turn on and off, it has a status light, and it flickers with the beat of the music, so whenever u get strong signals like bass or whatever, itll power it up, but if u turn it down, itll immediatly stop doing it. Any idea whats wrong?? Thanks everyone!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CAT, post: 922304, member: 559980"] Hey everyone. First of all I would like to say great forums, lots of nice systems and plenty of knowledge and good sense! [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] Ok, I drive a 1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88, and I recently installed a Scosche amp kit for up to a max of 550 Watts. This is what I am running right now. Panasonic Deck, 50 X 4, MP3/WMA support Alpine 6 x 9's Factory front speakers Alpine 3555 Amplifier ( it is about 9 years old!) (50 x 4 RMS - bridged right now at 100 X 1 RMS) 12 Inch JL Audio 12W0 Sub I installed the amp kit myself and i hooked everything up to is corresponding spots on the amp, but what's this, the amp wont turn on. I test it in the trunk, with a circuit tester, and i used the ground for the amp, which is bolted to my wheel well bracket, and i poked the end of the wire, and it lights up, ok, there is power there. So I checked the line for piercings of the wire, none. Checked the decks remote wire with the circuit tester light comes on, power here. Still nothing So I decided to try something, I took a little piece of speaker wire, 2 inches long, stripped about half an inch of casing off each end, bent it into a U shape, and hooked it from the BATT spot on the amp, to the RMT spot on the amp, and then bam, the amp fires up and starts kicking like it should! I couldve left it like this, but the problem is everytime i shut the car off I would have to pull the wire out so it wouldnt drain the battery, so that wasnt an option. Is it possible that I didnt crimp the wire into the butt connector under the dash far enough? Like i didnt put it far enough in and maybe only 2 or 3 strands are actually making contact with the remote wire coming off the deck, which isnt able to delivery enough power to turn the amp on?? When I crank the music to like volume 20 or so, then the amp will turn on and off, it has a status light, and it flickers with the beat of the music, so whenever u get strong signals like bass or whatever, itll power it up, but if u turn it down, itll immediatly stop doing it. Any idea whats wrong?? Thanks everyone! [/QUOTE]
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