Subwoofers still playing when volume is off

[nicker10 10+ year member]

I just got 2 12" Fi Q's in the mail today and hooked them all up and even when the volume is on zero you can still slightly hear the subs playing bass...there is no sound from the door speakers just the subs..I have 0 gauge wire going to a Hifonics 1608D...they have 4 gauge holes so i dont know if that could be a reason..I have the ground going to the seatbelt bolt...kinda confused on what this could be..My headunit is a Pioneer Premier DEH5000UB.

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[headlesskoopa 10+ year member]

does it make the noise when u disconnect the rca's

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

get a better ground to start

 

[zack1442 10+ year member]

already sounds like a ground, disconnect the rcas n see what happens

 

[mokedaddy 5,000+ posts]

get a better ground to start

This.

 

[headlesskoopa 10+ year member]

run out side, we can wait

 

[nicker10 10+ year member]

Well another thing is that i had a bad ground originally and i smelled smoke..so i turned off the car and eventually discovered that the ground was burning into the RCA wires...pretty much burnt through one of the wires but the other was okay..So it sounded a lot better with just one RCA connected but still with sound when there was no volume..my cousin said that only 1 RCA is needed and im not sure as to if that is true.

 

[Nut Hair Trick 10+ year member]

turn the gains down?

 

[nicker10 10+ year member]

What do you mean by "better ground to start"?

 

[dumple 5,000+ posts]

so your rcas are damaged you have a bad ground?

 

[nicker10 10+ year member]

I had a bad ground till i moved it to the seatbelt bolt..But the RCAs got damaged initially

 

[oldschoolboomer 10+ year member]

rewire your amp correctly.

 

[jpexpc 10+ year member]

I had a bad ground till i moved it to the seatbelt bolt..But the RCAs got damaged initially

I can't believe you didn't start with the seat belt bolt. You're silly.

 

[tuomas 10+ year member]

Also, pioneer headunits are extremely sensitive with their RCAs... hope you didn't blow your pico fuse

 

[nicker10 10+ year member]

Think a new set of RCAs would help anything?