what have i done wrong???

[Casper80 10+ year member]

what i have now...

eclipse cd8445

cadence z8000 2 channel amp

cadence daytona 1600.1 amp

focal 165v1

alpine type x 12" ported

the problem is with the gain setting there.

3 preout in the hu, connected the front rca output to the 2 channel amp but not installed yet, connect the non fader output from hu to input of the daytona 1600.1.

when trying to set the gain, the daytona amp barely register any voltage on the dmm. the hu set to pro mode with flat eq, all the sound proccesiing is off(csII, trubass etc), the volume set to 52/80. using 0db 50hz test tone, the gain on the amp when is all the way down, it has couple volts, half way up it have 8-13volts, almost all the way up it have 30~40 volts.

the question is on the amp i'm not understanding. wanted to get out about 1000 watts@2ohm. which equal about 44.72v.

the amp spec is 1600@1 or 1000@2ohm. is that means the gain have to be almost all the way up for the desired voltage?

it's a monoblock amp and i just stick the dmm into any of the speaker hole and test right?

when setting gain where should all the knob on the amp set to? ssf, bassboost, lpf, etc.

thanks.

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[Casper80 10+ year member]

just reread the sticky again, i use 50hz test tone, am i suppose to use sine wave?

on the computer it sound the same???

 

[Casper80 10+ year member]

might found my problem, may have a bad rca cable. need to get a new one and try it out.

1 side plug in have voltage, swap out the other side no voltage.

strange.

 

[dleccord 5,000+ posts]

on my old headunit, i had the settings on the deck set first and then i set the gains. what program did you use to burn your tones? using window's media player was a whole different story then using nero.

 

[Casper80 10+ year member]

well, i just using windows xp send file to burner and then just burn this file to cd.

i didn't know that different software makes any difference?

also i set the non-fader output to monoraul because when in stereo hardly any output from the rca. then set to monoraul only one channel of the rca have power???