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[Beastastic 10+ year member]

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My subs wont play. Any idea whats wrong?

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[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

Rca's should go where it says input on the amp.. Don't quote me, but I think it's the left side on the amp. I would also change out your ground, or scrap the paint around the bolt you have it on, and make sure your speaker wires connected @ the terminals on your box are not touching each other.

 

[Blue Fury 10+ year member]

I only got to 1:08 before I saw a problem. I bet the amp goes into protect huh? its cause your speaker wires are touching each other at the terminal. You dont need 8 gauge dude, get smaller wire. That or connect them better with banana plugs.

 

[Beastastic 10+ year member]

Well the terminals are wierd. I crimp them from the inside of the box. And on the outside, you push them down and an opening appears. I just re-did it, and I stuck it through the hole better. Is this all I need to do for the terminals? On the remote wire, I just crimped it to the blue/white wire comming off my HU. I saw that the red RCA needs to be in "R" and black in "L" on the amp. Does it matter which order on teh HU?

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

Well the terminals are wierd. I crimp them from the inside of the box. And on the outside, you push them down and an opening appears. I just re-did it, and I stuck it through the hole better. Is this all I need to do for the terminals? On the remote wire, I just crimped it to the blue/white wire comming off my HU. I saw that the red RCA needs to be in "R" and black in "L" on the amp. Does it matter which order on teh HU?

Yes, as long as the negative wire is not touching the positive wire, you're golden.

Red to red and white to white on the rca's.

 

[Beastastic 10+ year member]

My HU doesnt have colors on the plug-ins on the back of the HU.

Do you mean the whole wire itself cannot touch the others, or the exposed wire?

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

My HU doesnt have colors on the plug-ins on the back of the HU.
Do you mean the whole wire itself cannot touch the others, or the exposed wire?

Is it an actual subwoofer pre-out on your head-unit?

The exposed wire should not be touching each other or the other terminal on the box.

 

[d-REW 10+ year member]

wow find someone to help you it sounds like you dont know what your doing at all.

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

wow find someone to help you it sounds like you dont know what your doing at all.

That's why he's here. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[Beastastic 10+ year member]

Is it an actual subwoofer pre-out on your head-unit?
The exposed wire should not be touching each other or the other terminal on the box.

?? Its just the wire that the manual said was the remote turn on. its an alpine 9884.

 

[d-REW 10+ year member]

true but if he has wires touching each other and no idea how to conect rca's i hope he did power right would **** if his car blew up.

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

?? Its just the wire that the manual said was the remote turn on. its an alpine 9884.

I'm talking about the rca's pre-outs fool. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif You should have a front, rear, and a subwoofer pre-out on the back of teh head-unit.

 

[Beastastic 10+ year member]

I looked on the manual and it had a diagram of the back of the HU. There are 3 sets of 2 holes. It had the RCA cabels leading to the middle set, so I stuck em there.

 

[bull 10+ year member]

what part of florida do you live in

 

[PsychoTheRapist 5,000+ posts]

I looked on the manual and it had a diagram of the back of the HU. There are 3 sets of 2 holes. It had the RCA cabels leading to the middle set, so I stuck em there.

Did you even read teh manual? How do you know you have them in the correct spot?