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by toycar » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:54 pm

heres the problem:
i had a coolant leak which dripped on my alternator, which shorted. this caused the car to overcharge at 17 volts. it blew my 4 channel amp(old alpine amp anyway) and caused my sub amp to do all that sh*t i was complaining abouut. i got the amp changed today and all problems were fixed...except the 4 channel is still broken. :banghead

by Mercedesbends69 » Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:14 pm

You don't have to run a giant wire all the way from your battery to the remote terminal to test it, that's just way too much work. Just get a tiny wire and bridge your +12V and Remote terminals.

by Jszar » Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:50 am

if that doesnt work try checking the amp in another car...

by Jszar » Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:49 am

try taking a long wire straight from the battery for the remote lead. if the amp will turn on and stay on while in any gear other that drive, you know its the HU. try unplugging the rca's too.

hmm

by Mithrandir » Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:02 am

im thinking something isnt tightly connected. Maybe the remote turn on lead is defective in the head unit? Maybe the ground point is just plain bad, try somewhere else. If it works with the car off, that pretty much eliminates ur battery, ground and other wiring id think. It could be your electrical in the car.

If i say somthing wrong dont hold it against me,im tryin to be helpful

by Dustin from Huntsville » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:55 pm

Does the system operate normally with the ignition off? Do all the amps work?

by toycar » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:50 pm

its not the battery. i dropped in an optima today to test it, but still had problems. i let the system sit for a minute and then turned it on and the subs hit one note before shutting off. and then i tried disconnecting the sub amp to see if my lighting problems were still happenening and sure enough they were. While I was driving around my 4 channel amp stopped working. The power light on it is on but no sound at all. i spent an hour today pulling out and checking all my wires from the front to the back and all were fine(again). Is my charging system bad?

by GlassWolf » Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:54 am

sounds like a failing battery or alternator.
get both checked.

by daykareboards » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:56 am

Hey, i had the same problem i think a couple months ago. pretty much everything you said was goin on and when i hit my breaks my headlights got really dim. What i did was... I quit using the remote wire from the cd player and ran a wire right to the battery, fused it, and hooked it up to a toggle swith(one that lit up when it was on so i didnt forget to turn it off)and then to my amp. That fixed the turning off and on for no reason problem i had and also i changed my ground location and the ring connector that was on my ground wire. i dont know, but hopefully that will help ya...to try it, just run the wire from your batt to the toggle to the amp and dont even try hiding the wire until you know thats gunna fix it cause otherwise thats alot of unnecessary work.

by William from NOLA » Tue Oct 19, 2004 6:26 am

What head unit do you have and you connected the remote wire from the amp to it right?

Are you sure that the power wires/remote wire are/is not touching any other metal, even behind the head unit (for the remote wire).

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