Shorted out Sub/Amp?..messed somethin up

[loudcav 1]

thats what Im saying In the past Ive had batteries move but not anymore Ive got mine on trays locked down

[fritosaregood 0]

Disconnect the RCA's from the amplifier (with the radio off) and plug an iPod or something similar directly into the amplifier using a mini to RCA adapter and see what happens. For the turn off pop try disconnecting the remote wire from the amplifier. Using a short jumper wire manual turn the amp on and off by jumping the batt(+) term to the remote term. If this fixes the problem throwing a relay on the remote lead may help. Turn off pop and alternator whine is typically caused from a wiring issue. Where did you ground the amplifiers? Where did you run the audio and power cables? Do you have any loops in your RCA's? I see you are running a Pioneer HU. You may have blown the internal micro fuse. Have you ever disconnected the RCA's with the radio on? Try grounding the RCA's and see if that helps with the alternator whine.

amps are grounded straight to the battery in the trunk which then grounded to the frame. power is the right side of the car. RCA's are right down the middle. My RCAs are about 5 ft too long so that extra bit is bunched up.(is that bad?) how do i ground the RCA's, and yea i have disconnected the RCA's with the radio on. but that was after i had the whine noise a while ago. i was doin it to see which channels were makin noise

Edited October 13, 2008 by fritosaregood

[fritosaregood 0]

Something is fishy here...first of all, the battery should never have moved, that's priority #1 to fix...

#2...I can understand if you get a bad set of interconnects, bad QC happens, but 6? What was wrong with the previous five? That smells like an underlying installation problem if you're changing cables that much.

im workin on the battery part.. its held down at the base of it and has never moved till now.

as for the RCA's, i just had to replace two sets before because i had pulled to hard when they got stuck and broke the right channels of them

Edited October 13, 2008 by fritosaregood

[emperorjj1 2]

am i the only one thinkin pico fuse in the pioneer HU? try grounding the rca shield and see what happens

[fritosaregood 0]

am i the only one thinkin pico fuse in the pioneer HU? try grounding the rca shield and see what happens

how do i do that

[P-Dizzle 1]

Disconnect the RCA's from the amplifier (with the radio off) and plug an iPod or something similar directly into the amplifier using a mini to RCA adapter and see what happens. For the turn off pop try disconnecting the remote wire from the amplifier. Using a short jumper wire manual turn the amp on and off by jumping the batt(+) term to the remote term. If this fixes the problem throwing a relay on the remote lead may help. Turn off pop and alternator whine is typically caused from a wiring issue. Where did you ground the amplifiers? Where did you run the audio and power cables? Do you have any loops in your RCA's? I see you are running a Pioneer HU. You may have blown the internal micro fuse. Have you ever disconnected the RCA's with the radio on? Try grounding the RCA's and see if that helps with the alternator whine.

amps are grounded straight to the battery in the trunk which then grounded to the frame. power is the right side of the car. RCA's are right down the middle. My RCAs are about 5 ft too long so that extra bit is bunched up.(is that bad?) how do i ground the RCA's

S-Curve the RCA's from the front to back so they do not cross themselves at any point. Yes, bunching up RCA's can cause trouble. You can also run some shorter cables. The RCA shield on the head unit is the outer part of the RCA plug. Ground the RCA shield by wrapping a small wire around the shield and then ground the other end to a screw on the HU. Do this with all of the RCA inputs on the back of the deck.

[P-Dizzle 1]

am i the only one thinkin pico fuse in the pioneer HU? try grounding the rca shield and see what happens

I mentioned that in post #21 so that makes the two of us.

[fritosaregood 0]

Disconnect the RCA's from the amplifier (with the radio off) and plug an iPod or something similar directly into the amplifier using a mini to RCA adapter and see what happens. For the turn off pop try disconnecting the remote wire from the amplifier. Using a short jumper wire manual turn the amp on and off by jumping the batt(+) term to the remote term. If this fixes the problem throwing a relay on the remote lead may help. Turn off pop and alternator whine is typically caused from a wiring issue. Where did you ground the amplifiers? Where did you run the audio and power cables? Do you have any loops in your RCA's? I see you are running a Pioneer HU. You may have blown the internal micro fuse. Have you ever disconnected the RCA's with the radio on? Try grounding the RCA's and see if that helps with the alternator whine.

amps are grounded straight to the battery in the trunk which then grounded to the frame. power is the right side of the car. RCA's are right down the middle. My RCAs are about 5 ft too long so that extra bit is bunched up.(is that bad?) how do i ground the RCA's

S-Curve the RCA's from the front to back so they do not cross themselves at any point. Yes, bunching up RCA's can cause trouble. You can also run some shorter cables. The RCA shield on the head unit is the outer part of the RCA plug. Ground the RCA shield by wrapping a small wire around the shield and then ground the other end to a screw on the HU. Do this with all of the RCA inputs on the back of the deck.

i did have shorter fosgate RCA's but after i ripped one i went to get some from walmart cuz i didnt want to drive up to best buy. all walmart had was 25ft RCA wires. but im gonna got get new ones tomorrow from a stereo shop. and if that doesnt solve some problems ill ground them too.

i think i might have to run them a separate way too. cuz right now the power is run down the left and RCAs down the middle. and the alpine amp has the power wire connection on the right and the RCAs on the left so they cross each other now. so i have to move things around too.

[KU40 173]

Volume at zero is different than mute.

not really. there is no voltage comin out of the radio in each case

Depends on the head unit. on my alpine the mute button just cuts the output to about 1/5 of what it was before the mute.

[Duran 387]

Volume at zero is different than mute.

not really. there is no voltage comin out of the radio in each case

Depends on the head unit. on my alpine the mute button just cuts the output to about 1/5 of what it was before the mute.

Same with my Jensen

[emperorjj1 2]

http://www.icixsound.com/vb/showthread.php...age=1&pp=10

[P-Dizzle 1]

Exactamundo Emperor...

Edited October 13, 2008 by P-Dizzle

[fritosaregood 0]

http://www.icixsound.com/vb/showthread.php...age=1&pp=10

nice and indepth. ill be doin that to my deck tomorrow. and i also already have a relay wired to turn on fans for my sundown amp. so ill just disconnect the fans and use that to turn on the amp and see if that stops the thumping

[P-Dizzle 1]

http://www.icixsound.com/vb/showthread.php...age=1&pp=10

nice and indepth. ill be doin that to my deck tomorrow. and i also already have a relay wired to turn on fans for my sundown amp. so ill just disconnect the fans and use that to turn on the amp and see if that stops the thumping

I recommend squirrel cage fans blowing across the fins. Here is an example of what I mean. Link

Edited October 13, 2008 by P-Dizzle

[fritosaregood 0]

http://www.icixsound.com/vb/showthread.php...age=1&pp=10

nice and indepth. ill be doin that to my deck tomorrow. and i also already have a relay wired to turn on fans for my sundown amp. so ill just disconnect the fans and use that to turn on the amp and see if that stops the thumping

I recommend squirrel cage fans blowing across the fins. Here is an example of what I mean. Link

i dont know if that would work for my case. i have a fiberglass cover over my amp rack with four holes for the fans to pull out heat and one on top to see the amp and let air in.

here is wat it looks like: http://www.geocities.com/fritosaregood/audiopulse_setup.JPG

Edited October 13, 2008 by fritosaregood

[Duran 387]

http://www.icixsound.com/vb/showthread.php...age=1&pp=10

nice and indepth. ill be doin that to my deck tomorrow. and i also already have a relay wired to turn on fans for my sundown amp. so ill just disconnect the fans and use that to turn on the amp and see if that stops the thumping

I recommend squirrel cage fans blowing across the fins. Here is an example of what I mean. Link

i dont know if that would work for my case. i have a fiberglass cover over my amp rack with four holes for the fans to pull out heat and one on top to see the amp and let air in.

here is wat it looks like: http://www.geocities.com/fritosaregood/audiopulse_setup.JPG

They should work for your box...

[emperorjj1 2]

try the pico first and see if that solves the problem and then rewiring the relay if it doesnt

[fritosaregood 0]

try the pico first and see if that solves the problem and then rewiring the relay if it doesnt

where is the pico fuse

i just read another forum and it seems to be a big problem in pioneer/premier hu's

[P-Dizzle 1]

try the pico first and see if that solves the problem and then rewiring the relay if it doesnt

where is the pico fuse

i just read another forum and it seems to be a big problem in pioneer/premier hu's

It is internal and yes Pioneer has had this issue for years and they refuse to fix the problem. Try grounding the RCA's.

[fritosaregood 0]

try the pico first and see if that solves the problem and then rewiring the relay if it doesnt

where is the pico fuse

i just read another forum and it seems to be a big problem in pioneer/premier hu's

It is internal and yes Pioneer has had this issue for years and they refuse to fix the problem. Try grounding the RCA's.

ill be doin that tomorrow. idk if i would be able to fix an internal part

im lookin at a new alpine hu if none of this stuff works

this premier doesnt even have a pause button for cds i have to go through two or three menus to pause it

[emperorjj1 2]

right. if you really want to do it right you can open it up find it and solder in a big resistor (did it on mine) but doing it like i stated in the link works well. and i agree with p-dizzle pioneer should eliminate the stupid thing but they refuse to do it

[emperorjj1 2]

try the pico first and see if that solves the problem and then rewiring the relay if it doesnt

where is the pico fuse

i just read another forum and it seems to be a big problem in pioneer/premier hu's

It is internal and yes Pioneer has had this issue for years and they refuse to fix the problem. Try grounding the RCA's.

ill be doin that tomorrow. idk if i would be able to fix an internal part

im lookin at a new alpine hu if none of this stuff works

this premier doesnt even have a pause button for cds i have to go through two or three menus to pause it

the how too i posted in post 35 is how you fix the pico fuse. you dont have to do it internally

[fritosaregood 0]

try the pico first and see if that solves the problem and then rewiring the relay if it doesnt

where is the pico fuse

i just read another forum and it seems to be a big problem in pioneer/premier hu's

It is internal and yes Pioneer has had this issue for years and they refuse to fix the problem. Try grounding the RCA's.

ill be doin that tomorrow. idk if i would be able to fix an internal part

im lookin at a new alpine hu if none of this stuff works

this premier doesnt even have a pause button for cds i have to go through two or three menus to pause it

the how too i posted in post 35 is how you fix the pico fuse. you dont have to do it internally

i thought that was to fix the RCA's

[emperorjj1 2]

they are one in the same. The blown pico fuse is what messes up the rcas

[P-Dizzle 1]

Just ground the RCA's. Don't mess with the internals. Pioneer has cut corner after corner over the years. Their DA converters isn't exactly one of their strong points either.

Edited October 13, 2008 by P-Dizzle