Thank you till this day in 2023 this video still helpful and a lot more detailed and variables than other love the meter u def can't go wrong with numbers!!!!!
For anyone using a PAC AmpPRO and is having the issue, the problem is likely with the PAC unit. They die easily from ANY kind of short in the car, even for a split second. When they're dead, they will send your amplifier(s) into protect until you replace the unit.
You should also make sure youor using the right gauge power and groynd for you amp. And also make sure you stock alternator can supply the amperage that the amp needs.
Thanks For the great advice i was just connecting my amp , and it keeps going into protection mode , but it works fine when i remove one of the speaker (out) its getting late so i came home to check for solutions and i will at least know what to look for tomorrow when i go and check it again ,,, Great work guys.
I figure I'd subscribe,....considering I'm the only one answering these poor guys questions and all........btw. good vid. might wanna explain how you got a short to ground on that speaker tho' just sayin'......
I was in tears thinking I need to replace my amp, I just had it for about 3 days and it was thumping fine till that protection light came on tried troubleshooting it myself but nothing worked till I watched this video and found a faulty wire with the speakers so thanks !!!
Your video is helping me I have red light and I discovered that with the ground and the amp control it gives me 00 what can I do, and if I can remove the amp control from another cable from the stereo
Hey I had a quick question I have a kicker KX 1200.1 woke up this morning started my car speaker started making this weird noise I unplugged them the amp was still in protection mode I rewired everything new from the ground to the hot wire from the battery from the fuse to the remote and it's still in protection mode even without speakers being hooked up so I tried my old amp And my old amp works so could there be something wrong with the kicker app that I bought
Have you ever made a video how to set up a car system in house like you have here using those switching power supplies? I have the same setup but don’t know what I’m doing wrong? Thanks
Ya started out good, but started over explaining the answer. I know what you're saying, but I know from my experiences, that alot of folks won't...LOL Chances are if he's only experiencing the protection mode when starting the car, then his battery voltaged dropped too low while cranking. The regulator is a good point also, but then the protection mode should have also tripped when the voltage spiked.
I have that same amp but 2400 and it's worked for 5 years then all of a sudden went to protection mode a few days ago. Thinking of just sending it back to kicker because they don't make the amp anymore
I've been looking for help all around but with no results, i hope someone still actively watches this video or something. The issue im having is when i start my car my amp works fine, and my subwoofer kinda works fine too. BUT when i turn the power off and the amp shuts down and i turn the power on back again my amp's light is flashing indicating an issue and the subwoofer doesnt work anymore. so i turn the power off and come back after an hour it works like before repeating the issue. i've basically got a one/two use a day subwoofer :D I'm running a 400w 4 port pioneer amp with a 12" 1200w pioneer subwoofer
OK vid i guess. But, many of the problems you went over are not specific to his symptoms of the amp not powering up only when the car is on. If the speakers are shorted, it wouldn't work in ACC mode either. Given his symptoms, I would check the power to the amp, the ground, and then the remote turn-on, as many newer cars do have some fuses that are powered/not powered once the car is started, and if the remote if connected this way via fuse panel, it could be plugged up to such a fuse.
Hey Allyn, Thanks for the Vids man, and Greetings from Texas. My question is, What are the main factors in choosing a Great Sub ? For example - Voice coil sizes, Magnets in Oz's and Material that the sub is made From ? Thanks !
Cristo Bal Look for reviews on products, check out their sites, look for their history in car audio! A good sub can even be a single voice coil sub with a small magnet, it is just the quality of construction, your needs and the power you can afford! One good example is JL Audio, they are well known, have many wins in competitions and even in the late 1990's you could buy a W0 that would turn many heads with sound quality that nobody could compete with! I still have my 15 year old single voice coil JL's and they are as good as the day they were bought, they recently were refoamed but haven't ever failed! They set off Bank alarms, woke up fire departments, got me pulled over just for a peek at them, they even impressed an Authorized Orion HCCA dealer, that had to come and ask what I had, he said his subs looked like they were powered up and coming out of the baskets! I was parking to buy some power cable from him, but he ran outside! I had two 12's and two 15's all single 8 ohm subs each set wired parallel running on a clarion 4 channel bridged to two channels that was rated at 380 watts total! He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw my setup! But that is how JL won many competitions in the early years even setting major records in low power categories, they did so well, retailers wanted to sell JL and would travel to the competitions just to ask to sell them in their stores across America! Also look at warranties offered! JL Retails from their own site!
Awesome video. Huge help in figuring out why I had one going into protection at different times. Damn speaker wire grounding out. Easy trace and fix. Thanks for covering all the options and troubleshooting.
Hi, can you tell me why my subwoofer makes a BOOM every time the car engine starts. How can I get rid of this problem? Thanks and congratulations for your videos.
I was having the same issue and couldnt figure out what the problem was. After trying all the troubleshooting it ended up being that the remote gain controller had to be plugged in otherwise it would trip the protection when the car started.
would have been nice to see how you test RCA. do you test them for continuity as well? you kind of breezed over that part "if you test the RCA and they test out fine..." ok how we test em?
Connect a jumper wire between the power wire and the remote wire. Put the remote wire and power wire in the usual ports. But just put a wire connecting the remote port and battery port together. my amp was stuck in it and its never done it again
Heres a fun question, my GF dropped her aux cord into the cig lighter and blew the head unit, the amp is now quieter than it used to be, even with a new head. No protect mode or any other issues. What do you think went on the amp?
I have a question I was booking up my amp the the battery and I had my neagtive connected to the positive terminal and I accidentally hit the positive wire to the negative post and it automatically went into protective mode is there a way to get it out of I’s it done?
If my battery’s old, can it cause my amp to go into protection mode, just hooked up everything. I have a solid ground. It has the green light until a bass note plays. I have the loc hooked up to the factory sub and the remote wire is coming from the loc
Hi, great channel! Wonder if anyone can help with my problem. I use using CarPlay and accidentally had it cranked when I started truck. It shutdown all but sub. Now it occasionally goes out. Thanks in advance!
randomly when I listen to music it will cut the bass and go into protect mode and when I turn the vehicle off the amp turns on for a few minutes then turns off again
Check your ohm dual 2ohm voice coils or 4ohm which ever u need to make sure what you are running at the amp I have dual 1 oam VC if I run at a half ohm on most amps they will burn up or o erheat
I got a question got a Rockville 4ch amp it worked fine when I last parked it. Been driving my new truck. But today I want to drive my jeep and when on standby or started the amp stays on protect mode. I removed all my doors wires from amp and it’s still in protect mode. What else am I missing.?
Just a quick question my AMP goes into protection mode when i turn on the car but if i unplug the RCA cables and turn on the car and then reconnect the input RCA then everything works fine
I have a digital audio amp ( Old school I’m guessing) it is a 2 channel 5k amp and can’t find any info on it. It has temp gauge and a voltage gauge and 2 fans, went into protection mode. Need help
Yes, fuse under the hood. If there were a break along the power line, you'd have 0V. Or if it were half broken, you'd be shorting to metal in the car and either blow the fuse or have a fire. lol
firebirdude2 bahaha yea I figured out my problem had sketchy wiring rig done under my hood. But yea I was told the same thing about burning the car down lol.
I'm running a dd audio redline 800 series on a dd audio Dm1000a. If I use the bass knob more than 40% I the amp goes into protection mode. The amp is always hot.
I was running my car with subs high up , however i must have peeked the level and shortly after it went into protection. Music after that only played trough my door boxes , subs just cut out.. What am I looking for in this case?
Do I have to pull my subs out the box to test resistance? I've heard that if your speaker isn't sitting with its butt on the table then your resistance will fluctuate. I'm trying to test my final resistance will subs still in box and it's fluctuating like crazy
GamingPC*BassGuy yeah its fine now, i was using it indoors with a power supply that isnt capable of handling it. i can have my source at 100% and my gain at max and my bass boost at +12db and it still works fine. the issue was voltage and wattage. 13.8v and around 30amps its working fine.
I have a pioneer receiver, a 4 channel kicker amp for my highs and a mono fosgate amp for my subs. When the bass in the music hits through my highs I get a horrible distorted sound, but when I disable my subs by turning them off through the head unit it goes away. I am now running my highs off the deck without an amp and it's not as bad. I have swapped out my highs amp, and my head unit without any change in sound. It's an older car (1972) that did not come with a radio in it so a ground has been made behind the heady it. I'm thinking my ground isn't good enough or my rcas are not a good quality. Any ideas? Thanks for any ideas you may have & keep up the good work.
thanks for the video but the fuse was done for, i dont understand why. The amp didnt spark at me like the last time... and i did nothing with the power cable to make it short. I dont know why it did this, could you explain????
Awesome video, I have a similar question, my amp cuts out when the speakers are at a certain volume, that's right, understood its to protect the speakers, but does that mean when the amp cuts out, that's the loudest the speakers can go? if so, how does the amp determine how loud the speakers can go? because I had the speakers connected straight to the radio and it went louder, than via the amp
+Cazwhin Uniqukes i had this similar problem. The problem was that the speakers were just too much for my little amp. I got an amp with more watts and it worked fine.
So in other words, get the maximum RMS or total peak power of all the speakers I want to run, then get a Amp that matches that, then it shouldn't? or wouldn't cut out?
My amp is new and it will go into protect when I plug in the rca cables n will randomly pop and try to bump but won't I checked all wiring and it's all good it was working for like 1 day then boom protect
Mine goes into protection mode only when I drive faster than 60mph... it will kick out when treble takes over, then when a bass moment of the track comes on it kicks back in about 10 seconds later like it realised it was supposed to be on! Any ideas?
Hi guys, i got 3000 speakers, and a 7000 watts amp, i tryed everything and still doing that stupid turn off, do i have to swap my battery and my alternator? Or the power wire has to be change also???
I just purchased a new amp. I had a system in for about a year and wanted something smaller. I went to turn my new amp on and it will turn on and then off right away. I haven’t been able to figure it out. To much power going to the amp? It could be a short but I haven’t been able to find one. I’d appreciate the help. Thanks.
I have an older audiopipe 1500 watts amp and 2 pioneer 10" subs. It used to work fine but some wires got loose and I tried to re-wire it up. Now the amp goes into protect mode when i turn the gain up. I made a new ground and cleaned it. I'm just not good at this stuff so I really need to take it to someone who knows what they're doing but I wanna save money. My car setup is a mess
i have a regular kenwood radio with 2 speakers & the shit box always goes into protect mode why my mechanic who installed a previous radio told me the radio is no longer good i think that's bullshit what do you think??
So in my Silverado in accessory I was getting 12.6 and with it on I was getting 14.6??? Amp still in protection mode idk wat it is? All I have hooked up are door speakers
Also have a problem I whent out in my car sub was working fine. Woke up next day all the speakers are working however the sub in the back nothing's coming out ? I'm sure it had a blue light showing on the amp but now it's red and no sub ? Can u help me please
I have a 96 Nissan Maxima that has amps on each speaker. I replaced the stock radio with an after market radio. I ran RCA from radio to aftermarket amp RCA input then ran wires from out put not using RCA out put but using wire connect. No sound so If I run RCA input do I have to use the RCA output for it to work?
So I bought a stereo from a friend which was a prime 1000.1 amp and two jl w6v2's 12". Well I never did take the subs out the box to see how the voice coils were wired. Well The w6's are dual 4ohm and they were wired series which would equal 16 ohm final at the amp. My question is could that high of resistance kill my amp? Cause I was playing it for 2 hours straight and it went into protect and hasn't worked since.
No. Not at all. In fact, it's VERY easy for the amplifier to play into that load. You won't get much power out, but it certainly won't hurt the amplifier. It could be 64 ohm and not be a problem.
My subwoofer amp powers up and plays at low volume but as soon as i turn it up it jumps into protect mode. I have disconnected the speaker wire and rca's from the amp and it was fine. i have not checked the power or the ground to the amp yet but please give insight on what to check for now.
Hi there I've just bought 2 BOSS CX154DVC 900W rms sub and got a mono block pioneer GMD8601 800 @ 1omh load. I got to parallel the subs to 1ohm load, will my amp gonna die
My amp goes into protect. A skar lp 1000.1 can't figure out why either. Only when bass hits hard. Gains set right amp even has a clip light. Running stock electrical too.
hey man, question. what if my amp goes from red to blue on the protection mode, but only if i swap the power cord to the remote cord input? but even though its on it has no sound.
I have an sfb 1000. I wired in a ds18 v2hl line out converter. Have a strong ground, 150amp fuse, and sky high remote wire ran to an ignition wire off my stock head unit. I hook the amp up with only power ground and remote and when i turn the car on its in protection mode (protect light blinking), clip light solid, and power light has a slow blink. Not sure why its doing it.
I have a kicker 4 channel amp and if I have 2 or even 1 bad 6x9's speakers hooked up to it will it go into protection mode? Because it makes my front speakers even not sound all that good.. Like it won't amplify the sound there's no strong output like there you used to be.. Basically they sound like someone is putting there hand over the speaker.. And it's just not loud.. When you turn it up. Help me out if you know what's going on?
I have a question I was driving home from school and my subs shut off I got home and got dressed for work and when I turned on the car they worked for like 2min. Then today they worked in the morning but shut off after a couple mins then came back on 10 min later for a couple seconds. What's wrong??? Thanks
I have had grounds come loose before. use lock washer and double nut them or us lock nuts. I learned that through experience. Vibraations can loosen them.
My amp has power when the car is completly off, I turn the key on and power goes away why? I’ve tried re grounding, pretty much everything but nobody has answers
Awesome video, really helped me identify my problem and save me from buying another amplifier.
Thank you so much for taking the time and making this video!
Me: why tf is it going into protection mode?
*Ground isn’t hooked up right*
*Fixes ground*
Amp: Protection mode
Same! Imma end up junking the whole car I'm done lol
@@gmax341 same
@@Bajrangiprasadkumar turns out I was trying to run a 1 ohm speaker with 2 ohm stable amp 🤦🏼♂️. Fixed my issue by buying a 1 ohm amp.
Thank you till this day in 2023 this video still helpful and a lot more detailed and variables than other love the meter u def can't go wrong with numbers!!!!!
or the ground is loose or not grounded well enough. thats usually what happens to mine when it goes into protection
For anyone using a PAC AmpPRO and is having the issue, the problem is likely with the PAC unit. They die easily from ANY kind of short in the car, even for a split second. When they're dead, they will send your amplifier(s) into protect until you replace the unit.
You should also make sure youor using the right gauge power and groynd for you amp. And also make sure you stock alternator can supply the amperage that the amp needs.
Thanks For the great advice i was just connecting my amp , and it keeps going into protection mode , but it works fine when i remove one of the speaker (out) its getting late so i came home to check for solutions and i will at least know what to look for tomorrow when i go and check it again ,,, Great work guys.
Mine does the same did u figure it out ??
@@DavidGonzalez-om5yr did you ever get it figured out?
Simply explained and good info! 👍
Please explain what position on the multimeter did you turn to to check the impedance?
After a year my ground became lose, glad I found out why. Have fun booming
I figure I'd subscribe,....considering I'm the only one answering these poor guys questions and all........btw. good vid. might wanna explain how you got a short to ground on that speaker tho' just sayin'......
Nice brother thanks def helped me alot with my Memphis setup
I was in tears thinking I need to replace my amp, I just had it for about 3 days and it was thumping fine till that protection light came on tried troubleshooting it myself but nothing worked till I watched this video and found a faulty wire with the speakers so thanks !!!
this wasnt even my issue but this is good information!
Kano a.
Your video is helping me I have red light and I discovered that with the ground and the amp control it gives me 00 what can I do, and if I can remove the amp control from another cable from the stereo
Hey I had a quick question I have a kicker KX 1200.1 woke up this morning started my car speaker started making this weird noise I unplugged them the amp was still in protection mode I rewired everything new from the ground to the hot wire from the battery from the fuse to the remote and it's still in protection mode even without speakers being hooked up so I tried my old amp And my old amp works so could there be something wrong with the kicker app that I bought
Have you ever made a video how to set up a car system in house like you have here using those switching power supplies? I have the same setup but don’t know what I’m doing wrong? Thanks
Omg I checked the fuse and sure enough it was loose. Thanks for mentioning that because I was wondering why and was about to buy another amp
Ya started out good, but started over explaining the answer.
I know what you're saying, but I know from my experiences, that alot of folks won't...LOL
Chances are if he's only experiencing the protection mode when starting the car, then his battery voltaged dropped too low while cranking.
The regulator is a good point also, but then the protection mode should have also tripped when the voltage spiked.
Brake lights?!!
Wish I could say I don't know what you're talking about....LOLOLOLOL
Helpful video.
Great video thank you for uploading it I'll follow your advice.... let's see what happens
How did you get a short to ground? The speaker and the cable were on the table and not touching anything...
Dang I was thinking that myself????.
I have that same amp but 2400 and it's worked for 5 years then all of a sudden went to protection mode a few days ago. Thinking of just sending it back to kicker because they don't make the amp anymore
I've been looking for help all around but with no results, i hope someone still actively watches this video or something. The issue im having is when i start my car my amp works fine, and my subwoofer kinda works fine too. BUT when i turn the power off and the amp shuts down and i turn the power on back again my amp's light is flashing indicating an issue and the subwoofer doesnt work anymore. so i turn the power off and come back after an hour it works like before repeating the issue. i've basically got a one/two use a day subwoofer :D
I'm running a 400w 4 port pioneer amp with a 12" 1200w pioneer subwoofer
Thanks this did help
OK vid i guess. But, many of the problems you went over are not specific to his symptoms of the amp not powering up only when the car is on. If the speakers are shorted, it wouldn't work in ACC mode either. Given his symptoms, I would check the power to the amp, the ground, and then the remote turn-on, as many newer cars do have some fuses that are powered/not powered once the car is started, and if the remote if connected this way via fuse panel, it could be plugged up to such a fuse.
Thank you
thank you bud onece moor you have done it fix now thanks
Hey Allyn, Thanks for the Vids man, and Greetings from Texas. My question is, What are the main factors in choosing a Great Sub ? For example - Voice coil sizes, Magnets in Oz's and Material that the sub is made From ? Thanks !
Cristo Bal Look for reviews on products, check out their sites, look for their history in car audio! A good sub can even be a single voice coil sub with a small magnet, it is just the quality of construction, your needs and the power you can afford! One good example is JL Audio, they are well known, have many wins in competitions and even in the late 1990's you could buy a W0 that would turn many heads with sound quality that nobody could compete with! I still have my 15 year old single voice coil JL's and they are as good as the day they were bought, they recently were refoamed but haven't ever failed! They set off Bank alarms, woke up fire departments, got me pulled over just for a peek at them, they even impressed an Authorized Orion HCCA dealer, that had to come and ask what I had, he said his subs looked like they were powered up and coming out of the baskets! I was parking to buy some power cable from him, but he ran outside! I had two 12's and two 15's all single 8 ohm subs each set wired parallel running on a clarion 4 channel bridged to two channels that was rated at 380 watts total! He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw my setup! But that is how JL won many competitions in the early years even setting major records in low power categories, they did so well, retailers wanted to sell JL and would travel to the competitions just to ask to sell them in their stores across America! Also look at warranties offered! JL Retails from their own site!
So after I watched this video and it was very helpful got my amp working again today
Thank you helpful video my sub might be blown or went out protective mode only turns on when I connect to sub
Awesome video. Huge help in figuring out why I had one going into protection at different times. Damn speaker wire grounding out. Easy trace and fix. Thanks for covering all the options and troubleshooting.
How would 1 trace down a speaker wire grounding out?
Taking the condom off my amplifier helped prevent it from going into protection mode.
Thanks 🙏🏼
😂😂😂
They go into protection because they need a safe space to express themselves
This is s serious dude
@@MayzDayz007 lmao
Hill areas 😂😂
I was joking because hes always hi
I have a daul XPR52 2 channel amplifier that instantly goes into protect and my ground wire was sparking
Lol
Hi, can you tell me why my subwoofer makes a BOOM every time the car engine starts. How can I get rid of this problem? Thanks and congratulations for your videos.
Same here
I was having the same issue and couldnt figure out what the problem was. After trying all the troubleshooting it ended up being that the remote gain controller had to be plugged in otherwise it would trip the protection when the car started.
U tlking about the bass knob ? Mine keep going into protect mode.
I miss you guys making videos. No homo.
Thanks for this informative video
Great video bro helpful
So while the amp is in protect mode the volts should still be correct?
Battery isolators can cause this to happen as well correct.? Thx for the video..
The problem i found alot with this was bad ground or speaker
The ones that go from the sub to the amp
How is this speaker grounded and making the continuity sound if its not connected to anything? 7:09
🔥 what if a 4ohm speaker is reading 6ohm
I have a skar audio 800.1D amp I tried the key thing but its still in prt
would have been nice to see how you test RCA. do you test them for continuity as well? you kind of breezed over that part "if you test the RCA and they test out fine..." ok how we test em?
Connect a jumper wire between the power wire and the remote wire. Put the remote wire and power wire in the usual ports. But just put a wire connecting the remote port and battery port together. my amp was stuck in it and its never done it again
So put a jumper in the positive on the amp to the remote location ?
Heres a fun question, my GF dropped her aux cord into the cig lighter and blew the head unit, the amp is now quieter than it used to be, even with a new head. No protect mode or any other issues. What do you think went on the amp?
Mine just goes into protect as soon as you turn the key. Don't matter If it's running.. if it stays on protect it blows a fuse
Same problem I'm having did you figure out what it was ?
I have a question I was booking up my amp the the battery and I had my neagtive connected to the positive terminal and I accidentally hit the positive wire to the negative post and it automatically went into protective mode is there a way to get it out of I’s it done?
i watched the amp going into protection mode it all checks out
If my battery’s old, can it cause my amp to go into protection mode, just hooked up everything. I have a solid ground. It has the green light until a bass note plays. I have the loc hooked up to the factory sub and the remote wire is coming from the loc
Hi, great channel! Wonder if anyone can help with my problem. I use using CarPlay and accidentally had it cranked when I started truck. It shutdown all but sub. Now it occasionally goes out.
Thanks in advance!
randomly when I listen to music it will cut the bass and go into protect mode and when I turn the vehicle off the amp turns on for a few minutes then turns off again
YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE check your wiring and ground connection and fuse on amp and fuse on the car battery
YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE bad alternator or burnt wire somewhere
Your speaker could be wire wrong you need a 4 ohm and also your amp may not be beefy enough for your speakers
Check your ohm dual 2ohm voice coils or 4ohm which ever u need to make sure what you are running at the amp I have dual 1 oam VC if I run at a half ohm on most amps they will burn up or o erheat
I got a question got a Rockville 4ch amp it worked fine when I last parked it. Been driving my new truck. But today I want to drive my jeep and when on standby or started the amp stays on protect mode. I removed all my doors wires from amp and it’s still in protect mode. What else am I missing.?
Just a quick question my AMP goes into protection mode when i turn on the car but if i unplug the RCA cables and turn on the car and then reconnect the input RCA then everything works fine
I have a digital audio amp ( Old school I’m guessing) it is a 2 channel 5k amp and can’t find any info on it. It has temp gauge and a voltage gauge and 2 fans, went into protection mode. Need help
So when you say "loose fuse" are we talking about the in line fuse under the hood? Or perhaps there could be break somewhere along the power wire?
Yes, fuse under the hood. If there were a break along the power line, you'd have 0V. Or if it were half broken, you'd be shorting to metal in the car and either blow the fuse or have a fire. lol
firebirdude2 bahaha yea I figured out my problem had sketchy wiring rig done under my hood. But yea I was told the same thing about burning the car down lol.
I'm running a dd audio redline 800 series on a dd audio Dm1000a. If I use the bass knob more than 40% I the amp goes into protection mode. The amp is always hot.
I was running my car with subs high up , however i must have peeked the level and shortly after it went into protection. Music after that only played trough my door boxes , subs just cut out.. What am I looking for in this case?
Bro same did you figure it out
Do I have to pull my subs out the box to test resistance?
I've heard that if your speaker isn't sitting with its butt on the table then your resistance will fluctuate.
I'm trying to test my final resistance will subs still in box and it's fluctuating like crazy
Question I took out my car battery and when I installed the battery back my amp keep going into production after passing volume 30
Why cant i turn my amp all the way up? When i get to around 50% gain it goes into protection.
Your gain is way to high. Watch Sonic Electronix's video on how to properly tune an amp!
yeah you are not supposed to turn your amp all the way up.
GamingPC*BassGuy yeah its fine now, i was using it indoors with a power supply that isnt capable of handling it. i can have my source at 100% and my gain at max and my bass boost at +12db and it still works fine. the issue was voltage and wattage. 13.8v and around 30amps its working fine.
Gershon Dharmanandan bad alternator man swear to god that what it is
Because the Gain is for RCA input voltage to match your output Headunit,.....NOT for a source of power wattage or output power.
I have a pioneer receiver, a 4 channel kicker amp for my highs and a mono fosgate amp for my subs. When the bass in the music hits through my highs I get a horrible distorted sound, but when I disable my subs by turning them off through the head unit it goes away. I am now running my highs off the deck without an amp and it's not as bad. I have swapped out my highs amp, and my head unit without any change in sound. It's an older car (1972) that did not come with a radio in it so a ground has been made behind the heady it. I'm thinking my ground isn't good enough or my rcas are not a good quality. Any ideas? Thanks for any ideas you may have & keep up the good work.
thanks for the video but the fuse was done for, i dont understand why. The amp didnt spark at me like the last time... and i did nothing with the power cable to make it short. I dont know why it did this, could you explain????
Great info.....
Awesome video, I have a similar question, my amp cuts out when the speakers are at a certain volume, that's right, understood its to protect the speakers, but does that mean when the amp cuts out, that's the loudest the speakers can go? if so, how does the amp determine how loud the speakers can go? because I had the speakers connected straight to the radio and it went louder, than via the amp
+Cazwhin Uniqukes i had this similar problem. The problem was that the speakers were just too much for my little amp. I got an amp with more watts and it worked fine.
So in other words, get the maximum RMS or total peak power of all the speakers I want to run, then get a Amp that matches that, then it shouldn't? or wouldn't cut out?
My amp is new and it will go into protect when I plug in the rca cables n will randomly pop and try to bump but won't I checked all wiring and it's all good it was working for like 1 day then boom protect
Mine goes into protection mode only when I drive faster than 60mph... it will kick out when treble takes over, then when a bass moment of the track comes on it kicks back in about 10 seconds later like it realised it was supposed to be on! Any ideas?
how do I know if I should run new wires to my after market speakers? do wires really make a big difference? or just a little?
Thanks G
Hi guys, i got 3000 speakers, and a 7000 watts amp, i tryed everything and still doing that stupid turn off, do i have to swap my battery and my alternator? Or the power wire has to be change also???
I just purchased a new amp. I had a system in for about a year and wanted something smaller. I went to turn my new amp on and it will turn on and then off right away. I haven’t been able to figure it out. To much power going to the amp? It could be a short but I haven’t been able to find one. I’d appreciate the help. Thanks.
I have an older audiopipe 1500 watts amp and 2 pioneer 10" subs. It used to work fine but some wires got loose and I tried to re-wire it up. Now the amp goes into protect mode when i turn the gain up.
I made a new ground and cleaned it. I'm just not good at this stuff so I really need to take it to someone who knows what they're doing but I wanna save money. My car setup is a mess
Hi. My speaker wire shorted with car ground and it now stays in protect. How do I repair.
i have a regular kenwood radio with 2 speakers & the shit box always goes into protect mode why my mechanic who installed a previous radio told me the radio is no longer good i think that's bullshit what do you think??
So in my Silverado in accessory I was getting 12.6 and with it on I was getting 14.6??? Amp still in protection mode idk wat it is? All I have hooked up are door speakers
Will a bigger wire fuse throw a protection mode also?
Also have a problem I whent out in my car sub was working fine. Woke up next day all the speakers are working however the sub in the back nothing's coming out ? I'm sure it had a blue light showing on the amp but now it's red and no sub ? Can u help me please
Hey bro did you ever get this fixed and if so how did you do it
a protection mode amp doesn't mean your amp is bad right? My Brutus hifonics goes on protection mode
Actually I unplugged the rca and all the speakers still goes into protection soon as I start the truck. But when started it read 14.6
I have a 96 Nissan Maxima that has amps on each speaker. I replaced the stock radio with an after market radio. I ran RCA from radio to aftermarket amp RCA input then ran wires from out put not using RCA out put but using wire connect. No sound so If I run RCA input do I have to use the RCA output for it to work?
Dude is always stoned to the bone.
high and helpful as fuck. some people don't get the credit they deserve
It would be more helpful to understand if he had a joint burnin the whole video
Lol
The question is when are we not
U sir seem like the law
So I bought a stereo from a friend which was a prime 1000.1 amp and two jl w6v2's 12". Well I never did take the subs out the box to see how the voice coils were wired. Well The w6's are dual 4ohm and they were wired series which would equal 16 ohm final at the amp. My question is could that high of resistance kill my amp? Cause I was playing it for 2 hours straight and it went into protect and hasn't worked since.
+mkIIIsupras same thing happen to me with my kickr cant find any solutions and nobody seems to have any answers
No. Not at all. In fact, it's VERY easy for the amplifier to play into that load. You won't get much power out, but it certainly won't hurt the amplifier. It could be 64 ohm and not be a problem.
you still have the same set up?
Dead battery. U drained it.
Charge it up. Either way check for volts with ur multi meter. Before an after ur charge.
My subwoofer amp powers up and plays at low volume but as soon as i turn it up it jumps into protect mode. I have disconnected the speaker wire and rca's from the amp and it was fine. i have not checked the power or the ground to the amp yet but please give insight on what to check for now.
Hi there I've just bought 2 BOSS CX154DVC 900W rms sub and got a mono block pioneer GMD8601 800 @ 1omh load. I got to parallel the subs to 1ohm load, will my amp gonna die
My amp goes into protect. A skar lp 1000.1 can't figure out why either. Only when bass hits hard. Gains set right amp even has a clip light. Running stock electrical too.
hey man, question. what if my amp goes from red to blue on the protection mode, but only if i swap the power cord to the remote cord input? but even though its on it has no sound.
My brand new mbquarts 1500.1...I don’t have no rca or speakers hooked up
I have an sfb 1000. I wired in a ds18 v2hl line out converter. Have a strong ground, 150amp fuse, and sky high remote wire ran to an ignition wire off my stock head unit. I hook the amp up with only power ground and remote and when i turn the car on its in protection mode (protect light blinking), clip light solid, and power light has a slow blink. Not sure why its doing it.
I have a kicker 4 channel amp and if I have 2 or even 1 bad 6x9's speakers hooked up to it will it go into protection mode? Because it makes my front speakers even not sound all that good.. Like it won't amplify the sound there's no strong output like there you used to be.. Basically they sound like someone is putting there hand over the speaker.. And it's just not loud.. When you turn it up. Help me out if you know what's going on?
I have a question I was driving home from school and my subs shut off I got home and got dressed for work and when I turned on the car they worked for like 2min. Then today they worked in the morning but shut off after a couple mins then came back on 10 min later for a couple seconds. What's wrong??? Thanks
I have a similar problem with my system going on and off also. I checked my speakers and they were destroyed.
+AutoVids I fixed it a week ago it was a simple fix, I had to tighten my ground bolt located in the trunk of my car.
Nice!
I have had grounds come loose before. use lock washer and double nut them or us lock nuts. I learned that through experience. Vibraations can loosen them.
I trouble shoot all what u did and, hook the amp separate to d battery, same protection light
My amp has power when the car is completly off, I turn the key on and power goes away why? I’ve tried re grounding, pretty much everything but nobody has answers
Remote signal?
Where can i get that Sonic Electronix t-shirt?
i have pioneer gmd9604 1600 watt and subwoofer tsw3003d4 2000watt is this good or not plz rply
Than you I will try that
when im running 2 12's in a ported box, should i run each sub to a
separate channel on the amp or can i bridge them together