Tried wiring it no success

 

Silver Member
Username: M0nkeyman692

Post Number: 574
Registered: Feb-07
so i finally got my wiring kit for my sub. and my friend and i set it up...
i ran the power wire from my battery to my amp.
i grounded my amp correctly
i attached the remote wire to the hu and to the amp.
i attached the rca's to the hu and to the amp..
i sent the wires from the amp to the sub box
then from the box to the sub.
its a dual 4 so i wired it positive to positive on the voice coils and negative to negative. and then the wires from the amp from positive to positive an negative to negative..

when i tried playing music nothing happened...

i know i probably left out a few details but any ideas on what i might have done wrong?
 

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Username: Adam_s

Post Number: 1970
Registered: Aug-04
Did you remember to put the fuse in the power wire? Is the amp turning on or not?
 

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Username: Bumpin_buick

Appleton, Wisconsin USA

Post Number: 128
Registered: Apr-07
First find out if your amp is on, then check your remote, thats tends to be the biggest noob mistake
 

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Username: Mixmastaspig

Team RD, Canada

Post Number: 1746
Registered: Sep-05
Make sure you put the RCA's in OUTPUT from the CD player and INPUT on the amp.

Might sound retarded but my friend did this, called me for help and I laughed at him...lol
 

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Username: Ridinspinnas

Windsor, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 348
Registered: May-06
yea Mike my buddy did that too, check remote usually (blue white) and that rca's are in input on amp, that sub setting is on, after that let us know what happens so we can narrow it down
 

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Username: Mgbcs

Maple Grove, Minnesota

Post Number: 2606
Registered: Dec-06
It never fails to happen that I forget to put the fuse back in the in-line fuse hold
 

Silver Member
Username: M0nkeyman692

Post Number: 575
Registered: Feb-07
yea fuse is in the holder fully put together. remote is hooked up correctly.

um the rca jack on the hu is a wire that comes out with female rca jacks and there is a tag on the wire that says subwoofer..

and it is on the input on the amp.

sub setting is on.
and the power light turns on on the amp. so its definitely getting power.
 

Gold Member
Username: Nd4spd18

Northwest PA

Post Number: 7957
Registered: Jul-06
Connect an mp3 player to the amp inputs. If you get audio the problem is with the HU or RCA cables. IF you don't it's with the speakers or speaker cables.



BTW did you check the amp settings? Gain, SSF, LPF, you set those?
 

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Username: Kpa2727

Old Bridge, NJ USA !

Post Number: 1401
Registered: May-07
are the gain and filters on the amp turned down so low thier off?
 

Silver Member
Username: Bumpin_buick

Appleton, Wisconsin USA

Post Number: 132
Registered: Apr-07
Put a DMM up to the speaker terminals on the amp to test for output, if your amp is really getting a signal like you claim it to be, you have a dead channel in the amp or a junk sub, but I doubt that is the case
 

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Username: Ridinspinnas

Windsor, Ontario Canada

Post Number: 352
Registered: May-06
yeah, could be a dead channel, but do what M.S said that way u know if its a problem with the deck, so u can narrow it down, is the connection inside the box good, is the sub blown? what kind of equipment do u have?
 

Silver Member
Username: M0nkeyman692

Post Number: 576
Registered: Feb-07
haha ok good news. lol. i set it up perfect. except i forgot to shut off the switch that controls the remote gain knob.. and i dont have a knob.
 

Gold Member
Username: Nd4spd18

Northwest PA

Post Number: 7960
Registered: Jul-06
What amp is that? I haven't seen many with a switch for that.
 

Silver Member
Username: M0nkeyman692

Post Number: 577
Registered: Feb-07
its an earthquake ph1000
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