tju76

Any help is appreciated

I have kept the gains set at 1/4 turn bc I feel that is the safest I don't know of another way to see if my sub is getting a clipped signal

Well I did exactly what I was told when setting the gains I get a blip at around 1/4 turn if I don't move the knob it stays there if I turn it up past 1/4 I don't get a distortion light till2/3 but I can turn it up full gain and no distortion so my question is what should I set it at, I have a hard time believing I want it at full gain what does everyone think. The system bumps. Is there another way to set gains so I can validate the dd1 lime if indeed it is not clipping at full a way to ch eck that

Did you find the max volume on your deck with the DD1 before attempting to set the amp gain? Well I didn't plug the dd1 into the headunit directly bc I was not sure so I first checked the 4 channel door speakers which didn't clip at all so the gain for that was set to clip at 33. Then I did the saz 1200 which with subwoofer level at 8 clipped at 27 so it should clip differently tomorrow when I put sub level at 0. Also does this mean I cant use the sublevel control on the headunit anymore since let's say the amp clips at 35 with sub level at 0 won't turning up the sub level cause clipping? I'm not too familiar how the sub level setting works

Okay thanks I will post back tomorrow. So what exactly needs to break in on the woofer that is causing the stink I did read up some people say break in some say there is no need

Sorry for all the multiple posts

So just playing them to loud to fast is the problem not that I am getting distortion as I set all the gains on my other amps fine the flashing only occurred on this one so I should turn up the gain till I get a solid red. I set the gains a month ago and if I remember correctly after I went past quarter turn it didn't flash red again until maybe half or two thirds I can check tomorrow. So if my full blown is 25 volume should I not go above 15

So just playing them to loud to fast is the problem not that I am getting distortion as I set all the gains on my other amps fine the flashing only occurred on this one so I should turn up the gain till I get a solid red. I set the gains a month ago and if I remember correctly after I went past quarter turn it didn't flash red again until maybe half or two thirds I can check tomorrow. So if my full blown is 25 volume should I not go above 15

So just playing them to loud to fast is the problem not that I am getting distortion as I set all the gains on my other amps fine the flashing only occurred on this one so I should turn up the gain till I get a solid red. I set the gains a month ago and if I remember correctly after I went past quarter turn it didn't flash red again until maybe half or two thirds I can check tomorrow

The subs were bought brand new and I have had them for maybe a month but they have not seen much heavy pounding and I don't drive the vehicle every day

if it turns on and goes away after you turn it up a little more, its not bad, thats normal, its just the variable resistor, it could possibly have anything in the process that can cause distortion, like dirt or a bit of corrosion or some sort. You only need to worry about when it stays on fully and not when it just goes on like for a bit, is the light currently on a 1/4 turn and it has the light on fully? And some times that's all it takes to make the amp run at its full power. Is there a way to clean the terminal or just leave it be and turn up the gains till I get a solid light. And the subs were brand new and have had them maybe a month but not seen a lot of heavy pounding for nearly that long The distortion light was not solid it was like a faint blip never stayed solid but I was worried to turn it up more so I don't know what to do That is fine, its just a dirty terminal, when it is a bright red is when its good, also with your other problem with the smelling a burning something, How long have you had the subs? Did you buy them brand new or used? How long have you been actually using the subs?

The headunit is an alpine cde 148 and the settings are 0 to 15

if it turns on and goes away after you turn it up a little more, its not bad, thats normal, its just the variable resistor, it could possibly have anything in the process that can cause distortion, like dirt or a bit of corrosion or some sort. You only need to worry about when it stays on fully and not when it just goes on like for a bit, is the light currently on a 1/4 turn and it has the light on fully? And some times that's all it takes to make the amp run at its full power. Is there a way to clean the terminal or just leave it be and turn up the gains till I get a solid light. And the subs were brand new and have had them maybe a month but not seen a lot of heavy pounding for nearly that long The distortion light was not solid it was like a faint blip never stayed solid but I was worried to turn it up more so I don't know what to do That is fine, its just a dirty terminal, when it is a bright red is when its good, also with your other problem with the smelling a burning something, How long have you had the subs? Did you buy them brand new or used? How long have you been actually using the subs?

if it turns on and goes away after you turn it up a little more, its not bad, thats normal, its just the variable resistor, it could possibly have anything in the process that can cause distortion, like dirt or a bit of corrosion or some sort. You only need to worry about when it stays on fully and not when it just goes on like for a bit, is the light currently on a 1/4 turn and it has the light on fully? And some times that's all it takes to make the amp run at its full power. The distortion light was not solid it was like a faint blip never stayed solid but I was worried to turn it up more so I don't know what to do

All the settings are flat the rca outs on the headunit are 4 volt. The only setting that was not flat was sub level on headunit but the dd1 manual said to leave that at the middle setting so +7. I also have a second question when playing my sa 12s loud real bass heavy song my voltage will dip never below 13.5 I did the big three but when playing the subs full bore like this I sometimes notice a smell not sure if it's just glue melting off it's not a bad smell just something I noticed. I have not had the fortune of smelling what a burnt coil smells like and I find it hard to believe that is what it is. Since the sundown sa 12s and saz 1200 are overbuilt. But should I be concerned and if so would a good solution be turning the gain down like I said it's hardly turned up at all.

All the settings are flat the rca outs on the headunit are 4 volt. The only setting that was not flat was sub level on headunit but the dd1 manual said to leave that at the middle setting so +7. I also have a second question when playing my sa 12s loud real bass heavy song my voltage will dip never below 13.5 I did the big three but when playing the subs full bore like this I sometimes notice a smell not sure if it's just glue melting off it's not a bad smell just something I noticed. I have not had the fortune of smelling what a burnt coil smells like and I find it hard to believe that is what it is. Since the sundown sa 12s and saz 1200 are overbuilt. But should I be concerned and if so would a good solution be turning the gain down like I said it's hardly turned up at all.

Hello I am new to the forums so first off hello everyone and thanks for trying to help me solve this. So my problem or what I believe to be the problem is setting the gains on my sundown saz 1200 when using the dd1 I will get a blip on the distortion detect led pretty much as soon as I move the gain knob but after I turn the knob further the distortion led light goes off and doesn't come on till I turn it up further currently I have the gain not even a 1/4 turn which does not seem right too me. Any help is appreciated