neutman21

Ok, I thought mine was around 75 amps....

ok. ill give it a try... and is it recommended that i only use 0 gauge? or can I use something smaller?

Ok, I am doing about 1150 rms... and the big 3 probably wouldn't fix the problem would it??

I did a check on the wires and all of them seem to be tight...

Ill do a recheck on the wires, but the battery is an optima yellow. I also considered getting a 100A-150A alternator or doing the big 3. I just don't want to put money into it if it doesn't fix my problem..

And the grounds are good...

Box recommendations are 1.25 cu ft and the box is small by .07. I set the gain on my amp with a dmm and backed down on the gain just a bit more. There is no bass boost on the amp/head unit, just a subwoofer level control. And settings on cd player all should be normal, I defeated the eq on the cd player and it still sounds bad. The sub sounds great when it isn't close to me, but when I put my ear close to it, it doesn't sound clean at all.

Alpine cda-9887.

Hey, just got the new system put together and after hooking it all up, the sub sounds really distorted at mid volume. I checked the box size 1.18 cu ft with a small amount of polyfil, I set the gains on my amp with a Voltage Meter, and did research online to make sure all of my settings are right. The sub is a 12w6v2 (wired in parallel) running off an hd750/1. I have 2 guage wiring that splits into 4 guage and I keep thinking it may be that my alternator is too weak to support the 2 amps I have. There is slight dimming with my lights on when the subs it, and the alternator is stock on a 2000 ford ranger. I don't have the equalizer hooked up right now.... I have also had the same problem before with a 10w7 and a 500/1 in the past, but I just thought it was the sub that was messed up, now I am having the same problem. Any help would be nice before I end up messing up my sub or buying something I don't need if it could be a small problem.. Thanks.

so i have a momentary switch that i had already bought and already installed into my dash...and when u say to wire it into the 12v, do u mean the 12v on the 451m coming from the brain or the actually 12v?? and how would i wire it into the 12v? do I just cut it in half and run the two wires to each side of the switch? and will there still be constant power going to the brain? and shyne, if i wired it into the switch...can I use the immediate switch i have?? if so, when u say to do the same for green wire as I do for the blue...wont the two blue and green be touching on the prong together??? leaving the ground on the other prong on the switch?? Here is the switch I have..... http://www.autozone.com/autozone/catalog/a...equestid=384862

im getting my phoenix gold tld 22 line driver today...ill see if that helps my amp performance. i have read forums of people having alpine decks that put out low voltage from the sub out (mainly because you have to have the subwoofer control on the cd player turned all the way up to receive the 4 volts with a certain test tone). Ill see how it goes and post if it works or not...thanks for the help so far...

So I successfully installed my viper 350hv and actuators along with the 451m... I would like to now install a button or switch to unlock my doors from the inside while the vehicle is running so I don't have to reach over and open the door since the alarm automatically locks the doors after 3 seconds of starting the vehicle. I bought a button from autozone that is an imediate signal button with just two prongs...do I need an oem door lock for this or some switch that has a 12volt signal?? how do I go about hooking this button up??? Thanks

i put new rcas in and I had originally tried it without the line driver...im taking out the audiocontrol eq and crossover and adding just a phoenix gold line driver because I had low voltage before...line driver will be here monday.... and thank you for the note Red-navi....

k...ill give that a try. I might just go ahead and pay $60 to get my whole system checked from back to front..

No..I didn't... i thought it could be the settings on my amp.