Skullz Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 If the amp is only worth a hundred or two i would just replace it with a new one instead of spending 100 hundred or more in repairs on it. Look on ebay for some great old school amps, i would go with an old school amp worth repairing than most of the crap being made today that's disposable. Quote 01 Ford focus ZX3 Pioneer AVH-X491BHS PPI PC 4800.2 Morel Maximo 6.5" x2
tonedeaf Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Posted September 21, 2011 When you hit that bump you could have made something in the dash hit the RCA's. PICO fuse could have blown too. Could try grounding the RCA's like the pioneers. That would cause no power whatsoever to go through the amp? I thought the usual issue was just engine noise in the RCAs with a blown pico. Causing something to ht the RCAs would have done what exactly? Grounded them out or something maybe? Blowing out the preouts? Quote
Ray Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 Pioneer only has the pico fuse. Quote 2008 California state record holder 157.2 Bassrace2009 California state record holder 157.0 BassraceRollin 50's 158.7db2009 King of Cali Bassrace2009 USACi score 160.5 @ 42hz
Rebel4055 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 (edited) When you hit that bump you could have made something in the dash hit the RCA's. PICO fuse could have blown too. Could try grounding the RCA's like the pioneers. That would cause no power whatsoever to go through the amp? I thought the usual issue was just engine noise in the RCAs with a blown pico. Causing something to ht the RCAs would have done what exactly? Grounded them out or something maybe? Blowing out the preouts? Anything is possible, it's a free test if you have like 16 gauge wire around lol. @ray oh, well then, my kenwood had the same issue as a pioneer and grounding the RCA's took the problem out. Is there another "fuse" that other companys use or is there something totally different? I would like to know for future reference. Edited September 21, 2011 by Rebel4055 Quote Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/
tonedeaf Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Posted September 21, 2011 If the amp is only worth a hundred or two i would just replace it with a new one instead of spending 100 hundred or more in repairs on it. Look on ebay for some great old school amps, i would go with an old school amp worth repairing than most of the crap being made today that's disposable. Yeah, I wasn't too worried about it though they are still worth around $250 as people pay for the Rockford name, but with such a small amp I'm not worried about repair. I'm more worried about making sure it's the amp and not the headunit. Would suck ass to pay $500 for a new bigger and better amp to find out my 2 day old headunit took a shit. Quote
Ray Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 Plug an ipod in instead of your deck Gotta break it down in order to troubleshoot. Process of elimination Quote 2008 California state record holder 157.2 Bassrace2009 California state record holder 157.0 BassraceRollin 50's 158.7db2009 King of Cali Bassrace2009 USACi score 160.5 @ 42hz
tonedeaf Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Posted September 21, 2011 (edited) Plug an ipod in instead of your deck Gotta break it down in order to troubleshoot. Process of elimination That's the last thing I did which I figured would rule it out. I plugged the headphone plug into my iPod and the RCA outs into the amp and it no worky. So case closed ray? Edited September 21, 2011 by tonedeaf Quote
Rebel4055 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 He means separate the HU from the amp, get a 3.5mm to RCA and plug it into your amp and play some music. Quote Rest In Peace mother. January 22, 1955 - February 14, 2013 http://www.stevemeadedesigns.com/board/user/35351-megrch/
LoudBimmer Posted September 21, 2011 Report Posted September 21, 2011 I got similar thing happening to me. Driving home today my music stops playing for about 1 minute and then comes back on. Than after 5 minutes same thing happens again. I don't know if it's related. Quote
tonedeaf Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Posted September 21, 2011 (edited) He means separate the HU from the amp, get a 3.5mm to RCA and plug it into your amp and play some music. Sorry, I said Headunit plug, I meant headphone (3.5mm headphone plug into iphone) with RCA plugs. Heres a pic of what I used basically: Plugged it into iphone then straight to amp with nothing happening from the sub. Edited September 21, 2011 by tonedeaf Quote
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