INSTALLATION
Troubleshooting
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| +12V wire not connected or incorrect | Check connections for proper voltage | |
Unit will not turn on | voltage. REM wire not connected or | (11~16VDC) | |
(no power LED | incorrect voltage |
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indicator) | GND wire not connected | Check connection to ground | |
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| Fuse(s) blown | Replace fuse(s) | |
| Speaker wires not connected | Check connections at speakers | |
| Volume turned all the way down | Increase volume level at head unit | |
Unit has power - | One or more speaker wires touching | Insulate all bare speaker wires from | |
LED is green (but | each other or touching chassis | each other and chassis ground | |
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no sound) |
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Speaker(s) defective or damaged | Check/replace speaker(s) | ||
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| Input signal not connected | Check high or low level inputs for | |
| proper connection | ||
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| Incorrect fuse rating | Use fuse(s) with correct rating | |
Unit blows fuse(s) | +12V wire touching chassis ground | Check for pinched wire | |
| Speaker(s) defective or damaged | Check/replace speaker(s) | |
| Bad ground connection | Make sure amplifier is grounded to | |
| clean bare metal | ||
Engine noise |
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Signal ground loop or RFI (radio | |||
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| frequency interference) | high current wiring | |
| One or more speaker wires touching | Insulate all bare speaker wires from | |
| each other or touching chassis | each other and chassis ground | |
| ground | ||
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LED illuminates red | Speaker(s) defective or | Check/replace speaker(s) | |
(protect mode) | damaged internally (shorted) | ||
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| Speaker load less than 2 ohms | Adjust speaker load - amplifier will | |
| (stereo). Speaker load less than 4 | not operate at less than 4 ohms | |
| ohms (bridged) | when bridged | |
Distorted audio | Incorrect input signal type or | Check connections and reduce/ | |
output | input level too high | adjust input level | |
Low audio output | Incorrect input signal type or | Check connections and increase/ | |
| input level too low | adjust input level | |
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| Check (+) and | |
Weak bass | Speaker(s) are wired out of phase | connections | |
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| (Observe correct polarity) |
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