Dual XIA4225 owner manual Troubleshooting

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XIA4225 OPERATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

Cause

 

Action

 

 

Unit will not turn on

+12V wire not connected or incorrect voltage

 

Check connections for proper voltage

 

 

(no power LED indicator)

REM wire not connected or incorrect voltage

 

(11~16VDC)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GND wire not connected

 

Check connection to ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fuse(s) blown

 

Replace fuse(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit has power - LED is

Speaker wires not connected

 

Check connections at speakers

 

 

green (but no sound)

 

 

 

 

 

Volume turned all the way down

 

Increase volume level at head unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One or more speaker wires touching each

 

Insulate all bare speaker wires from

 

 

 

other or touching chassis ground

 

each other and chassis ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s) defective or damaged

 

Check/replace speaker(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Input signal not connected

 

Check high or low level inputs for

 

 

 

 

 

proper connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit blows fuse(s)

Incorrect fuse rating

 

Use fuse(s) with correct rating

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+12V wire touching chassis ground

 

Check for pinched wire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s) defective or damaged

 

Check/replace speaker(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Engine noise

Bad ground connection

 

Make sure amplifier is grounded to

 

 

 

 

 

clean bare metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signal ground loop or RFI

 

Re-route RCA cables from existing

 

 

 

(radio frequency interference)

 

high current wiring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED illuminates red

One or more speaker wires touching each

 

Insulate all bare speaker wires from

 

 

(protect mode)

other or touching chassis ground

 

each other and chassis ground

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker(s) defective or damaged internally

 

Check/replace speaker(s)

 

 

 

(shorted)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaker load less than 2 ohms (stereo)

 

Adjust speaker load - amplifier will

 

 

 

Speaker load less than 4 ohms (bridged)

 

not operate at less than 4 ohms when

 

 

 

 

 

bridged

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distorted audio output

Incorrect input signal type or input level too

 

Check connections and reduce/adjust

 

 

 

high

 

input level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Low audio output

Incorrect input signal type or input level

 

Check connections and increase/

 

 

 

too low

 

adjust input level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weak bass

Speaker(s) are wired out of phase

 

Check (+) and (-) speaker connections

 

 

 

 

 

(Observe correct polarity)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No illuminite output 

Fuse blown - illuminite output (+12VDC) wire

 

Check or replace fuse

 

 

(no lights)

touching ground

 

Use 2 amp ATO fuse only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

illuminite (+) or (-) wires not connected

 

Check connections at speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

illuminite connections wired wrong

 

Reverse (+) and (-) connections

 

 

 

(reverse polarity)

 

(Observe correct polarity)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

illuminite speaker(s) defective or damaged

 

Check/replace speaker(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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