Troubleshooting

SYMPTOM

CHECK

REMEDY

 

 

Check all fuses to the amplifier

 

 

Confirm remote turn-on lead is connected at the amp and at

 

Is the Status LED illuminated GREEN? NO?

the radio/switched +12Volts

 

 

 

NO SOUND

 

Clean contacts on fuse holder

 

 

Verify ground is secure

 

Is the Status LED illuminated GREEN? Yes?

Check gain on amp

 

Check source level volume

 

 

Check for Speaker or wire short

 

No power to power wire

Re-secure power cable

AMP NOT SWITCHING ON

Poor Ground

Must have bare metal ground

Does remote wire have +12V

Check at source and amp

 

 

 

 

 

Check fuses

Burnt, broken, detached?

 

Check speaker wire

Look for shorts, pinches or disconnected terminal

NO SOUND ON ONE CHANNEL

 

 

Check RCAs

Swap left with right. If the bad side began working, the prob-

 

 

lem is before the amplifier

 

 

 

 

 

AMP SHUTS DOWN

Check speaker load

Verify that the load does not drop below the specified ohm

level

 

 

STATUS LED IS ON - RED

Check temperature

Wait for amp to cool down

Speakers shorted

Check to see if it is the wire or the speakers themselves

 

 

 

 

SMOKE CAME OUT

Either you spilled your beer on it or did not read

Put smoke back inside

 

this manual and follow the directions

 

 

 

 

CAN’T KEEP THE OPPOSITE

Is volume loud enough for others to hear?

To avoid the opposite sex, buy a different brand of amplifier

SEX OFF ME

 

 

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