sound only comes out of my subwoofers. so i thought i would disconnect all that stuff. but then there is just no sound.
the only way i can can sound through my speakers is if i touch the power remote (the blue one) onto something metal. itll spark just a tiny bit, and then the sound comes on. i dont understand.....

oh yeah. another thing is, if i have my car running then just turn it once back. (whatever that is. acc?) then the speakers come on...

do i have the blue wire hooked up right?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rtpassini &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sound only comes out of my subwoofers. so i thought i would disconnect all that stuff. but then there is just no sound.
the only way i can can sound through my speakers is if i touch the power remote (the blue one) onto something metal. itll spark just a tiny bit, and then the sound comes on. i dont understand.....

oh yeah. another thing is, if i have my car running then just turn it once back. (whatever that is. acc?) then the speakers come on...

do i have the blue wire hooked up right? </TD></TR></TABLE>The blue, [or blue/white if there are both] is amp turn on, amp trigger or amp control lead, they are called a few diff. things, but do the same thing, when there is only a blue lead it is for amp turn on ans power ant. "up" trigger, if there are both the blue is for power ant. and the blue/white is for the amp/amps, both have 12v+ , [250mA] on them when the HU is on, when both are there the blue has power only when radio is on, shorting them to ground, ["if I touch the power remote, [the blue one] onto something metal"] is a nono, and why the speakers work when you do that, I don't know, or why when you turn the ign. back to acc. I would think it has something to do with wiring, are the speakers on HU power or is there an off board amp for them also? [along with the sub] 94

 

the sub has its own amp. but the speakers are running off the HU. and i believe on my HU there is only 1 blue wire.
i think it has something to do with the ignition signal. (as to the reason why if i turn it to acc the speakers turn on) like somehow its wired backwards or something. ill be tinking around with it tomorr afternoon again.

anything i should look for?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rtpassini &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the sub has its own amp. but the speakers are running off the HU. and i believe on my HU there is only 1 blue wire.
i think it has something to do with the ignition signal. (as to the reason why if i turn it to acc the speakers turn on) like somehow its wired backwards or something. ill be tinking around with it tomorr afternoon again.

anything i should look for?</TD></TR></TABLE>Make sure the HU wires red is wired to acc., [switched] yellow is wired to constant power, [live all the time] black to ground, mixing the red and yellow would not keep the HU from working, only lose radio presets and clock memory every tme you turn off the ign. link.. http://www.installdr.com for cars wireing colors also pay close attention to where the blue and blue/white, [if you have it] are wired to. 94

 

everything is where its supposed to be.....this means its somewhere else on the car.....
if i hooked up A speaker wrong could it do this? or if a speaker wire is coming loose?

alright. another weird thing. i have the power remote wire from the amp not hooked up to the HU. no sound. then when i touch the two togethor, everything comes on and stays on. but when the two are connected and i turn it on, it doesnt work....wtf


Modified by rtpassini at 12:18 AM 5/2/2005

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rtpassini &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">everything is where its supposed to be.....this means its somewhere else on the car.....
if i hooked up A speaker wrong could it do this? or if a speaker wire is coming loose?

alright. another weird thing. i have the power remote wire from the amp not hooked up to the HU. no sound. then when i touch the two togethor, everything comes on and stays on. but when the two are connected and i turn it on, it doesnt work....wtf


Modified by rtpassini at 12:18 AM 5/2/2005</TD></TR></TABLE>I would look for a short on one of the speaker wires, if any one of the speaker wires, [ any of 8, a + and - for each speaker] is shorting out to ground, or each other, it could cause the kind of problems you are haveing, and you are sure the HU has a good ground? 94

 

im almost positive. i tried connecting it to different parts of the car also.

but whats up with that thing i said about the touching the power remote wires togethor

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rtpassini &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im almost positive. i tried connecting it to different parts of the car also.

but whats up with that thing i said about the touching the power remote wires togethor</TD></TR></TABLE>Not sure whats up with the trigger wire, but it must be hooked up for the sub amp to work, I would recheck the power and grounds, make sure thar you are getting 12v or more out of the red and yellow wires of the HU harness, you can test it by running a wire from the batt., [just temp.] inside the car and connecting both the red and yellow to it and see if the problem is still there, if not, then there is a problem with the cars wireing for the red or yellow, probably the yellow, [it'f the one that powers the HUs amp. 94