Amplifier isn’t Powering Up:
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The fuse wasn’t installed inline on the red 8 gauge power wire at the battery.
This is very often overlooked. Pop in the fuse, and you’ll be good to go.
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Check to make sure you’ve found the correct remote turn-on wire. This is a very
common oversight. Set your DMM to direct current and place one lead on the
ground terminal of your amplifier and one on the remote turn on terminal. Turn
the car and the radio on. If you don’t have 12-14 volts on the remote turn on
terminal, your connection may be the issue.
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Make sure your power and ground connections are correct. Using your DMM,
again check each terminal to make sure that a connection has been established.
-Ground Connection: Set the DMM to its continuity section. Place one lead of
the DMM on the amplifiers ground location where you screwed into the chassis,
and the other lead on the negative battery terminal. If you don’t see any
continuity, move your ground wire until you do.
-Power Connection: Set the DMM to direct current again, and place one lead on
the amplifiers power terminal and the other on the amplifiers ground terminal.
You should see 12-14 volts. If not, check your inline fuse.
Subwoofer sounds muffled or quiet:
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Check to make sure your phasing is correct between the amplifier and the
subwoofer. Positive should go to positive, and negative to negative.
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Your input signals are out of phase. Check to make sure that your input
connections are exactly as outlined in the guide. An easy test is to simply cut
one of the input wires and see if the sound output increases exponentially.
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