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whtgp95

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Posted: January 30, 2005 at 7:08 PM / IP Logged

Sorry about the double post...I dunno what happened there.

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Posted: January 31, 2005 at 4:12 PM / IP Logged

Move the ground wire on the head unit and see what happens. Is the remote on lead on the amp hooked up to an ignition by chance?

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sokkie

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Posted: March 05, 2005 at 10:37 AM / IP Logged

i have a 1993 Toyota Cruiser i was wondering if it makes any sort of difference if i were to re-ground all the ground points with 4g wiring. and is there anything else i should be changing as well. lessee, right now my system consists of 2 Phoenix Gold tantrum 1200.1's, 1 tantrum 600.4 and 1 titanium ti600.2. my future installments, as soon as they arrive, will add on one more 1200.1 tantrum and i will be replacing the 600.4 with a xenon 200.4. as far as capacitors, i have 2 rockford 1farad caps. this will be replaced with an alumapro C.A.P.15 which i already have. any help on building sufficient power would be appreciated

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Posted: March 05, 2005 at 10:46 AM / IP Logged

the remote is hooked up to my deck. i'm assuming by head unit you are talking about my deck. the deck works fine. my question was whether or not if i re-ground all the points on my car, would it make a difference? and possibly, where are all the ground points located. i would like to maximize power usage to the best of my ability.

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Posted: March 05, 2005 at 1:44 PM / IP Logged

With this much curent draw, you are going to need 0 guage wire if not larger for all power and ground wire runs. Upgrade all ground wires commonly known as the BIG 3 to 0 gauge to start things off. You are going to be in the market for a HO alternator, so get looking for the largest you can find right away.

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Posted: March 10, 2005 at 7:23 PM / IP Logged

i've got a question... i just bought a new amp and sub. now they are matched up properly, i hooked up everything back up to the existing wires that i had previously from the other setup i had, but heres what i am trying to figure out. I had the sub thumping for about 30 minutes, and then nothing. The amp turned off but i got it checked out and nothing was wrong everything was still had some kind of energy or power to it properly. But right now the amp turns on but when i try to ground the the ground wire it turns off. What should i do i dont understand?

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Posted: March 18, 2005 at 9:01 PM / IP Logged

Sorry I didn't see this sooner, do you still have issues with the amp? It sounds like an amp failure to me.

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adtguru

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Posted: March 23, 2005 at 11:39 AM / IP Logged

Hey Rob,

I just baught a Pioneer 8600 and put it in and without the engine even on I get a bad noise through the speakers almost like the fan noise in the back of the HU. When I got my first 8600 I sent it back thinking it was bad. but noe the new one does the same thing. I know you said they put crap filters on them but is there anything you can suggest?

Thanks in advance

Jason

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Posted: March 23, 2005 at 11:45 AM / IP Logged

Jason, list the vehicle info and the full system info please. If you have a sub in the system, disconnect the rca cables at the head unit to see if the sound goes away.

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Posted: March 23, 2005 at 11:53 AM / IP Logged

Sorry .... I have an 1995 Chevy S10. I have a Matts amp running the tweet and midrange and a fosgate running 2 old kicker comp 10's I did have a passive alpine eq hooked up but since this radio can do the same thing I removed it from the system. I had a 7600 installed for a couple of weeks and no problems. But then again it does not have a fan in it. I have all equipment grounded off of a 4 gauge ground bolted to the frame of my truck, With the exception of the HU it is still connected to the factory. Could that be the problem that maybe this radio is more sensitve to the noise?

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