amplifier stays on
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Topic: amplifier stays on
Posted By: norrod
Subject: amplifier stays on
Date Posted: March 20, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Hi all, I have a problem here that I don't have a clue anymore what might be the reason. I have JDM Integra which is almost the same as the USDM RSX-S. I have the Pioneer 3200BT head unit installed along with a Hifonics Brutus 1210d Amp. I have had this setup for more than 2 years without any problems. But lately my car battery started dying at least twice a week. I thought it might be a bad battery but then I noticed that the Amp remote where you level the bass it stays on and so is the Amp. The amp has a blue light coming from the lettering on the amp case but those lights are off. It's the little power green light long with the remote that stays on. I also have a Clifford Intelliguard alarm system installed. I even check that maybe the alarm was setup in a way to keep the aux or amp on but nothing. I hope anyone can help me. The only solution I have at the moment is to take out the amp main fuse.
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Posted By: dragon51
Date Posted: March 20, 2012 at 5:14 PM
Just add a simple switch to turn the amp off. It will only cost a a few bucks. Or you can take the set up into a good shop and pay out money to figure out what the issue with the amp is.
Posted By: soundnsecurity
Date Posted: March 20, 2012 at 6:44 PM
check the power terminal on the amp to make sure there are no tiny pieces of wire hanging out of one of the terminals and possibly touching other terminals. this could keep the amp on but not allow the amp to fully turn on and light up.
also make sure everything is neat with the radio's wiring so none of the wires are exposed and touching other wires.
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Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: March 20, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Remove the remote wire from the amp, does it turn off?
Posted By: diggyd357
Date Posted: March 22, 2012 at 6:53 AM
Yeh, check what he said.....if it turns of by removing the remote wire, youve got a bad remote coming from the head unit. Just run a wire from the fusebox , like from a fuse that controls something like your cigarette lighter so the amp will turn on when the car turns on and off when the car turns off. Just dont wire it to something like your headlights....then it will only turn the amp on when your headlights are on...lol...
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: March 22, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Removing the remote wire is only going to tell us if their is a problem with the amplifier. Do not run any wires, just let us know if the amp turns off when the remote wire is removed.
Posted By: b_real45
Date Posted: March 22, 2012 at 9:10 AM
wouldn't the amp still stay on if it was a bad remote wire? Wouldn't it stay on if the remote wire was removed (unless something faulty with amp)? ------------- Rob
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: March 22, 2012 at 9:56 AM
The first order of troubleshooting this problem is to see if the problem lies within the amplifier, or whether it is being told to stay on by a remote wire that has constant power applied to it. If the amp turns off, then he needs to see where the remote is connected at the front of the vehicle. If the amp does not turn off when the remote wire is removed, there is a problem with the amp or as earlier stated, possibly a stray strand of wire at the amp.
Posted By: norrod
Date Posted: March 26, 2012 at 9:27 PM
Hi all, thanks for you replies.. I haven't been able to post back in the weekend because I was abroad for work. There are a few things that I forgot to mention last time.
I noticed that the amp comes on after a while when I activate my car alarm or sometimes even if I lock the doors manually with the key... The timeframe exactly when it comes on after I lock up I don't know. I started thinking that it might be my alarm system messing with it but when I lock the doors manually with the key... the alarm is not active.
I did what you guys suggested I removed the the blue remote wire from the amp... it shuts of right away. I ran the wire last week and i didn't notice anything wrong with it. It is still brand new as I installed it last year. I really have no clueee what's happening here. Putting a switch is not a bad idea but it does not solve my problem. It wasn't like that so something must be wrong. And you know once in a while you forget to turn it off, bamm... battery dead again. And i already have a switch in place fooling the head unit when I want to watch dvd's on the road.
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: March 26, 2012 at 10:41 PM
Is the remote wire connected to the blue/white wire of your aftermarket DVD deck?
Posted By: norrod
Date Posted: March 27, 2012 at 1:35 PM
Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: March 27, 2012 at 1:59 PM
If you disconnect it from that wire AT THE RADIO, does it turn off? Is there anything else connected to that wire?
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