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Hooking up and amp and sub to stock HU....and it dont work!?!

Discussion in 'Audio & Video' started by Tacohuntah, Apr 23, 2010.

  1. Apr 23, 2010 at 10:27 PM
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    Tacohuntah

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    Hey quick problem for you guyz.....i have a 2010 D-cab tacoma

    i am trying to install a Sub and Amp (Kenwood KAC-7205) to the stock head unit....I have installed sound many a times over but im running into a problem here....I spliced into the rear speaker wires and hooked it up to the amps speaker lvl input but no sound...i even tried using an LOC and hooking up RCA's but still no sound...

    Any ideas?
     
  2. Apr 23, 2010 at 10:33 PM
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    I have a few ideas but one mainly....did you run a remote turn on lead to the amp so it powers up?

    We need more info than "it doesn't work".

    Does the amp turn on?
    Did you run a power wire back from the battery?
    Did you ground out to BARE metal or run a ground back to the battery?
    Did you check your fuses?
     
  3. Apr 23, 2010 at 10:38 PM
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    Mine works fine with that setup. Just tapped my rear speaker wires from the back of the HU and went to the speaker level inputs on my amp. Definitely check what the above poster suggested and double check all your connections.
     
  4. Apr 24, 2010 at 2:15 AM
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    amp turns on and there is no sound from the sub.

    remote is hooked up
    ground for my amp is bare metal rite under the front seat
    fuses are all good (i even changed them just to see if that would work)
    i tried the sub in my friends truck and it works
    i tried hooking it up to the front speakers to see if it made a difference (no go)
     
  5. Apr 24, 2010 at 7:28 AM
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    Ok, much better. Now we have some info to work off.


    Since the amp turns on you are most of the way there. What amp do you have and does it have any type of input selection?

    Since the sub obviously works you are doing something wrong with the input or the load. What sub is it and how is it wired? Is it a safe load for the amp? Hit us with some product model numbers.
     
  6. Apr 24, 2010 at 7:33 AM
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    turn the gain up on the amp. there are little things you turn on the amp, usually with a small screw driver. find "gain" and turn that up. walla you'll be bumpin
     
  7. Apr 24, 2010 at 7:35 AM
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    Turning the gain all the way up would likely throw a clipped signal to his sub since his input voltage is quite high. I'd imagine his problem lies elsewhere.

    And just so we're clear, a gain is not a volume knob.
     
  8. Apr 24, 2010 at 7:41 AM
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    never in my reply did i say turn it all the way up. i've seen 20+ people ask me what is wrong with their system and it's because they havn't messed with any knobs. and i tune it for them (not use them as volume) and once again, walla. when i started out i did the same mistake on 1 of my 6 amps that i ran. and he never specified that he turned or didn't turn those knobs so i made a suggestion.
     
  9. Apr 24, 2010 at 7:51 AM
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    Ahhh, I misread your post. I thought you said, "all the way up" and not just up. My bad.

    I'm hoping this guy knows what the gain is if he installed everything himself. ;)
     
  10. Apr 24, 2010 at 7:53 AM
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    try the amp in your friends unit. just cuz it turns on doesnt mean it works.
     
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    yea and to NOT TURN IT ALL THE WAY UP
     
  12. Apr 24, 2010 at 8:01 AM
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    You got some wires mixed up somewhere. I just put a loc in my truck yesterday and got it working. Maybe 06 and 10 is different though.
     
  13. Apr 24, 2010 at 8:36 AM
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    Try using a different set of RCA cables. You don't need to fully install them, just plug them in the to the hi-lo, throw them over the seat and plug them into the amp. Cables might be bad, that's def something to check. It could also be a bad hi-lo. It sounds like you have the power you need, you are just not getting a signal to the amp.
     
  14. Apr 24, 2010 at 6:07 PM
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    amp is a Kenwood KAC-7205
    sub is rockford fostgate P3D412 hooked up 4ohm
    got the amp power kit from bestbuy

    im at work all day today so have no time to mess around with it....thanks for the ideas so far...oh and im not an idiot hahaha
     
  15. Apr 25, 2010 at 8:38 AM
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    I had a little problem with the LOC. I think that you should mess with that.
     
  16. Apr 25, 2010 at 9:35 AM
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    If you've bridged the two channels of your amp there is your problem right there. That sub is a dual voice coil and can't be wired to 4ohms on a single channel. When that amp is bridged it is only 4ohm stable. If you've got the voice coils in parallel you'll be seeing a 2ohm load. Wiring it at 2ohms will cause the amp to go into protect.
     

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