Hey guys, my Alpine h/u turns off when I crank up the tunes to about 20 and then it turns itself back on but the volume is at about 5?? Any idea why it would do this? :confused:
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Hey guys, my Alpine h/u turns off when I crank up the tunes to about 20 and then it turns itself back on but the volume is at about 5?? Any idea why it would do this? :confused:
is it the head unit or the amp that turns off? if the head unit it sounds like wiring, if the amp, turn the gains down...
or another thing, if you have a short in the speaker cables coming out of the head unit, it will shut down as the internal amp is getting hot...
there are no amps just h/u
did you just install it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dane
what speakers you got?
yes I installed it. Running 2 sets of pioneer bullet splits.
how did you connect the wiring on the harness? soilder it properly or electrical tape?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dane
because this can happen if the wires arnt soilder on and connected properly.
when you crank it up does it sound like its losing power then cuts out. and only stays turned on a lower volumes?
Yeah similar to that, I haven't soldered wiring as yet cos I'm getting a 4 channel amp but wanted to listen to music in the mean time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dy_
thats your problem then. do it properly and soilder it properly as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dane
no amp inside head unit, hmmm wonder why you got no sound... :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Dane
you can still twist and tape (not recommended) providing that each wire is taped separately...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dy_
yes it will work but there are the occassional times where it doesnt wrok properly. this is where the problem he decribe comes from.Quote:
Originally Posted by ICACHA
i've been through it mate.
check your ground
i had exactly the same problem and it was just simply my ground
What??Quote:
Originally Posted by ICACHA
If you want me to be super specific for you, there are no external amplifiers. However I do believe there is an internal amplifier in the h/u because there is sound as stated in my first message. There are 8 speaker wires (4 positive, 4 negative) going to 4 corners of the car where a split speaker system from the Pioneer tsc1625 series is housed. The wiring to those peaker is not soldered, rather they have just been twisted and taped individually.
Hope this clears up your confusion :thumbdwn:
i'll repeat what i said, it sounds like you have a short in a cable somewhere, if unsure or don't know what you're looking for then i would make a suggestion that you take your car to a store to get it check and wired properly. you should be able to get to at least volume position 22 without the internal amp being clipped, volume 35 (max) if using an external amp. so do yourself a favour and fork out some cash and get it looked by an installer who knows what they are doing.
i ain't confused, i do this for a living :)
Fair enough, Thanks for the replies. Will be installing amp on the weekend so will wire it up properly then (won't be lazy this time)
anyone here using an Alpine CDA-9886 headunit? I should be getting my little hands on one of these unit in the next 2 weeks because parents got me one from overseas for birthday gift :p:p
can you give me some comments about them if you got one or used to own one. THANKS!! o yah, a question. it comes with an USB thing. does it mean i can plug in my flash drive and play music off it?
http://www.alpine.com.au/products/pr...sp?modelID=360 gives u most of the info u need :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BusterSonic12
nice hijack btw :p
can you explain this to me?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinnie
'How big is your MP3 collection? Do you own an MP3 player so you can listen to your MP3’s everywhere you go? With Alpine head units that have USB connection feature, now you can connect a leading brand MP3 player like iRiver™ to your system, and control it right from the head unit! All it takes is Alpine’s KCA-620M for digital quality sound. You can even charge your portable MP3 device while you drive and listen.'
so does that mean i need KCA 620M to play mp3 in an usb? or is that only if i want digital quality sound??
OH btw. THANKS :wave: didn't wanna make anyother post and jam up OH :thumbsup: sharing is caring that's why those old men says :p