Radio channel is blown

latise · 08-25-2006, 08:30 AM

Hello and thank you for giving me the oppotunity to learn something...
I have a 96 honda civic. Had a pioneer radio installed with a 600 watt amp and a 12 inch bass speaker. They had to use RCA jacks when doing this. About 2 weeks later, the bass speaker would go on and off. Seemed like a wiring thing since it was sensitive when i touched the amp wires and the speaker boomed back on. So i went back to have my alarm installed by the same place. Told them about the speaker. He ckd it out and said it was cuz of the bridge (??) and needed to be plugged in another area on the amp. SO they then charged me for a relay (10.00). Now i have a working radio and my alarm is now installed. 4 days later my sound (the words in the music) i barely hear, but the bass is semi working. I take it back and they say the radio channel has blown. OK. faulty wiring? Bad luck with the radio? Inexperienced installers? Now they say i need a new radio. So is that gonna blow too?? Help if you can ...thanks

**Rashiki** · 08-25-2006, 12:40 PM

What kind of Head Unit do you have? Did you do all the wiring yourself prior to the bass cutting in and out?

You said the bass came back on when you played with wires... where did you play with them? In the middle of their run, or at where the RCA's go into the amp itself? What kind of Sub do you have? Single Voice Coil or Dual? If dual, how many ohms and how do you have it wired?

Are you mids amped, or just running off of Head Unit power? It sounds like you've got bad wiring to me.

08-25-2006, 08:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
latise Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1 OS: win 98	Radio channel is blown Hello and thank you for giving me the oppotunity to learn something... I have a 96 honda civic. Had a pioneer radio installed with a 600 watt amp and a 12 inch bass speaker. They had to use RCA jacks when doing this. About 2 weeks later, the bass speaker would go on and off. Seemed like a wiring thing since it was sensitive when i touched the amp wires and the speaker boomed back on. So i went back to have my alarm installed by the same place. Told them about the speaker. He ckd it out and said it was cuz of the bridge (??) and needed to be plugged in another area on the amp. SO they then charged me for a relay (10.00). Now i have a working radio and my alarm is now installed. 4 days later my sound (the words in the music) i barely hear, but the bass is semi working. I take it back and they say the radio channel has blown. OK. faulty wiring? Bad luck with the radio? Inexperienced installers? Now they say i need a new radio. So is that gonna blow too?? Help if you can ...thanks

08-25-2006, 12:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rashiki Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 878 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	What kind of Head Unit do you have? Did you do all the wiring yourself prior to the bass cutting in and out? You said the bass came back on when you played with wires... where did you play with them? In the middle of their run, or at where the RCA's go into the amp itself? What kind of Sub do you have? Single Voice Coil or Dual? If dual, how many ohms and how do you have it wired? Are you mids amped, or just running off of Head Unit power? It sounds like you've got bad wiring to me. __________________ ASUS P5WD2 Premium v0709 \| Intel Prescott 3.2ghz \| 2gb Corsair XMS DDR2-800 PC2-6400 \| Sparkle Power 550w PSU \| ATI All-In-Wonder X600 Pro \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| CoolerMaster Aluminum Case \| WD Raptor 76gb 10K RPM SATA HDD \|ASUS CD/DVD RW Combo Drive \| Mitsumi 7-in-1 Floppy Combo Drive \| Coolermaster Copper Heatsink