sub woofer shot???

amdfanboy · 06-10-2008, 07:21 AM

I bought a sub woofer and amp from a friend about 2 years ago, and he ended up in jail, and I havn't seen or heard from him since he got out.

Anyway I fried the amp cause I hooked the remote wire to the headunit chassis, and fried the headunit where the amp hooks up, but other then that the head unit works fine.

I hooked the remote wire to the fuse box after doing research, and everything works great, only the sub woofer isn't working.

I touched the remote wire to the positive battery side where the power is hooked up for the amp and I heard the sub woofer kick on, but then it turned off.

I just want to know how to test if the sub woofer is shot?

I also want to know if I could somehow fix the sub woofer?

The sub woofer is a panasonic 12" dual!!!

I know I wrote a lot of info that might not be necessary, but Please stay on topic about how to test the sub woofer, if its shot, or if I can fix it.

amdfanboy · 06-10-2008, 07:54 AM

if my sub woofer is shot would this be a good replacement?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...nnorswebguidec

I just need my trunk space unless my current sub woofer is working.

**carsey** · 06-10-2008, 09:08 AM

Try the fuse.

Id look for something with a higher RMS, 200W RMS is fairly low and that sub only put out 400W.

the higher the RMS the better.

amdfanboy · 06-10-2008, 09:41 AM

what fuse? is there a fuse inside of the sub?

**carsey** · 06-10-2008, 09:44 AM

There should be a fuse along the 12V power line from your battery.

Most common type is a little glass cylinder usually placed less than 18" from the battery.

amdfanboy · 06-10-2008, 09:47 AM

yeah I replaced that. I might have blown it again though.

Is that the only thing that could be wrong? could the subs really be fried?

**carsey** · 06-10-2008, 10:16 AM

im not sure about the subs being fried. There isnt really much to fry on them and it would more likely be the amp.

amdfanboy · 06-10-2008, 10:40 AM

The amp is brand new, and its hooked up right as far as I know. The amp has a protect light, and a power light, but the only light that comes on is the power light.

I think the protect light would be on if the ground wasn't good. I know the ground is good cause I took a multimeter to it.

**carsey** · 06-10-2008, 11:07 AM

well if the amp is getting power then the fuse will be ok.

Can you try your sub on another amp if possible?

amdfanboy · 06-10-2008, 01:10 PM

The amp that I might have fried I can try it on.

If the sub would be fried are the speakers fried? If thats the case I could probably replace the other wires in the sub.

**carsey** · 06-10-2008, 01:17 PM

By the sounds of it, you have a passive sub. so it wont have a amp built in (active subs). it will either be broken or still work. Sorry, but I dont know how you tell unless you can rig your stuff up with someone elses.

amdfanboy · 06-10-2008, 01:35 PM

ok, thank you for the info. Think I could sell my stereo and my amp that might be fried on ebay as is? also if I could, how much do you think I would get?

My amp that might be fried is a Bazooka 750 watt, and my new one is a Lightning audio 750watt.

**carsey** · 06-10-2008, 01:51 PM

I wouldnt know how much you would get

Id check your wiring once over again, especially the ground.

amdfanboy · 06-10-2008, 02:48 PM

If it wasn't grounded right would the protect light be on or off? I tried doing research, and I looked in the lightning audio manual, but it doesn't say anything about whether the protect light should be on or off.

I did just notice that the wiring for my subs isn't right. I had the both subs connected to the + and - L instead of one on the L and one on the R.

Thank you. I will have to try that when my car gets back home. My parents have 1 motorcycle which they need a vehicle other then the motorcycle and their truck just died. They took all my money and went out to find a car. I just made $500.00 today that they don't know about, so I am good.

amdfanboy · 06-14-2008, 12:50 PM

anybody got info to help me out?

**carsey** · 06-14-2008, 01:47 PM

the protect light indicates a short on the speakers.

My protect light is off and it is working fine.

ebackhus · 06-14-2008, 06:48 PM

Does the head unit have basic 4v RCA connectors that are pre-amp out?

amdfanboy · 06-18-2008, 07:56 PM

I am not sure what that is, but I got everything working. The sub woofer is working finally!!!
I even got my other amp working, so I am selling the amp that I had before. My bazooka 750 watt.

I don't want to sell my lightning audio 750 watt, cause I just bought it.

06-10-2008, 07:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	sub woofer shot??? I bought a sub woofer and amp from a friend about 2 years ago, and he ended up in jail, and I havn't seen or heard from him since he got out. Anyway I fried the amp cause I hooked the remote wire to the headunit chassis, and fried the headunit where the amp hooks up, but other then that the head unit works fine. I hooked the remote wire to the fuse box after doing research, and everything works great, only the sub woofer isn't working. I touched the remote wire to the positive battery side where the power is hooked up for the amp and I heard the sub woofer kick on, but then it turned off. I just want to know how to test if the sub woofer is shot? I also want to know if I could somehow fix the sub woofer? The sub woofer is a panasonic 12" dual!!! I know I wrote a lot of info that might not be necessary, but Please stay on topic about how to test the sub woofer, if its shot, or if I can fix it. __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-10-2008, 07:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? if my sub woofer is shot would this be a good replacement? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...nnorswebguidec I just need my trunk space unless my current sub woofer is working. __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-10-2008, 09:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 9,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? Try the fuse. Id look for something with a higher RMS, 200W RMS is fairly low and that sub only put out 400W. the higher the RMS the better. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

06-10-2008, 09:41 AM	#4 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? what fuse? is there a fuse inside of the sub? __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-10-2008, 09:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 9,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? There should be a fuse along the 12V power line from your battery. Most common type is a little glass cylinder usually placed less than 18" from the battery. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

06-10-2008, 09:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? yeah I replaced that. I might have blown it again though. Is that the only thing that could be wrong? could the subs really be fried? __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-10-2008, 10:16 AM	#7 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 9,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? im not sure about the subs being fried. There isnt really much to fry on them and it would more likely be the amp. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

06-10-2008, 10:40 AM	#8 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? The amp is brand new, and its hooked up right as far as I know. The amp has a protect light, and a power light, but the only light that comes on is the power light. I think the protect light would be on if the ground wasn't good. I know the ground is good cause I took a multimeter to it. __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-10-2008, 11:07 AM	#9 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 9,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? well if the amp is getting power then the fuse will be ok. Can you try your sub on another amp if possible? __________________ Submit New Articles Here

06-10-2008, 01:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? The amp that I might have fried I can try it on. If the sub would be fried are the speakers fried? If thats the case I could probably replace the other wires in the sub. __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-10-2008, 01:17 PM	#11 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 9,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? By the sounds of it, you have a passive sub. so it wont have a amp built in (active subs). it will either be broken or still work. Sorry, but I dont know how you tell unless you can rig your stuff up with someone elses. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

06-10-2008, 01:35 PM	#12 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? ok, thank you for the info. Think I could sell my stereo and my amp that might be fried on ebay as is? also if I could, how much do you think I would get? My amp that might be fried is a Bazooka 750 watt, and my new one is a Lightning audio 750watt. __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-10-2008, 01:51 PM	#13 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 9,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? I wouldnt know how much you would get Id check your wiring once over again, especially the ground. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

06-10-2008, 02:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? If it wasn't grounded right would the protect light be on or off? I tried doing research, and I looked in the lightning audio manual, but it doesn't say anything about whether the protect light should be on or off. I did just notice that the wiring for my subs isn't right. I had the both subs connected to the + and - L instead of one on the L and one on the R. Thank you. I will have to try that when my car gets back home. My parents have 1 motorcycle which they need a vehicle other then the motorcycle and their truck just died. They took all my money and went out to find a car. I just made $500.00 today that they don't know about, so I am good. __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-14-2008, 12:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? anybody got info to help me out? __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.

06-14-2008, 01:47 PM	#16 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 9,678 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? the protect light indicates a short on the speakers. My protect light is off and it is working fine. __________________ Submit New Articles Here

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06-18-2008, 07:56 PM	#18 (permalink)
amdfanboy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 138 OS: Vista Ultimate My System	Re: sub woofer shot??? I am not sure what that is, but I got everything working. The sub woofer is working finally!!! I even got my other amp working, so I am selling the amp that I had before. My bazooka 750 watt. I don't want to sell my lightning audio 750 watt, cause I just bought it. __________________ Computer specs: 2 Gateway p-6831FX laptops Specs: 8800M gts 512mb graphics card, 3gb ddr2, vista home premium 32bit, 17" lcd, ect.