4 channel amp not making much sense to me..

[TIM TIM TIM]

so i was trying to adjust my amp today because its just not right my 200 dollar ks speakers sound better then my 700 dollar ones :lol: well they give you "amp 1, and amp 2" for adjustment, i want it hooked up so amp 1 has my fronts, 2 has my rear's.. so i unhook the rears for the moment so i can hook up the fronts together, i start adjusting and they sound great, so i hook in the rear and just turn the fader to rear... but that made one of the fronts turn off, but not the othere... so then i turned it to front, and same deal but the other speaker... so i started moving around the rca's on the amp.. and when i unhook all 4, and then just touch one in, it seems no matter which of the 4 things i hook it to, its either left rear or right rear, no fronts.. so i grab the other 3 and one by one touch them in and i get the same thing. basically i cant get the fader right, which SUCKS because it sounds like ass.

[Notladstyle]

The alpine 4 channel amps have a switch under the trim panel that selects the input points - either 2,3 or all 4 input RCAs will be recognized. Also you might want to grab someone with a logic probe or a tone generator and have them pop your speakers to make sure they are connected in pairs.

[GradeA_TireFryer]

He Should Know What He Is Doing He Use To Work At Cc

[TIM TIM TIM]

i should, but this hasnt happend and doesnt make sence . i rewired all of the speakers, i know there wired right. double checked all of my work. i just dont get whats up with this.

btw dont be a smart ass, i havent, nore will i ever claim to know it all, or even close. car audio is just a little interested i have, its not my life as it is alot of you guys...

[Notladstyle]

There are so many factors its almost impossible to diagnose on the info you've given


actually tho, this is reminicent of a time I had a really old amp that had no signal separation. what model amp/headunit are you using.

Are you using the summed output? are there any phantom Y-spliters that might be fucking up the signal?

[TIM TIM TIM]

no splitters ect.. its an eclipse cd3000 hu, and kicker sx 9004 amp

[TIM TIM TIM]

any other ideas?

[Notladstyle]

im seriusly lookin at a wiring issue man. Get ahold of a tone generator and make sure you have the speakers wired in pairs to the amp.

Eg, I think you might have one front and one rear on the same group.

[TIM TIM TIM]

i dont get what your saying, i labled my wires, fr, fl, rr, rl so i didnt mess them up, the 2 fronts are on "amp 1" and 2 rears are on "amp 2"

[Notladstyle]

i dont get what your saying, i labled my wires, fr, fl, rr, rl so i didnt mess them up, the 2 fronts are on "amp 1" and 2 rears are on "amp 2"

then im back to the mode switch - sounds like its set to 3 channel instead of four.

Bah, bring it to the meet. 10 car audio geeks will without a doubt be able to solve the problemo.

[TIM TIM TIM]

true that, i dont wnat to show it untill its atleast semi done though :lol: owell, i always want to make it just never can :( hopefully next time

[P057]

its not even till the 12th or so of next month.. you cant have your stuff done in 18 days? =[


just throw everything in there and call it a day, i did, for i think 2 meets, woot.

[TIM TIM TIM]

i dont want my stuff to get scratched or anything

[P057]

i dont want my stuff to get scratched or anything

bubble wrap it? =S

[Notladstyle]

i dont want my stuff to get scratched or anything

three weeks isnt enuff to get that stuff in there cleanly?

[P057]

three weeks isnt enuff to get that stuff in there cleanly?

d-man got my shit cleaned up in half a day? =X im pretty sure even big time busypeople can manage

[TIM TIM TIM]

i work alot, its now all for sale though. i need the money else where :(, see my for sale post if interested in anything

http://www.tamparacing.com/forums/car-audio-sale/325010-full-system-sale.html#post3361286