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I have a V12 5ch alpine amp and when ever i turn it up the led light on the amp turns red instead of blue and i hear nothin comin outta the speakers. Then after like a couple of seconds it turns back to blue and turns back on. What is going on??

 
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Need more info:
What ohm are your speakers?
how many speakers total?
where are you running your power from,remote,ground?
mo info!!!

 
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How old is the amp? How did you wire up the subs? Do you have it bridged?.

It's sounds like it's going into protect mode or overheating. On the newer V12's they have an LCD that displays temp so you can look at that. Quick fix could be to adjust the gains a little and turn them down.

Good luck.

 
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Hmmm......i just got this amp like 3 weeks ago. I think ure right i have all the settings at high....

 
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a bad ground will cause this as well....but I haven't seen it flip like that.

 
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I told you what to do already!

 
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did you figure out what was your problem dru106?

 
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lol....... no not yet i just dont turn it up that loud

 
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My bet is that your gains are set way to high. Turn them down and you should be good to go.

 
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See what happens when you go for ghetto-bass? Not only does it sound stupid as hell, but it obviously shouldn't be played with the settings that high. Turn the **** down and tune it before some crackhead rips your trunk lid off and sells your **** for a rock.

 
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Sounds like you are either clipping the heck out of your amp, or you are running it at an unsafe ohm level.

...some clipping is ok, but a lot will lead to a lot of damage. Me personally, I went exactly by what my amp instructions say with my clipping light and I have to turn my system and my bass all the way up before the damn clip light goes on.

You should just listen to whatever Wes told you, mainly because he used to work for Alpine