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I was swapping out a buddies amp and just puttin a new one in... and some how or another the speakers inside don't work anymore... I checked all fuses... the cd player still comes on... but nothing to the interior speakers.. tryed to hookup the amp and subs again... and nothing there either... getting power to the amp... just nothing past it onto the subs...

Amp is directed 600
HU Pioneer (not sure model, lower end)
2 Memphis 12"'s (bottom on the line)
4 guage amp kit.

also has two memphis tweeters spliced in to the front speakers, and bass blockers on all other speakers.

I didn't do the install on any of it... he just asked me to swap amps... and I thought no problem... but I guess I was wrong...

if any of you guys could help me out I'd appreciate it...

Thanks, Nate

edit... 1997 Ford Thunderbird SE

 
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i hink you may have shorted the amp...if the fuse is still good and the wiring is correct then the amp went on it....sry to hear the bad news

 
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Check the amp's fuse (or is it powering on?) Is it going into protection mode? The speakers are hooked up. The remote wire hooked up, no bad spots in the wires? Check all the fuses (there might be some under the hod too)

 
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see if there is one of these under the hood that need to be reset:

 
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ok... interior lights work... amp's fuse is good... it's not powering on.. it was.. but not anymore. remote wire is good... speakers are hooked up... checked the fuses under the hood also... those are fine...

I never saw a big fuse/relay like that...

car starts and functions normally, cd player starts. just no sound to the interior speaker, and the amp doesn't turn on anymore.

 
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try turning some wires around... may have it backwards.

 
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oh... the amp doesn't turn on now.. yep blown amp. if you checked the fuses and they are good, then the amp is shot.

 
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ok... but what about the interior speakers then?... those are just running off the Pioneer H/U.... why wouldn't those be working also...

I'm really wanting the interior speakers to turn on... I could care less about the amp right now... but it is nice to know that it's probably ****ed.

 
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oh... hmm... Bad headunit ground?

 
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the H/U wiring didn't change/move when it happened tho..

I have a friend saying a speaker is blown... and shorting the amp out causing it to not come on... he says I need to unhook each speaker to see which one is blown..

 
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I would think there is a bad ground or connection, especially if you are running:

interior speakers off deck?
subs of amp?

If so, there is more than likely a bad ground or connection somewhere. make sure you scraped off the paint before you grounded the amp.

Is it sharing a ground with another part? cap and amp? if so, is the cap grounded and powered?

did you check the fuse on the CD player? is it loose, or blown?

check wiring!

 
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you have a fuse for the power wire, right? within 12" of the battery?

 
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yea... everything you said has been done and O.Ked.

I don't know... he's going to take it to a local audio shop tommorow, and see what they say.

 
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Did You check all the fuses under the steering wheel? Remote power for the amp may be splice into a spare fuse.

 
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yea.. i checked all the fuse's in the car.. I just don't know...

 
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i had this prob but it was that i kept the stero blastin when me and a friend painted my brakes...the speakers wouldnt go but reg speakers did...my amp was bad...and i got it replaced ..was under my warranty

 
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This may be a long shot, but when you swapped the amps, did you hook up the power wires before connection the rca's? Sometimes if an amps power wire is connected but not the ground, the amp can attempt to find a ground through the rca shield and damage the headunit in the process. If you can, pull the headunit out and test the speaker outputs. If there not putting out an AC signal, the head units bad.