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Amp isn't putting out any sound (by 28 users)

posted by Xterrarules on May 25, 2006


My amp just up and quit and now it won't put out any sound. It will power on but that is as far as it gets and the LED light never turns on now. any help would be appreciated

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Comment by drake78, posted on Jul 19, 2008

MY AMP POWERS UP, AND THE LIGHT STAYS GREEN. WHEN I UNHOOK THE GROUND AND THE BATTERY WIRE AND LEAVE THE REMOTE HOOKED UP, THE POWER LIGHT IS STILL ON...WHAT'S GOING ON? I

Comment by BLKWDOWSOUND, posted on Jul 19, 2008

Same problem here..... PMA1200DA Power light just flashes, doesn't come on, no sound. Any solutions???

Comment by chevytruck1, posted on Jul 01, 2008

I just hooked up my amp and the green light comes on and there is no sound but a red led comes on inside what does that mean?

Comment by chcfan89, posted on May 30, 2008

i have the same problem but mine turns on, but the led stays red, dosnt turn blue anymore just whenever i turn it on, it goes straight to red, and dont put out any sound, is there a way i might beable to fix it without taking it back, plz comment back..thank you

Comment by shadow101, posted on May 30, 2008

No sound, When I turn it on it the display will just flash on and off instead of just staying on, its saying its getting too much current but Ive checked everything and everything is Fine????

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posted on Sep 24, 2006
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zoing


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I have just the same problem with a GM-X924 Pioneer amp, powered it with battery current and remote but no light on the led and no sound; next to this amp there is another one working perfectly. Would be nice knowing if Xterrarules got it's amp working and what wad the problem with it :)

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Solution #2
posted on May 27, 2006
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Hey, ok you say that the amp turns on but the led light does not at all, how do you know that it is definitely on? If an amp turns on but there is no sound coming out it usually turns out to be a problem in the preamp stage, if it turns on but is in protect mode there is usually a short in the output stage of the amp. But usually there will be some sort of led status, the only time you dont have this status is if your power supply has a problem in which case you will probably keep blowing fuses in the amp. If you can give me better symptoms i might be able to try and figure out what your problem is.

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Solution #3
posted on Mar 28, 2007
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I've had this problem several of times, bad luck maybe, if the speakers draw to much power such as drop lower ohm or such, it fries the audio output module, this costs about 60 canadian to fix.

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Solution #4
posted on Jun 03, 2007
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Check to see if your rca and ground cable is connected good.

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Solution #5
posted on Jun 14, 2008
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I have this amp and i can hear the fans but the power led nor the protect led comes on whats going on?

Comment by B00MAN, posted on Jun 15, 2008

wow i posted this in the wrong section but when i turn my key into the on position i hear a humming from the amp but no leds turn on. I checked all cables and everything seems to be in working order. I even restripped my remote wire but nothing. Also i used all the connections from my old amp so i dont think that i have any poor power or ground connections.

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Solution #6
posted on Jun 03, 2008
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ya i bot a amp it was working and hen i had to fix my sub when i went to put my wires back on the amp it was nt working and now i get this loud click sound the green and red light are now on and i have no base at all and when i try turning up the vol it just clicks why is that and if some 1 could help me out you can get a hold of me at ianbradley666@hotmail.com

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Solution #7
posted on Mar 27, 2008
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lift4life


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Ok i have checked every wire and i cant get my amp power lights to turn on ? Now the Blue LED on the top that says ICE will glow blue but the Red or the Green Light on the side which are the power LED will not come on at All I have a 2000 VW Jetta Any Ideas

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Solution #8
posted on Feb 29, 2008
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I have had the same kind of problem, as many people said relocate your ground wire to a completely different spot. Fixed mine up straight away..

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Solution #9
posted on Feb 24, 2008
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I had a similar problem, the amp came on but no sound, it turned out that the sub-woofer was turned off on my cd player. I changed the option to on and it started working.

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Solution #10
posted on Dec 29, 2007
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i have same problem with the protect mode but it does it in both my vehicles. i took another amp and the led lights up only it dosent play

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Solution #11
posted on Dec 05, 2007
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your other prob could also be the led light that is a problem that i found on amps also not all the time but in some rare cases i have found that it is just like a fuse if it is bad the amp wont work but more and likely it is the preout stage or output somewere along that line

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Solution #12
posted on Oct 05, 2007
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find a better groundwire homie

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Solution #13
posted on Jun 02, 2007
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hmkelsey


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well if its in protect mode what do u do? im having this problem after jumping my car. at first it didnt work then it came on for about twenty mins and never came on again. what do i do?

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Solution #14
posted on Apr 22, 2007
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I would clean up the ground and tighten it done arer relocate the ground wire.

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Solution #15
posted on Nov 29, 2006
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I've seen this before on my amp. If I unplug the rca's the led on the amp will go out. Just a little info for something I ran into.

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Solution #16
posted on Sep 21, 2006
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Hiya yall just happend across this site seems pretty cool

anyways i have the same problem i know its on cause the fans are running, or i would asume that means its on does the same thing weather speakers are connected (connected to amp just not speakers )or not. Also tried it with the rca out same thing

oh also all wires are good too, but just incase i pinches something or something like that i ran a wire from remote to the battery just to check and same prob
any suggestions would be appriciated thanks in advance
steven

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27 Other Users Have The Same Problem - Continued

Comment by Guest, posted on May 30, 2008

No sound, getting curr code.

Comment by Guest, posted on May 27, 2008

i have the same problem. it was just on and then it just stoped. now the power is on but the green light does not come on anymore. can u help me?

Comment by jrsonbags, posted on Apr 11, 2008

I have a kicker kx800.2, recently it just shut off, so i purchased new fuses and replaced them, it turns on and you can hear the fans, but subs have no sound. also neither the power or the protect light turns on any advise would be greatly appreciated

Comment by sunny bird, posted on Apr 09, 2008

i huckd my amp up and it powerd up but no sound so i un hooked it for a while then tryd agn and still nthen it didnt even light up so i pulld the back off and i think the chip burntout n it can i get a new chip for it

Comment by stowie81, posted on Mar 21, 2008

the last time i used my amp..a few yrs ago ,it worked, the rca plug came off durn the time it wasnt being used, so i fix the rca plug and got it bak on, now i go to test it to see if it works, the main light inside the amp turns on, but the green LED light doesnt, could this mean that the amp is bad?

Comment by Seabeejack, posted on Mar 17, 2008

my Amplifier is coming on and making a thumping sound. the light blinks and there is no other sound. I just bought this AMP yesterday. Can you please help with this.

Comment by Big Beck, posted on Mar 03, 2008

Have 2 phoenix gold tantrum and neither one is putting out any sound. Both are powering up and the leds are coming on. Have a phoenix gold titanium 1200.1 and hooked it up to the same wiring and had no priblem. The tantrum amp has no fuse or no to the naked eye way to rest the amp. Please help and let me know if there's a way to rest the amp.

Comment by Guest, posted on Feb 28, 2008

I have a soundstream 10.0 amplifier its a 1000wx1. I need a resister for it and I need to know which port to put it too.It came with one resister and i lost it and i can't find the instructions.

Comment by reecedylan, posted on Feb 21, 2008

i hook up the amp and no sound comes out the wires are hooked up and the power light is on but no sound

Comment by Lacyschafer, posted on Feb 17, 2008

Bought amp brand new hooked it up and got nothing. no fuses blown, wires hooked up right. no leds came on. just red light inside.

Comment by berger2, posted on Feb 02, 2008

my amp got wet, and now when i hook everything up it doesnt do anything, no sound and no led what can i do

Comment by haris470, posted on Feb 02, 2008

My amp was working fine until one day when I turned my car on the amp came on in protect mode. All the other LED lights turn on and the fan turns on, but the light on the remote bass boost knob in the front does not come on. Then the protect light turns off. All external fuses are intact, all wires are hooked up correctly, nothing caused any trauma to it. It is not putting any sound out. It is fairly old, 2 yrs +.

Comment by yoshi518, posted on Jan 10, 2008

I just bought a Hifonics XX-Chaos 1000 watts rms Amp offline. When its all hooked up and turned on the word Hifonics lights up and the fans turn on but None of the led lights turn on other than a red light on the side and it Does Not put put any sound. Can you tell me what the problem is so i can repair it?

Comment by Guest, posted on Dec 31, 2007

your channal is blown out.

Comment by bk300ex, posted on Dec 28, 2007

i turn on my radio and my power light on the amp comes on but the light on the remote does not and no sound comes out of the subs. i noticed that only in the winter when the amp is cold that it does this and does not work.

Comment by juggalobill, posted on Dec 05, 2007

i have a 8000t audiobahn and lights come on looks like it works but now sound i have some knolage of amps and tested the outputs and other parts nothing seems to be wrong the only thing that i think might be wrong with it is the paulse with mod what do you thing there are no burn marks or anything the amp still looks new

Comment by mustangcody, posted on Nov 25, 2007

my amp turns on light and all but it doesnt power my sub i got it tested and everything test fine the think it might be a problem with the RC

Comment by hotracer_05, posted on Nov 22, 2007

i have and mtx amp and a power acoustiks cap. one day my system was working fine but when i looked at the cap the voltage was slowly gowing down until finally my system died. any idea of what it could be?

Comment by SilverWlf473, posted on Nov 22, 2007

I have a profile 600MSX and when i started my car today then turned up the stereo, the amp died. all sound coming from my subwoofers stopped. I checked, and the green power LED was light, the red protection LED was not lit, and the LEDs ontop of the amp that used to be lit were not, and there was no sound produced. i checked all fuses, and they're fine. is there something internally such as a fuse or capacitor that could have blown?

Comment by CWalkTHS, posted on Nov 21, 2007

I have an 800 watt fusion amp, and it blows the fuse immediately, even with the power off.

Comment by 81Viewsat, posted on Nov 07, 2007

Hi everyone. I own a Performance Teknique ICBM 779. I have had this problem where my amp led power light would come on but no sound was delivered to my subs. I ohmed out all the resistors and transistors and found out that one of the transistors # K TIP35C O 310 did not have a ohmic value of 71.1-71.7 ohms between the outside leads like all the rest of them did. Thinking that it was burned out, I brought the Amp right up to the light. When the back lid is removed and your looking closely up to the light, I saw that there was one vey small long line going form that transistor down the circuit board. I realized that my amp was DROPPED ! My amp recieved enough force where it actually cracked the main circuit board. I had a headace to tracing all the circuits on the board and making sure that there was no breaks in any circuit. After soldering all the circuits back together, I put the amp all back together and powered it up. To my surprise the amp works. To everyone out there... I was not aware that my amp was ever dropped, but learned that, at one point it did recieve significant force, enought to crack the main circuit board causing my amp not to put out any power to my subs. Always inspect the circuit board after inspecting at all the transistors and resistors. You might not be aware but could find out that your amp has been Dropped.

Comment by hitemup, posted on Nov 05, 2007

i have a 1600 watt power acustic saphire and the lights all turn on just no sound comes out when i start my truck but with the key turned half way so everything gets power it works then i hook up an american legacy series 2 and start my truck and things all work just this amp is only a 600 watt

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