Sony xplod head unit stops responding when remote wire is plugged in what does that mean?
i have a 1800 watt amp and the light is not turning on. this is a new amp str8 out of the box. my sony xplod head unit works fine with out the remote wire plugged in but wen i plug the remote wire in it will change from whatever source it is on to the next source and it will stop responding to the remote control as well as the buttons on the front. please tell me what this means
It is probably not the remote wire. You could also try wiring it to the fuse to your radio. not the one in the back of your hu but under the dash or under the hood.It is probably not the remote wire. You could also try wiring it to the fuse to your radio. not the one in the back of your hu but under the dash or under the hood.
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If you mean the "remote turn on" lead, you should connect this to a 12 volt remote turn on lead from your head unit or you can wire it to a 12 volt source that turns on when the key is turned on to start the vehicle. Wiring it to a dedicated remote turn on lead from the head unit is optimal though.
personally I would probaly contact the place where you bought the equipment, providing you have connected everything up correctly, it sounds like the amp is faulty
You only gave us the model of the amp so I will make an assumption that your 12" subs are the Sony XS-GTX120LW. First, they cannot hold 1200 watts a piece. They are meant to be powered with 350 watts RMS. They will hold 1200 watts peak. That means that 1200 watts for a few seconds will be ok. Past that and kiss them goodbye!
Next you indicated that bridged the amp. Since the subs are both 4 ohm single voice coils did you wire them in series or parallel?
It sounds to me like you wired them in parallel resulting in the amp seeing a 2 ohm load. The amp you referenced is only stable when bridged at 4 ohms.
Has the amp begun working again once it cooled down? If not you could have fried the outputs by having the resistance too low.
Connect a DC voltmeter between the "remote" (+) terminal and the "ground" (-) terminal on the amp. When you turn on your Pioneer, you should read 12-14V. If you get voltage for a second and then it goes away, either the incorrect wire from the head unit is connected, or the head unit remote turn-on is defective. If the voltage remains on the terminal and the amp immediately turns back off, it's possible that the remote turn-on is not supplying adequate current for the amp. To determine if that is the case, run a separate wire from a positive (+) accessory terminal (cigarette lighter or fuse box) to the amp remote terminal. If the amp then turns on and stays on, you'll need to wire a relay into the turn-on wire. The wiring for such a relay is shown here. Most any 12V SPST or SPDT relay from an auto parts store or Radio Shack will work OK.
The remote turn-on wire from your amplifier is connected to a blue wire behind the head unit. That's a power antenna activation wire, so the amp only turns on when the tuner is on. Switch it to a blue/white wire from the head unit instead; that should be the amp remote turn-on output.
Almost all after market amps use 12v at very very low amperage to trigger the amp on. A temporary jumper from the battery plus terminal on the amp AFTER the battery and ground wires are attached should cause the amp to turn on. I would check to see if you have attached your speaker load correctly ESPECIALLY if you are bridging. Most of the blown amps that come into my shop are due to incorrect bridging loads from the speakers. Note that a 4ohm load bridged across both outputs of an amp will deliver a 2ohm load to each of the channels. When you parallel wire two 4ohm speakers together and then attached them to a bridged amp you will be putting a 1 (one) ohm load to each channel of the amp. Please don't make this mistake. It will fry your amp in about a month. Hope this helps. Good luck.
It is probably not the remote wire. You could also try wiring it to the fuse to your radio. not the one in the back of your hu but under the dash or under the hood.
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