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Rockford Fosgate Punch P5002 Car Audio Amplifier Questions & Answers
Power and Protection light flash
check the OHM resistance on your subs. do not go under the minimum OHM value.remove the power wire and retry again, if it does the same thing the amplifier needs repair.try:ampmedics.netor sell it for parts on ebay
How do I put my car stero in auxiliary mode
how to put your amp in aux mode is that the question? I would think that your head unit should be taking care of the aux modes. Your amp is only going to amplify the sound sent to it it's not like a home stereo that has a preamp built in that's what the head unit does on car audio.
The thermal and power lights
check your connections, this usually indicates that you have a short circuit but also make sure that your earth strap is securely fastened to a clean metal fixing.this could well be the cause of your problem.
My amp keeps cutting out the subwoofer... I
Your problem is probably that your amp is starving for power. I have a few questions.
1.What size wire are you using for power and ground on the amp?
2.Whats the impedance of your Sub-woofer?
3. How long are the power wire and ground wires.
For starters... I'm going to guess that you usually lose the subwoofer at lower frequencies. The lower the frequency the more power it requires to drive the sub. You also might want to check if you are running the amp bridged but mainly if your amp is trying to push a 50hz tone at high volume, If your alternator cannot provide the required Amperage. The amp will cut out. A capacitor can improve this. Run a power wire from the battery to the positive terminal of the capacitor then from that same terminal run a positive wire to the amp. Connect the ground on the capacitor directly to the body of the car...make sure to scrape off any paint to make a good ground connection.
How do u connect the amp
Run a power wire from the positive battery terminal to the red power wire on your amp.
Without extending the length of the ground wire if possible connect it to a clean ground connection as close to the amplifier as possible.
Wire your speakers to the proper terminals, make sure you do not exceed the capabilities of the amplifier i.e. impedance matching.
Connect the blue wire to the power ant or remote connection on the back of the radio usually a thin blue with white stripe or plain blue. screw amp to the car..enjoy
As soon as I hook the amp up it goes into
If you disconnect your speakers and input and the problems remain it means you've blown your end-stage and the amp needs repair.
if the problem disappears when disconnecting the speakers you may want to check if the impedance of your speakers is within tolerance of the amp.
I have a old 2001 rockford fosgate 2 channel p5002
Your amp is rated at 500 watts. Here is the break down of your wattage.
125x2 at 4 ohms
250x2 at 2 ohms
500x1 at bridged 4 ohms
When hooking up the amp make sure to use 4 gauge power and ground wire.
Ive had my amp for 4 yrs pushing a single p3. Now
Either one or both of your channels maybe going bad. It sounds like your amp is about dead BUT there is hope. If you have had it just on one channel then that channel maybe burnt up and if you have had it bridged then your channels are about gone. It all depends on what fuses you have had in the amp. And from the age and use its not going to last much longer with constant use.
1.sounds making noise that comes
keep the rca cords away from your power wires( +) and the remote lead. The rca cords have a tendency to pick up and reproduce alternator noise if you run them too close together. Generally you should run them on opposite sides of the car when wiring. hope that helps.
Amplifier will not come on and when i hook the
did you check to see if your remote wire for the amp as connected to the ignition wire thats the most common mistake. the ignition wire is the one to tell the radio and amp when to turn on and off it sounds like you have it hooked up to a constant 12 volt which is the battery wire. the ignition wire is the one that is 12 volts only when the car is turned on.
What is rem
rem means remote on the amplifier which means your amp will turn on when ur radio turns on the remote wire goes from the back of the stereo usually always a blue wire to the rem on the input to the amp
Thermal light goes away when ground added
Doesn't sound like anything is wrong. If the thermal light is on before you have the ground hooked up then the amp is probably getting a small amount of electrical ground from the shielding on the RCAs or its mounting to the chassis of the vehicle allowing the amp to "barely turn on" (not enough ground). I can imagine this would make the amp think something is wrong (ie: thermal light) . May I suggest that you do not try to turn any amplifier on without ALL appropriate wires connected correctly.
Rockford Fosgate Spare speaker termal screws
if you have one that you can compare to another, go to home depot with that and match it up. If not, take the amp to home depot and get someone to help you find the right one.
When i cut the volume up on my radio or turn the
check all wires .... make sure your speaker wires arent in the wrong order or shorting ...
did this just start of was it always going on ... if it just started its probly a short in the wires
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