My amp keeps going into protective mode.

I just bought this amp and hooked it up to my two rear speakers (pioneer 6.5's 160w each)...when i have the gain setting on minimum and my deck volume below about 16, the sound comes through the speakers just fine, but the minute i turn the volume up on my deck past 16 or so, the amp turns to protective mode and the sound stops coming through on my speakers. the amp is not overheating at all and i have played around with the settings trying to see if i can get it to play any louder than 16 (which is very quiet). Any ideas what the problem could be? thanks

Anonymous Dec 15, 2007

dude i feel your pain, i have two pioneer 6*9s hooked to a jensen 650 watt mono amp. if i have my volume below like 10 (on a 32 max) cd player it plays. once i go over it goes into protect. i'm about to try different wiring method hoping lowering ohms will boost performance. best of luck bro peace
awb101 Dec 16, 2007

i have a jensen lxa600 600 watt amp i cant get it out of protect mode. ive tried lots of different things ive moved the ground lots of times. any help would be great

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Try to lower the SLA option on ur deck maybe the amp is pulling to much current from the battery try putting a battery with more AMPS

Posted on Jan 31, 2006

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