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No sound but powers light is green

Aight.. i put speakers in my car(6.5round) and they were sounding good. and i had my 500/1 in there( not hooked up to a sub but all the wires were hooked up in it for some reason) then one day my buddy wanted to hear his subs in my car so i let him listen and t he amp worked fine. then like a week later my speakers cut off and wouldnt work. so i took it to the nearest audio and they said they needed to run new speaker wire to the speakers, then when i finally got my new kicker l7, the amp didnt work, it powers up but no sound from the amp. i just need some help trying to figure what the problem is. thanks

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Wat do you mean by....run a test to see if the audio is being sent to the first pre amp in the actual amplifier. Once this is done you can determine if the samplifier is actually the problem. and..... schematic to troubleshoot the device? plz explain

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You need to determine first if sound is getting to the amplifier. Then once you are sure of that you need to run a test to see if the audio is being sent to the first pre amp in the actual amplifier. Once this is done you can determine if the samplifier is actually the problem. If it is you will need a schematic to troubleshoot the device.

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