Live RCA cables????!!!!???

Hi there, check when you have switched off the power in the car to see if the amp power lights are still on, if so there could be a problem with your remote wire. Check the cables to he rear of your stereo and with a test meter, determine which one loses power when the ignition key is removed. When you have found this cable, splice your remote lead to this one, and your amp should switch off when you switch the car off, thus saving your battery. You could wire it to a permanent live feed and install a switch to allow you to run the amp without the key in the ignition but dont forget your battery will run down fast because Amps use a LOT of power.

The basic steps to set up a car amplifier are these: 1. Disconnect the car battery's negative terminal before doing ANY electrical work on your vehicle. Failing to do so can damage your equipment or cause injury to your person. 2. Determine where you are going to mount your amplifier. This can be in the trunk, on the back of a seat, under a seat, etc. Pick a place with good airflow, otherwise your amp may overheat while playing. 3. Run the ground wire from the mount location to a ground location. The ground location should be a location where you can securely connect the cable to the vehicle chassis, and the connection should be metal-to-metal, without any paint in between. 4. Run the speaker cables to the amp. This means any cables coming directly from subwoofers as well as RCA cables coming from the head unit. Don't forget the remote wire from the head unit. 5. Run the positive (live) power wire directly from the vehicle battery to the amp. You will most likely have to drill through the vehicle firewall in order to get the cable through. 6. Connect the ground wire to the ground location. 7. Connect the speaker wires and remote wire to the amp. Make sure these cables are connected on each end to the proper inputs. 8. Connect the ground wire to the amp. 9. Insert the fuse into the in-line fuse on the live power cable, within 2 feet (24 inches) of the positive terminal connection.If your cable didn't come with an in-line fuse, you will have to buy a fuse separately, strip the power cable, cut it, and insert the fuse in the specified location. 10. Connect the power wire to the amp first, and then to the battery. 11. Power up your system, and play some music!

If you have all wires to connect your amp.

1st dissconnect your ground on your battery.
2nd connect live to your battery and poke it through the firewall into your car and run it down the door sill of your car to the boot.
3rd. reconnect your ground to your battery.
4th. Connect RCA Cables to back of your head unit inc the remote (thin wire with RCA) The remote needs connecting to a blue and white wire in the connector blocks for your stereo.
5th. Run RCA cables down the opposite side to where the live is running (live on left RCA on right)
6th. You need to sand down spot in your boot of your car, paint and rust free for your ground wire for your amp.
7th Connect ground to a metal screw or bolt nd tighen it to your spot you have sanded. (may need to drill hole)
8th. 1st connect ground to your amp. then live, then remote, then speaker wires.
If you need any further info or have any problems let me know and I'll troubleshoot for you.

Hope this helps you to fit your amp..

rca cables for audio and a remote wire. just plug the rca cables into the plugs in the back of the deck and the remote wire (i suggest buying a thicker (speaker wire size) gauge wire since it allows you to get more power out of the amp) to the blue remote wire coming from the deck. you will also need an 8 gauge power wire (12 inches to 12 feet depending on where the battery and amp are) and an 8 gauge ground wire (no longer than 24 inches).

Wiring Connections
1. TV TUNER
2. ANTENNA
3. POWER ANTENNA WIRE (Blue) – Connect to a motorized (power)
antenna and/or to a remote turn-on lead for an amplifier.
4. CONSTANT POWER WIRE (Yellow) – Connect the 12V PLUS constant
power wire to a live 12 volt wire in the vehicle. Before making a connection,
check that the wire you intend to connect it to is always live, even when the
car’s ignition is turned off. If a live wire is not found, route the wire to the
car’s fuse block and connect it to a live circuit there.
5. GROUND WIRE (Black) – Securely fasten the Ground wire to a grounded
metal part of the car’s chassis. If you cannot find an existing bolt or screw
to fasten it to, drill a hole in the metal and secure it with a screw. To ensure
a good ground, remove any paint or grease from areas where the wire will
contact the surface.
6. PARKING (Pink) – Connect to negative parking brake wire. This wire
MUST BE connected in accordance with federal, state and local laws. It is
the end-user’s responsibility to make sure this wire is connected properly.
7. ACC POWER WIRE (Red) – Connect to a +12 volt circuit that is only live
when the ignition is on. The best connection point is at the car’s fuse block
at the “RADIO” or “ACCESSORY” identified terminals.
8. LEFT FRONT SPEAKER (white, white/black)
9. RIGHT FRONT SPEAKER (gray, gray/black
10. LEFT REAR SPEAKER (green, green/black)
11. RIGHT REAR ( + ) SPEAKER (violet, violet/black)
12. FRONT AND REAR RCA OUTPUTS
13. CENTER RCA OUTPUT (Gray) – The center output must be connected to
an external amplifier for 3D or 6-CH mode.
14. SUBWOOFER RCA OUTPUT (Blue) – The subwoofer output is available
in all sound/audio modes.
15. DEDICATED DVD OUTPUT – Video output for rear screen and left/right
audio output for headphones.
16. AV1 INPUT
17. AV2 INPUT
18. VIDEO OUT (Yellow) - V. SEL output for rear screen.

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Disconnect all speaker connections and rca cables. Leave power, ground and remote wires intact. Try turning on again. If you still have a protection light your amp is faulty. Hopefully you have warranty . Send to Rockford Fosgate for repair .A thumbs up would be greatly appreciated if this answer is helpful to you.

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Did you run your power and remote wires the same route as your RCA cables? If you dont run the RCA cables on the opposite side of the power and remote you will get feedback through your speakers. I run my power on the side closest to the battery along with the remote ( passenger in my case) and the RCA cables should be on the opposite side( driver side). They say the power current will create a disturbance in the RCA cables that you would hear as feedback. Hopefully this will help you.

It sounds like you have some DC voltage on the RCA input.

You need to figure out if the problem is coming from the head unit or if it is in the amplifier.

If you have a voltage meter, you can use it to find out very quickly.

Set the meter for DC and for a max level of more than 12 volts. Most meters I use have a 30 volt level. That would be a good setting.

Take the black lead and make sure it is grounded to the chassis of the car or to the ground of the power terminal, be careful and make sure it does not touch anything else.

With the RCA cable disconnected put the red lead on the inner part of the RCA cable and see if there is any DC voltage and then check the ground or outer part of the cable. Do the same for the other channel as well.

It should be very close to zero volts. A couple of millivolts is fine to. Any voltage here will cause the amplifier to go into protect mode, which is what is happening to you. You will then need to have the head unit serviced.

If you have a Pioneer head unit, I have seen many of them with an open ground fuse for the RCA jack. That fuse is a surface mounted fuse and is very small and hard to locate on the main board of the radio. If you do have a Pioneer head unit the voltage may seem OK, but you will have an open ground, but that normally does not put the amp into protect. It makes the audio sound very weak and you would have a loud hum. I can help you with that if it turns out to be the problem.

If the voltage on both the RCA leads is OK, then you need to check the amplifier.

You can put the meter lead on the ground of the RCA jack on the amplifier, if you have anything abnormal there, you have a problem in the amplifier. Be careful checking this because you can easily touch the lead to the chassis of the amplifier at the same time as the RCA ground. Most of the time, if yu have a problem in the amplifier like the one you are having, this check of the RCA ground will result in some DC voltage on it. If it still checks OK, then put the lead into the RCA ground and check the positive part of it. You may need to move the lead around a little to get it to touch the metal inside, it is on the bottom part of the hole inside the jack.

I think you will find that you have some voltage on the RCA inputs of the amplifier. To fix this properly you will need to take it in to be serviced.

Sometimes you can ground the RCA jack ground somehow with a jumper wire and then turn the system on with the RCA cable plugged in and it will seem normal. But you do not want to do that as a repair, only to see if the amp will play. If it does play, you know that the problem is in the pre-amp of the amplifier. That would be the only reason to connect an external ground to the RCA jack. You still have a problem in the amplifier. If it does not play normal, you still have a problem in the amplifier if there was some DC on the RCA jack.

Sorry this answer is so long, but the problem you are having will require service of one of your units, you just need to know which one it is. If your inputs get grounded, you will not have the amp go into protect, you just won't hear anything.

Let me know if you need more help and if this was helpful to you a good rating is always appreciated.

this actually could be your amp...try turning the gain down slowly and you will hear the bumping either stop or become morelike music background thanmusic foregroud. i had this problem with an older amplifier and i fixed it by getting a larder power/ground wire size and decreasing the gain a little.