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Anonymous Posted on May 30, 2008

Power protector light on sony xplode 1000 watt amp

A couple days ago i was driving down the road and my ground wire came out of my amp. when i got home, i put it back in and changed the ground to a spot underneath my back seat. (1997 chevy cavalier). Then i started my car and the green power protector light comes on. I moved the ground wire back to the place i had it grounded to before and the power protector light still comes on.


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  • Anonymous Jun 01, 2008

    so what do i do to make the power indicator light turn off?

  • cutepoison Mar 22, 2009

    my grounding came off and i also changed the grounding spot, whilst changing it a few of my wires came off so i put them. everytime i turn my radio up, the red light flashes for the protection. iv been able to turn it up before, so how do i turn this off?

  • Anonymous May 26, 2009

    after running two 1200watt 12" pioneer subs the subs poped a cupple of times and than the protection light came on

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A green light is the power indicator, a red light is when the protector is in affect

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I bought a used sony xplode 1000w amp from a friend. i hooked it up to my two 12" kicker procomps. i have a 99 nissan frintier. i have my ground under my center console with all my other ground wires. a few days ago i noticed that the green power protecter light turned red after my power wire fuse blew. i replaced it and checked alll of my other fuses and rewired and checked all of my conections but my subs will not play at all. the amp has power but is not pushing my subs. my subs are rated 800 watts a piece. Y will they not play?

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Certain spots in the car is grounded different i know the new spot u moved it to is probably noticeable but it always easy to find a ground u just need to have lenght in the wire

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