Need Help

[linedup33]

hey all,

im not sure that something has blown but it doesnt seem to work anymore, i was wondering if there is way to tell if the amp or the speakers are stuffed..im currently running an amp for my 2 front speakers, and they used to be loud but recently don't seem to be making much noise anymore..i mainly want to know which one is stuffed so that i can replace it.

thanks heaps in advance.

[RANDY]

At a guess, i'd imagine that a dead speaker would just stop working completely, and your amp shouldn't much care about the working speaker. It should remain at full volume. Have you checked your gains on the amp? Failing that, check the F/R fader controls on your headunit. If you fade to the rear, most HU's that i've used will fade to the RCA's also. So if you faded to the front, and you only had one set of RCA outputs to the amp, it would fade the front away (because the front is actually running off the RCAs, which are treated as a "rear" output generally)

[linedup33]

ok kewlies thanks dude - ill check that and post back

[linedup33]

hey just tried that, but its still the same...any other ideas?

[chemical]

Check all associated fuses dude...

Failing anything wrong there, you may have to take your door trims off, drop your speakers out and see if theres movement in the speakers themselves while theres some music playing.

If theres no movement, check all your wiring is still intact with a continuity test on a multimeter and/or take the speaker out and run it up on a different source (lounge room stereo etc [dont overcrank it])

Just use a process of elimination until you find where the problem lies...

[linedup33]

all fixed it must have been my amp - i just replaced it with a new one and its all working now

thanks for the help guys.