Amp Goes Into Protect ?

[SL1D1N]

hello

i have recently bought a 2 channel fusion amp to power my 6.5 inch alpine slipts.

the amp and speakers are all hooked up correctly however when i turn the key to radio the headunit turns on fine and the rear speakers work fine (not amped) but the amp goes straight into protect. Then i found if i leave the power supplied to it and simply remove the power or remote wire and reconnet with the head unit still operating it works fine. One of my mates said something about when the key is turned the amp receives power from before the headunit. does anyone know if there is some sort of delay or anything to fix this problem or will i just have to put a switch in????

cheers

[Jack88]

something is wired up wrong,that is the only thing that can cause it to go strait into protect...unless you were just unlucky and got a dud from new.

DO NOT remove the power leads to the amp while its on.never do it...ever.

try these and get back to me.

unplug all the speakers you have pluged into the amp including RCA leads (do not let the RCA leads touch anything while unpluged) but leave it hooked up to power and the remote turn on lead,now turn on your head unit and see what the amp does.it the amp powers on fine and doesnt go into protect then it is an issue with your wiring or RCA leads somewhere.

if it does power on fine turn it off again and plug the RCA leads back in and turn it on again. if it goes into protect this time then its an issue with your RCA leads so remove and fine the problem with them.

if it doesnt go into protect then its a fairly safe bet to say its a problem in your wiring to your front speakers somewhere so go over and check all of that again.

EDIT : just read your post again....for the love of god please dont take any more advice from your friend on this subject.

Jack

Edited August 21, 2008 by Jack88

[sxc33]

I'd put my money on the fusion amp being a dud mate. When i was selling those, easily 3/10 would come back with that exact problem. Encountered it twice installing em too.

[Chris Rogers]

+1.