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hey guys

well had my new car two weeks now, loving it so far.

anywho my car came with the 34 gtt wheels on it, so today i unplugged my sub to see what spare wheel i had.

check the wheel, put the subs back in the boot, wired them up and now nothing.

also, the sound system still works but just no subs.

i dunno much about the sound system but its a cadence (or somthing) amy that is powering 2 JVC subs and for some reason they decided not to work.

i manage to ellinimate the following possible causes:

1: wires touching (if they did at any point there was no power running through the sound system/car)

2: wrong wires in wrong connections (dont know much about sound systems but i remember what wire connected where, but it didnt work, tried change the wires to the terminals but still nothing, hook it back up the way i rememberd undoing them but still nothing.)

there is power to the amplifier, and when i turn the key to the first notch that powers only the clock and sound system, i get one doof from the subs but then nothing with music going.

can anyone help me?! its driving me nuts!!!!

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If u get a "doof" initially when you turn it on, id definatley say theres wires touching eachother and its shorting out.

If you put the volume level down low enough, there shouldnt be enough current to short it out so try turning it on with the sound low and see if the subs work. If they work, its wires making contact where they shouldnt.

Hope this helps, good luck

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If u get a "doof" initially when you turn it on, id definatley say theres wires touching eachother and its shorting out.

If you put the volume level down low enough, there shouldnt be enough current to short it out so try turning it on with the sound low and see if the subs work. If they work, its wires making contact where they shouldnt.

Hope this helps, good luck

hey man, gave it a go

didnt work.

i also noticed that the doof at the start looks like the subs going in and out.

like its a doof before the music starts, subs flow in and out couple of times (not a loud doof) but then no noise once music is on

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If u get a "doof" initially when you turn it on, id definatley say theres wires touching eachother and its shorting out.

If you put the volume level down low enough, there shouldnt be enough current to short it out so try turning it on with the sound low and see if the subs work. If they work, its wires making contact where they shouldnt.

Hope this helps, good luck

hey man, gave it a go

didnt work.

i also noticed that the doof at the start looks like the subs going in and out.

like its a doof before the music starts, subs flow in and out couple of times (not a loud doof) but then no noise once music is on

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Ahh tht sucks, sorry mate not much else i can think of without acctually seeing it, im not exactly a guru on the subject anyways, i just know the basics.

Ill re-post if i can think of anything else but untill then, maybe get a mate to hook their sub up to the amp and see what happens, then you know if its the subs or the amp.

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hey guys

today i manage to check the wiring, wiring inside the sub and the amp's fuse.

all fine.

so no idea what is wrong now, also worked out i have a monoblock if that changes.

any ideas would be great, will check connection to head unit tomorrow

nicr4wks Experienced

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Do you get a light on the amp when it's on? check to see if theres a key anywhere e.g. green for OK red for protect mode.

Since you're getting the initial "doof" when the amp turns on it's getting power, if the amp stays on it's possible the RCA leads from the head unit have been knocked out. It's also possible moving everything around you've changed the AMP from low to high crossover, check on the amp for such a switch it should be in the low position for subs.

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hey guys

well today i was able to get to the back of my headunit, all connections were fine along with RCA connections.

whilist i had the headunit out, i changed my headunits (one in my old car was better)

did all the wirering and presto, the subs now work!

no idea how but, thinking RCA connections in back of headunit were dodgey??

many thanks to leon for all his advice, top bloke! :P

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