Sub Help

[R33p]

soo i bought a r33 and it came with a full alpine stereo.. alpine deck, front and rear speakers tweekers 2 alpine amps and 2 12" alpine subs..

but the subs wernt connected when i got it.. and ive connected it up but when i put music on the sub doesnt kick in untill i turn the volume up to atleast 18

but once its kicked in i can turn it down and it stays kicked in anything i can do to make it kick in at any volume?

cheers

[Carbon 34]

interesting, I'd say its cause you have tweakers,damn those tweakers lol think you meant tweeters

unplug the rca wires or fuse from the front and rear channel amp, then try the volume again it should be all bass ?(make note of which rca went were, or the phase /balance will be screwed)

does it still wait to go full tilt until 18 ? look in the boot, do the subs vibrate on a lower setting ? with the other amp rca off if so the gains might be turned way down. or the car might have sound balance turned on. while driving in noise enviroment the stereo gets louder but when you pull up to idle it goes softer, auto levels of the volume ??? I'd say one of the above

one other opton is subsonic filter is on and overlapping the xover freq. which limits the output severely

or you might have a burnt voice coil dragging on the sub cuts in and out ? ohm load is wrong maybe ?

otherwise I need some model #'s of the gear and maybe a close up of the sub amps current settings.

Edited June 6, 2011 by sapphiregraphics