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midnightdak
Dodge Dakota
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2/07/2003
13:08:23
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I have 2 12' subs,1600 watt amp and a factory deck, last night i threw my box and amp around in the backseat, after that every time i put a new fuse for the radio and turn it on the fuse just blows again,i hate having no radio.What could it be?could it just be a bad ground somewhere?if so where should i find it,would it be behind the radio or in the back by the subs and amp?
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KU40
Dodge Dakota
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2/07/2003
16:50:57
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Check all your wires. Run along your power wire and see if the insulation could be stripped somewhere and the wire is touching bare metal. I doubt it's a bad ground or RCA's. You could also check your output wires to your subs and see if they could have the same problem as what I said above with your power wire.
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ko
Dodge Dakota
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2/07/2003
23:30:39
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so you got the amp and subs off the factory deck?
i take it you have a line out converter to the amp, right? got a few q's for ya
what brand line out conv do you have?
how does is sound? do you have a nice crisp bass or is it a bit distorted?
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midnightdak
Dodge Dakota
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2/08/2003
14:20:21
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thanx KU40,i finally found out what was wrong,it was i wire that come loose behind the radio and it was making it throw the fuse to the radio,i got it fixed though
Well KO...i have the factory deck i want to get a alpine deck soon but for now its still stock,i don't know much about radios and subs but it sounds good i have some road noise and its prolly the stock deck,and i when i turn the radio on and off the subs hit once can't be good for the subs but i turn the amp on and off when i do that,other than that all my friends are like...man u have all that on a stock deck?I don't know the brand of line out converter i have but its a cheap one.
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CJ
Dodge Dakota
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2/09/2003
10:48:06
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Where do you have your amp grounded to? if they "bump" when you turn off the radio it usually means that you have a bad ground...in otherwords it works, but it's not quite good enough...I grounded all my amps to the biggest bolt that holds the front seat down...and so far haven't had any problems
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KU40
Dodge Dakota
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2/09/2003
14:17:20
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Actually turn on and turn off thump I have found to be caused by having the gain too high instead of a bad ground. I've seen the thump in three cars, and all of them was because the gain was too high. I've also only seen it on rockford and MTX amps, although I haven't had too much experience with much else. It just seems those two brands like to do that.
I recommend to everyone that gets a new head unit, if you're gonna use the RCA's, make sure the preout voltage is 4 volts or more. 2 volts just doesn't seem to ever be enough. Unless you have an eq or something that bumps up the voltage, get a 4 volt preout.
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KU40
Dodge Dakota
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2/09/2003
18:21:08
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I didn't mean to make it sound as if a bad ground couldn't do it, I'm sure it happens. I was just wanting to offer another option in case his ground is secure.
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