- Apr 18, 2004
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Ok a few years back I had Best buy instal an amp and sub...
Amp died (or so I thought) a few months ago. I finally ponied up and got a new amp.
Well today a good friend was helping me diagnose an issue...
The sub moves to the music, but not enough to creat any noise
We checked the sub, we checked the amp, we checked the um relay thingy (small black box that taps into the rear amp harness that you connect to the aftermarket amp)
Any way nothing was wroking. We pinned it down to the "relay thingy" by connecting another head unit to the amp and it pushed major bass. So I went and bought a new thingy and while installing it we noted super crappy installation by Best Buy.
Well after replacing it, still didn't work.
So question 1:
Any one have a clue what could be wrong?
Question 2:
Ok on the factory amp rack there are 3 plugins, we assumed the center one was setup for the Mach 1000. That's also where this relay was tapped into. Using a voltometer or whatever nothing is coming from this, but still feeds the amp enough that the sub vibrates to the music, but doesn't create any noise. We're thinking there's something in that center plugin that is fried.
I'm gonna take it to a professional installer (read not Best Buy), but I'd like to try to fix it with major assistance from my friend first. Also I can take pics if need be.
Amp died (or so I thought) a few months ago. I finally ponied up and got a new amp.
Well today a good friend was helping me diagnose an issue...
The sub moves to the music, but not enough to creat any noise
We checked the sub, we checked the amp, we checked the um relay thingy (small black box that taps into the rear amp harness that you connect to the aftermarket amp)
Any way nothing was wroking. We pinned it down to the "relay thingy" by connecting another head unit to the amp and it pushed major bass. So I went and bought a new thingy and while installing it we noted super crappy installation by Best Buy.
Well after replacing it, still didn't work.
So question 1:
Any one have a clue what could be wrong?
Question 2:
Ok on the factory amp rack there are 3 plugins, we assumed the center one was setup for the Mach 1000. That's also where this relay was tapped into. Using a voltometer or whatever nothing is coming from this, but still feeds the amp enough that the sub vibrates to the music, but doesn't create any noise. We're thinking there's something in that center plugin that is fried.
I'm gonna take it to a professional installer (read not Best Buy), but I'd like to try to fix it with major assistance from my friend first. Also I can take pics if need be.