amp not working - Honda Prelude Forum

obnxus1 · 06-09-2003, 12:08 AM

Hey everyone,

I just installed my new amp on my 99 prelude with a stock headunit and new 6x9's. However, I ran into a problem as I finished hooking up all the wires. The amp doesn't want to power up.

I bought the car used, and the previous owner must have had a system installed before. In the spare tire well I found a mass of jumbled wires that were used for amp and subs I guess. The ground was still attached, and the remote turn on wire was still connected to the back of the headunit. I checked them. They left a power wire, but cut and pulled back to the trunk. A friend and I rewired the power back to the battery, put on a new connector, put a fuse on it, and attached it to the positive battery terminal.

I found wires spliced from the 6x9 speaker lines. It led to a input/adjustable output converter with RCA output lines. I used that line into the CH 1/2 of my 4 channel amp. I am not bridging yet because I don't have y-splitters to split the RCA signals into two, one for channels 1/2 and another for channels 3/4. I double checked all connections and I went to try it out. To my surprise, the amp did not turn on and speakers had no sound. Any ideas on what to look for? It could be a faulty amp, I will swap my friend's amp into my setup and he will use my amp to see if mine works.

apocalypse · 06-09-2003, 08:15 AM

I would rip all the wires out and start from new, then you know where everyhting is and it's done correctly
but if ya dont want to then
check for power on the remote wire and power wire
try moving the ground, it could of carroded
check all your connections again