I have a Autotek SX 1200 Amp, I hooked it up to my friends speakers and power wires ect to test it, (I dont have subs or wires yet) and it kept going straight to Protection mode on the amp and it says Diagnostic mode on the little remote. What would cause this? I was thinking bad ground or not a big enough power wire, Hes running a Sony 1000 watt amp off the same wires. Can anyone help me out?
If your friends system worked before you hooked your amp up. Then it might be the way your friend's subs are wired. Try hooking the amp up without subs and see does it go into Protection mode
I tested it again with no subs and same thing, Could it be that the power wires arnt big enough so it cant pull enough power? He has like a 10 or 8 guage power wire on his amp.
Dude, I have the very same amp. Good choice for raw power! You definitely need at LEAST 4awg wire for that bad boy. Make sure your gains are turned down for the most part. That amp DOES have a delay switch in it to power up without that aggrevating POP we all love. Try it with NO speakers and NO remote (bass remote that says diagnostic) hooked up.
Tried it with car running (14.2 volts), Bigger wires, nothing made it work, Could it just be a bad amp? But if it was I would think it just wouldnt work at all. The autotek site is down, gonna try to give them a call tomarrow and see what they say about it.
Get two short 4 gauge wires and hook it straight to the battery and cross the remote wire to the hot wire it should not go into Protection mode. If it does might be a bad amp.