idk what's wrong now...so like 6 months ago, i install this system. works great up until like a month ago, when everything stops working. so i assume it was the remote wire. so i get a relay and hook it up and fix everything so it works 100%.
works great up until now. when yesterday it would start cutting out on high frequencies for a split second. then like it would lose the mid-upper lever frequencies for like 5 seconds. now, nothing works. nothing turns on.
it's not a fuse, i checked em all. it's not a ground, my ground is phenomenal. it's not my power supply. all my equip is in pristine condition and shows no signs as to why it would stop. nothing is in protect, it's just that NOTHING works. HU comes on perfectly and the cd plays (cycles through) but nothing plays. idk wtf is wrong
You can check for RCA issues by getting a headphone jack to RCA end cable and connecting an mp3 player to your amp. If it works you've got headunit or RCA cable problems.
great now back to not working again. i'm seriously flucking sick of this, i'm this close to saying fluck it and just getting rid of sound systems entirely, it's a god damn waste of time and money.
i start my car 5 times, nothing. start it the 6th, everything works as normal. what a flucking joke
its one of those things that i can't be mad at anyone or anything but myself. worst thing ever
well i hear the relay click every time. the eq generally gets power but the amps do not. (eq light is very dim though)
also, i know this is rookie-ish, but what are my alternatives to a wire nut. i know it is ghetto, but that's what i use and i'm thinkin that's where the problem is. just solder it?
hears the situation. one remote wire input, one 12v, one ground, and one remote wire output on the relay. the one remote output wire goes to a wire nut where it's nutted with the 2 amps and eq's remote wires. i'm guessing thats where my prob is.
how would you guys wire it starting all the way back at the HU?
obviously, HU remote output to relay input, +12v wire to relay from distro, ground wire from relay to distro, and then.....?
get rid of all wire nuts in your car. wire nuts are not made for cars because they can't handle vibrations. solder is best, crimp on connecters are good (with a good set of crimping pliers NOT channel locks!).i would use friggin black tape before i'd do anything with wire nuts.
I belive you may have stereo mites. Little bugs that chew on the wires sucking up the power as they munch. Everytime a new litter of mites appear, you have power problems, but as the die off, it cures. Makes perfect sence.
Maybe a DMM will help find out what the problem is, or keep crying about it here and try bug spray in the cd opening.
your relay dosent sound like you have the right one all the relays i have bought in the past have had 5 tips of what not. 1 for ground. 1 for a power connection. for a rem input. 1 for rem outpu. 1 postion you dont use becuz its never conected