problems with c500.1

yahyah
yahyah Posts: 17
edited August 2005 in Car Audio & Electronics
my amp (polk momo c500.1) keeps turning off once i put the volume up, im running a single mtx 12" sub, someone told me it could be the ground wire but im pretty sure its done right since best buy did it, neone have ne suggestions, upon further investigation i noticed that once i put the volume up the "short" light goes on (the red one)
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited August 2005
    that would lead me to believe that you have a stripped wire somewhere, and once you turn the voltage up enough, it's arcing to ground and activating the short protection. you'll have to very very carefully check your wiring for cuts, scratches, anything that's not absolutely pristine. i solved this problem, when i had it, by replacing my speaker wire entirely.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited August 2005
    If BB did it, then take it back to them.
    Never Forget
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  • PoweredByDodge
    PoweredByDodge Posts: 4,185
    edited August 2005
    If best buy did it - then it's probably done WRONG.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    You have a Polk amp and MTX sub and Best Buy did the install? Weird, those are CC brands.

    Either way, I agree to take it back to BB and let them find the problem. I agree with Neo that its a wire shorting out somewhere, maybe even at the sub itself.
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  • wlrandall
    wlrandall Posts: 440
    edited August 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    You have a Polk amp and MTX sub and Best Buy did the install? Weird, those are CC brands.

    Either way, I agree to take it back to BB and let them find the problem. I agree with PBD that its a wire shorting out somewhere, maybe even at the sub itself.

    Proof they're WHORES to the industry!
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  • PoweredByDodge
    PoweredByDodge Posts: 4,185
    edited August 2005
    heaven knows best buy and circuit have the most highly trained installers... i mean, you have to be 16 years old, know how to cut up a factory harness and make it useless, break dash panel clips, damage door panels beyond repair, and always, ALWAYS, wire things improperly and install subwoofers in improperly designed / sized boxes.

    you can't just learn that stuff overnight - it takes DAYS to be trained to be that incompetant.
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited August 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    edited... i feel better now :D
    wait, who are we agreeing with :p?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    Woops! All these screen names are starting to look a like!

    You have now been properly credited.
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  • swerve
    swerve Posts: 1,862
    edited August 2005
    PoweredByDodge wrote:
    and install subwoofers in improperly designed / sized boxes.
    Okay... from the 2 q-logic boxes they sell at cc.... none fit the subs... not really the installers fault now is it?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    It would be if the installer crammed one in there and tried to pass it off as complete.
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  • PoweredByDodge
    PoweredByDodge Posts: 4,185
    edited August 2005
    oh god now - he's baaaaack! its the SWERVE!
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    Where you been anyway dude?
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  • neomagus00
    neomagus00 Posts: 3,899
    edited August 2005
    yeah, we've been busy making fun of you somewhere around here... that 'new posts' feature has me all a-fluster, i can't remember where anything is now...
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited August 2005
    BB doesn't sell our stuff. It was either meant to be CC or something is up.
    Brian Knauss
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    bknauss wrote:
    BB doesn't sell our stuff. It was either meant to be CC or something is up.

    Yup, seemed weird to me too.
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  • PoweredByDodge
    PoweredByDodge Posts: 4,185
    edited August 2005
    *perk* polk engineer? wow - they really got the nerds (i say that in a good way) into the form - i'm diggin it - sweet ! :)
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    Not only that but hes pretty heavy into the car audio scene and not just some bookworm thats never installed a head unit in his life. He's got street cred yo....or however the hell you talk ebonics.
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  • PoweredByDodge
    PoweredByDodge Posts: 4,185
    edited August 2005
    street cred? isn't that when you try to pay for weed with a visa?
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited August 2005
    Im the least "street" guy in the world. I wouldnt have a clue. ;)
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  • bknauss
    bknauss Posts: 1,441
    edited August 2005
    MacLeod wrote:
    Not only that but hes pretty heavy into the car audio scene and not just some bookworm thats never installed a head unit in his life. He's got street cred yo....or however the hell you talk ebonics.

    Don't give me too much cred... I was swapping out my head unit on Friday and had to ask Josh and Thom if the remote wire was Blue/White or Blue...
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  • Thom
    Thom Posts: 723
    edited August 2005
    But you should see his install- it's really coming along nicely.




    :D
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  • PoweredByDodge
    PoweredByDodge Posts: 4,185
    edited August 2005
    "cut the blue wire... no, wait... the red wire... no, wait... um... the purple wire?" --- Charleton Heston crys out in anguish as they "blow it all up".

    i thought some decks only had a single blue or blue/white wire for remote and antenna combined, while others had both blue and blue/white for remmy and antenna (only when radio is on, not cd player).

    eh - either way - i'm sure you guys have seen the absolutely abhorred color coding of early 90's ford trucks. it never even was the same from truck to truck, it was like "well we ran out of green with red stripe today, so lets use orange!"
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