I was out with a friend and his Z we were doing some minor drifting in a parking lot, when suddenly the Bass coming out of my Zenclosure Box is no longer thumping. Hit another turn and it came back on. Now its completely off. I have no Bass.

This is what I have as far as setups goes.

Bose Stock Head Unit
Bose Stock Component Speakers
PAC-OEM Adapter (To convert OEM Radio to have RC Outputs)
2 Channel 1000 Watt Amp. Bridged.
1 ZenClosure Box
1 Solbaric 10" Square Speaker

I have power at the amp. I dont know if it is receiving audio from the PAC-OEM Unit. Does anyone know what the power coming out of the RC Jacks would be so I can test it with a meter tester.

Any advice or input to further investigate the situation would be very helpful thanks.

 

Bump! No one?!

 

the minor drifting parking lot security disabled the bass as a warning!

 

Funny, but not helpful.

 

Do you have a CD player or other device you could plug your RCA's into to test them?

 

have u tried checking the fuse from the power wire?

 

Also check to make sure all the wires are connected tightly. Along from the fuse on the power wire, check the amp fuses.

 

Checked all wiring. Checked All fuses. The Amp has power. As it turns out I believe the PAC-OEM Adapter failed. I tested it with a meter tester and was receiving power on the input side but not on the output. I have someone here that said some soldering cracked he will try and fix. Anyone know were I can get another 1 of these?

 

OLD THREAD STILL HAVING PROBLEMS!

So I replaced the Radio NEW OEM BOSE UNIT. Replaced the PAC-OEM Line converter. Went thru 3, had them thoroughly tested from the manufacturer. Changed from 1 to another amp, and still have the same problem.

I have power to my amp, the amp turns on, but no sound coming out.

What do I look into now? Running out of thoughts here and its frustrating the hell out of me. I have removed my console so much I can do it with my eyes closed now.

If I dont have a proper ground would I still get power to the amp?

 

No, if you have a bad ground, your amp won't turn on. Or it may turn on, but cut out intermittently, depending on what "bad" means.

Have you tried another speaker?

 

Man thanks for the quick response.

No I haven't tried another speaker, however I couldn't imagine the speaker going bad. If it does go bad it would at least give something no?! Before it went out, it cut in and out. The speaker itself sounded perfect, just ask if the audio cut in and out.

Is there a way of testing the output of the audio from the RC Jacks?

 

go to radio shack.. get a headphone to RCA cable..

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...entPage=family

get the cheap one.. don't let them force you into buying that gold plated ****..

plug the RCA in the amp.. plug the mini headphone jack in an ipod.. see if you hear anything

 

Hey What's up. I went out to lunch bought this piece, and did exactly as you said. I hear nothing.

 

then its a problem with the amp or the speakers wires going to the sub..

get a tripple A battery.. or any batter with low voltage for that matter.. disconnect the speaker wires from the amp.. touch the positive of the speaker wire on the positive of the battery.. and the negative wire.. the negative connection.. if you hear a popping sound.. your amp is bad.. if you don't.. something is wrong with your connection with the wires .. the connection in the sub box or the sub is blown

 

^^ I believe it should be worded a bit different to avoid confusion.

1. Disconnect the speaker output wires from the amp.
2. Use a square 9 volt battery or 1.5 D-cell battery.
3. With the wires still attached to the sub, touch to + and - of the battery. The voltage will make the sub make a low popping noise. You might have to get your ear close to the sub to hear it. If you don't hear the noise, this means there is no continuity somewhere in the speaker wires or the sub itself.
4. If you get the poping noise, you can rule the speaker wires and sub out as being the problem.

On a different note, you can use a multimeter to measure output of RCA's.
1. Set the multimeter to measure DC voltage. Touch the positive lead to the inner part of the RCA. Touch the negative lead to the outer part of the RCA. With you radio playing, look for voltage fluctuation. It's not going to stay constant, because as the music notes change so will the DC readings. The whole point of using the meter is just to make sure there is a DC signal coming out the RCA's to begin with.

Hope this helps.

 

You said you checked all wire connections. Did you pull the sub out of the enclosure and check the connections to the terminal cup and the sub terminals? The problem described in your OP (sound was out, then came back as you went around a corner, then went out again) leads me to believe you may just have a loose speaker wire maybe inside the box.

Also check the tinsel leads on the sub. if you bump it real hard you may have torn one of them.

 

That was my initial thought, but I did take the sub out, and made sure the connections were fine. When I had the wires crossed the wrong way before, the AMP would go into protection mode. Since then the wires were wired correctly on the Sub, and the Sub worked like a champ. Something with doing hard turns FD something up. Going to try what was said above see what happens.

 

"Hard turns" causing the sub to cut in and out is not a sign of electric problems. Sounds more like a connection problem, loss of continuity, open, wire fray, or something of that nature...

 

Man that is exactly what I needed to know, thanks a lot guys! I'll check this out as soon as I get out of work, and post up the results.