My amp blew up, so bought a new package but its not working

[Poverty]

My pioneer amp blew up. The fuses were blown and at first I was hoping if I just replaced the fuses it would work. It did work but now it kept cutting out as soon as I tried turning up the volume. Going by the manual it reccomends that when it does that it has to be sent to a pioneer service center. Basically its fubared.

So I took it back to caraudio security and they are sending it off to pioneer. However I couldnt wait up to 30 days with no sub so bought a new sub and amp package. Basically I got the same sub I have now but in 12 inch and a legacy amp. Got the stuff home all excited. Setup the amp and connected to the old sub but theres no sound. I have no idea why its like that.

The amp powers up, but the power on L.E.D doesnt light up. Could it be that my inline fuse is blown? Would have thought if it was there would be no power to the amp at all. No idea why its not working but I want some sound

 

[Nath.]

I'm not an ICE person but don't the amps have a permanent live from the battery and also an ignition switched live to trigger it on ??

and also a good earth but that goes without saying.....................

 

[Poverty]

I'm not an ICE person but don't the amps have a permanent live from the battery and also an ignition switched live to trigger it on ??

and also a good earth but that goes without saying.....................

Yeah I checked all that. Really it should work as the amp that blew still worked up to a point. I now think that its the new amp that is faulty. Its more powerful than my old amp but much lighter and the build quality isnt there. Its like some cheap american designed chinese built budget unit. Dont like it at all looks and feels cheap and nasty.

Stay away from legacy products. They are crap and so is their abysmal 1980's website

Gonna get it exchanged for a kenwood amp and just pay the price difference. Another long trip to city center london though

 

[danmay]

i had problems with my toxic one, it was turned up too high the guys as bass junkies said, mess about with the knobs on it for a bit or turn them doen and give that a bash!

 

[Poverty]

i had problems with my toxic one, it was turned up too high the guys as bass junkies said, mess about with the knobs on it for a bit or turn them doen and give that a bash!

Tried that also to no luck. Tomorrow I will know for sure whether its the amps or my car lol. Im pretty sure this amp they gave me is just fooked though. Crappy chinese built stuff.

 

[Ad Lav]

Buy a kenwood or pioneer, my mate fits audio for a living so if you need a hand, you aren't far from us, he wouldn't charge much!

 

[RichieRich]

my kenwoods gets a thrashing now and again and they love it even turned up fully lol you get what you pay for in car audio and everythink else in that matter

 

[Poverty]

Got the kenwood today and wired it up. Looks very very nice and the quality is so much better than that legacy piece of ****. The legacy is like some electronic good you buy from your local market which then breaks two days later.

Anyway back to the kenwood amp. The quality as I said is very good and only cost £30 more than the legacy. The Kenwood build quality is better than that of my pioneer and it has a inbuilt fan. Very nice.

So hooked it up to my pioneer 12 inch and it sounds go, the 10 inch is more punchy whilst the 12 inch has more depth. Interesting to see what its like when its run in.

 

[Poverty]

Buy a kenwood or pioneer, my mate fits audio for a living so if you need a hand, you aren't far from us, he wouldn't charge much!

Well my cars sorted now but my mate wants to do his so might give you a shout in the near future

 

[RichieRich]

hey poverty what kenwood amp did you go for? just wondering if mine is more powerful

 

[Poverty]

hey poverty what kenwood amp did you go for? just wondering if mine is more powerful

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/5744.html

Have you still got any amps for sale?

 

[RichieRich]

arh the one below mine they are nice amps well done!! yep i have 3 left one sub amp, one speaker amp and one 4 channel that could do both...

 

[Poverty]

How is your current system set up. Will probably sell the amp and sub thats listed in my sig to my mate but im thinking of getting another amp to run my components.

 

[RichieRich]

hmm set up... with very great care to do it right lol and set up for sound quality which now goes very loud... mine you i do have the kenwood 1800 mono watt amp running my vibe sub... which mite give up the ghost lol