amp problems

ok so i hooked up my amp and im pretty damn sure i did it right. i hooked it up to the battery and i have checked it with a volt meter and its getting power. the fuses are good in the amp. i connected the two plugs into the back of my alpine deck where it said sbw which im guessing is for the subwoofer because the only other audio jacks said front left right and rear left right. anyone got any ideas? the amp is a 600 watt 2 channel orion.

Do you have your remote lead hooked up?  It'll be a wire that goes from the back of the deck which should say remote (usually blue).  Run a wire from that to the REM on the amp.  That tells the amp to turn on when the deck is turned on.  

is this a single wire? i have the 2 rca style wires going from the deck to the amp but no sinlge sire. maybe this is my problem can you eplain a little more? where should it hook up on my deck i didnt see anywhere that looked like a hookup for anything but rca cables or if you wire into the wiring harness

On the back your your deck on the wire harness there will be a wire marked remote. Essestially its like the ignition wire to your truck only this one instead of working with the key puts out signal with the deck is on. Its just a 12V+ signal. What you would need to do is run a single wire (its pretty small gauge, like speaker wire or whatnot) off that to your amp. There should be a spot marked remote or rem or signal somewhere on your amp. It should just be just one post. Run this line to that post and you should be golden.

The remote connection on the amp should be between the positive and the negative terminals...

alright i did this and its still not working.. i dont get why it wont work!

Well what you can do to make sure the amp works is you can jump a line from the positive feed to the remote line (after disconnecting the one that runs from the head unit) and see if the amp powers on. If not then you got problems with a ground, your positive or your amp itself.

where is your ground wire??  nice clean no paint for that connection.  Then you run the line to your battery.  make sure the fuse is not blown, and all the way into the fuse holder.
Then, you have a set of RCA's from the radio to the amp, and a 18 gauge wire, running from the remote lead(or power antenna wire on back of the alpne radio, to the smaller terminal on the amplifier.  that tells the amp to turn on when you turn on your radio.

alright i hooked up my remote wire and still nothing. the ground is just going to the cable bolt on my tailgate right now just temporary until i can get the system to actually work. could that be my problem?

yeah that could be your problem.  you need to find a place that is direct metal to metal.  scrap away any paint that could be there.  sometimes under the rear seat works well or where ther is a large seatbelt bolt.  it just sounds like you have a bad ground

alright so im tryin to find a spot to put my ground. where is a good spot? i have heard you want your ground cable to be under 3ft so where is a good spot to ground to thats in the trunk area?

in our blazers, one of the absolute best grounds is under the drivers side rear seat.  lay the back seats down, and lift up that little cover panel.  on the side closest to the trim on the drivers side, there are the seat bolts.  there is a bolt right in the middle, a 19mm to be exact, remove that bolt, clean up the metal, and put your ground there.

One of the big nuts under the back seats.

alright im gonna have to get a bigger ring to fit around those then. but shouldnt my amp still atleast light up? i hooked everything up the remote cable the rca cords the power cord. i checked the power cord and its getting power.

if there is a bad ground, it will do nothing at all.

alright hopefully thats my problem. ill try it and get back to you guys thanks for all the help!

alright i grounded it under my rear seat and still nothing. i tried a different amp even and still nothing. i am getting power to the amp but maybe it just isnt enough? im gonna try and re do the connection on my battery tommorow maybe that will help. any other suggestions?

try a new rca maybe......

alright, we have ruled out a ground issue for the most part.  , now I want you to take a small piece of eire, like 4 inches, strip off both ends,(can even be 18 gauge wire or speaker wire, and make a half circle with it,  put one end in the terminal that has battery line to it,  and the other end to the remote lead.


that will power on your amp if you do not have a blown fuse, or have a horrible ground.  then your problem lies in making sure that you have the remote wire from the alpine deck wired correctly.

hey! thats a good little trick, never thought of that.....

and thats why my friends call me the answer guy!!!

alright so i tried it with some speaker wire and it didnt work. i have checked my power cable and it is getting power but i think it might not be getting enough.

if it is getting power from the battery, then it is enough. do you have access to a multi-meter?

yes thats what i used to figure out that it is infact getting power. i checked it on the ohms setting from the ground cable to the power cable. i checked all the fuses and they where good. im good with mechanics not electronics lol.

A fork works, too... (So I was eating last time I was trouble shooting, give me a break! lol)