Hi, Guest
05-11-2005, 10:03 PM
Okay so I got my Alpine speakers in, fire it up, sounds good. One day later, all of the new speakers don't put out anything, all you hear is the subs pounding. The problem remedies itself when I take the speaker out of the door and hold it out of metallic contact.
So I went and tried to eliminate the possible source of the problem. At first, I thought it was a small capacitor on the sub that was grounding to the door. Nope, that wasn't causing the problem.
Second, I checked the connection to the speaker, re-crimped, and done. Still gives the same problem.
Thought it was a wire being hit by one of the screws. Tried that too, but to no avail.
My thoughts are that the speaker has a minor manufacturing defect where the connection somewhere on the speaker is not electrically insulated on its mounting apparatus.
So my final try, before sending this thing back to the retailer, is to actually insulate the speaker from the door, by using electrically insulating materials.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? How did you remedy it other than going back to stock or going back to the retailer?
I'd bring this thing back to the retailers but Bianco's is in Sudbury, 1.5hr drive, and Stereoplus here in North Bay don't know squat about car audio in my opinion.
So I went and tried to eliminate the possible source of the problem. At first, I thought it was a small capacitor on the sub that was grounding to the door. Nope, that wasn't causing the problem.
Second, I checked the connection to the speaker, re-crimped, and done. Still gives the same problem.
Thought it was a wire being hit by one of the screws. Tried that too, but to no avail.
My thoughts are that the speaker has a minor manufacturing defect where the connection somewhere on the speaker is not electrically insulated on its mounting apparatus.
So my final try, before sending this thing back to the retailer, is to actually insulate the speaker from the door, by using electrically insulating materials.
Has anyone else encountered this problem? How did you remedy it other than going back to stock or going back to the retailer?
I'd bring this thing back to the retailers but Bianco's is in Sudbury, 1.5hr drive, and Stereoplus here in North Bay don't know squat about car audio in my opinion.
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Active: 2007 SES Hatch, Motegi MR7 Rims with 215/45ZR17 Michelin Pilot Super Sport Tires, debadged, black painted calipers and drums, RS Knob, CFM Short Throw, Billet E-Brake, CFM Focus pedals, MBRP Exhaust, XCal2, FS Front and Rear Strut Tower Bars, Diamond Plate Floor Mats and Sills, Alpine MP3 Deck, Alpine V-Power 300w Amp, Pioneer IMPP Sub, AlpineType-S door speakers, VF Engineering Rear Motor Mount, F2 RS Spoiler, Tokico D-spec shocks, HTP Cross Brace, EBC Rotors, Hawk HPS Pads, Russell SS Brake Lines, RS Wheel, SVT Blue Seats, Vibrant 2.5" Race Highflow Cat, CFM UDP. Rear SVT bumper to come.
Active: 2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited TJ [LJ], Volant CAI, 32" BFG Mud Terrains, and a whole bunch of goodies.
Active: 2007 SES Hatch, Motegi MR7 Rims with 215/45ZR17 Michelin Pilot Super Sport Tires, debadged, black painted calipers and drums, RS Knob, CFM Short Throw, Billet E-Brake, CFM Focus pedals, MBRP Exhaust, XCal2, FS Front and Rear Strut Tower Bars, Diamond Plate Floor Mats and Sills, Alpine MP3 Deck, Alpine V-Power 300w Amp, Pioneer IMPP Sub, AlpineType-S door speakers, VF Engineering Rear Motor Mount, F2 RS Spoiler, Tokico D-spec shocks, HTP Cross Brace, EBC Rotors, Hawk HPS Pads, Russell SS Brake Lines, RS Wheel, SVT Blue Seats, Vibrant 2.5" Race Highflow Cat, CFM UDP. Rear SVT bumper to come.
Active: 2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited TJ [LJ], Volant CAI, 32" BFG Mud Terrains, and a whole bunch of goodies.
