hey im tryin to install an amp but i have a problem. everythin seems to be set up right but when i plug the 4 input plugs into the amp, there is no sound. there is only sound when the plugs are in only a litte bit. i tihnk its the ground connection but i really dont know,

What plugs are you talking about? RCA's? What are you wiring subs or your mids? If your playing with those 4 plugs and not the ground then i'd think its those plugs, but im not sure what ur talking about.

yea RCA's sorry i just came back to correct myself and im only wiring the speakers no subs

This post has been edited by 95GTspeed: Oct 9, 2003 - 8:09 PM

Is this a new amp? I had an amp and the RCA's on the amp became loose and so it didnt work. It could be ur plugs, i recommend some with gold plating and they screw on kinda - to remain tightened. I would try a different pair of RCA's and see if that helps.

well, its a fairly new amp(1 or maybe 2 years old) but the RCA's are gold plated and theyre not loose, its just when they are plugged in completely, the music or whatever im listening to stops like everything got disconnected

And when you start to fiddle with the RCA's it comes back on?

yea i have to loosen them all so that theyre not completely on but theyre on enough so that electricity can flow

check the plugs in the back of the head unit

Put the ends you have on the amp onto the deck and vice versa.

you have a short


on the amp or speaker the positive is hooked up the negative or visa versa.

by connecting the sound to it fully its grounding itself out. if you barely do it then its not connecting enough to ground out thats why its working partly plugged in


run new wire to all the speakers from the amp. use atleast 14 guage

i have 12 guage wire to the interior speakers and 8 guage to the subs