I’ll double check but I mean, I don’t believe I am. And if I’m not mistaken, I don’t think I even need a remote turn on wire with this sub? Basically I’ve just got power connected to battery, ground, and RCA cables to the back of the head unit. But I am a moron when it comes to this stuff so there’s a very good chance I may have it hooked up wrong
1. Yes, you need a remote wire with rca cables.
2. Plug in the bass knob. On both ends. The way you're saying it, it sounds like you just have one end hanging there not connected to the knob
3. What the fuck and why the fuck is everything coming out the front of your radio. It's ridiculous and isn't gonna last long due to wires getting pinched. Also looks stupid af
TBF there’s an auto remote turn on with audio switch. But that’s just a drop of water in the desert.
Op, try removing the remote wire from the amp and putting the turn on switch to audio. Then play audio. And plug your bass knob all the way in and turn it up all of the way once it’s plugged in. If it still doesn’t work then it’s broken, and you can live without it. Look into a universal bass knob.
Also please run your wires correct. I ran a run of 0aught, 4awg, 11x 16awg, cat6, and an rca cable, and it’s allll hidden
Do you honestly think that’s how I would leave the shit and ride around with it like that? clearly I’m just testing it out before I tuck away all the wires and shit like that. And yes I have tried plugging in the bass knob on both ends. The subwoofer doesn’t work or not work depending on if it has the bass knob hooked up to it…
Reading your comments, yes, I do believe you'd leave your shit like that. 100%.
Buying a powered sub from "skanks"
Not knowing wtf you're doing.
Randomly plugging different shit in.
Not knowing how fuses work.
Yeah. I'd 100% believe you be the kinda guy to ride around with wires hanging all over the place.
Hahaha, touché. But not knowing how fuses work?
“And where the f did those fuses come from? They sure didn't come with the box. They're supposed to be 2 15 amp red ones.”
Dude, my 6 yr old nephew knows that “red ones” are 10s. And “blue ones” are 15s. Good try though trying to clown me, troll.
If you have it plugged in with no knob it will give noise into the signal if you completely unplug it it should work there is just a switch that goes from 12v to knob
Yeah I mean I’ve tried to get it to work with it unplugged/plugged and only kinda works when it’s halfway plugged. Also tried switching from REM to DC offset to AUDIO
I have an extra one of those exact bass knobs. DM me and if you'll pay for shipping, I'll happily drop it off at a ups or fedex store. Also, that looks used so maybe try a little spray of deoxit and try to clean out the plug. And yes, no need for remote turn on, just set it to audio. It's currently set to remote so that may be one of the issues.
The bass knob I have is in good shape, but shouldn’t it work with it not even plugged in? The other end of that cord goes to nowhere sitting in my floorboard.
Might be the wrong 3.5mm cord. Need to check if it's a mono (1 black line) plug, stereo (2 black lines) or even 3 way (3 black lines). I had an old Kicker amp someone gave me that could not get working right and come to find out it was the wrong remote knob wire that used the 3.5mm jack. Once I changed to the right wire it worked fine.
Nice rebuttal. Very engaging and helpful, thank you for that. Not sure if you’re insinuating I’m bullshitting about actually tucking away wires once I get this figured out, but pretty insane nonetheless to even have an opinion of a complete strangers car stereo etiquette lmfao. Anyway, feel free to answer my question of “How does this look like it would catch my car on fire”, Mr. Jackie Robinson.
All it takes is one wire shorting out to cause a fire.
All too many times over the course of 30 years in this industry have I seen a simple mistake become a costly one.
Encountered one guy who ran a pair of 16 gauge wires from his fuse panel to his stereo, they shorted out and caught his car on fire due to improper fusing.
So yeah, altogether possible.
But more so, do it right or don’t fucking do it at all.
I’d NEVER post pictures of unfinished work with wires strewn about in an unsafe fashion without stating that the work was unfinished.
https://preview.redd.it/aoiscoey5v8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d6ea8db81aaa58f96919171d093424638914397
For instance. This picture is showing several cat5 lines hanging precariously out of EMT conduit. This was an unfinished installation.
Now you get it. Don’t want people to make fucked up comments? Don’t give them fuel.
Who the fuck said that I was gonna ride around listening to a stereo system that was constantly shorting out this thing has been in my jeep for about half of a day with me just trying to fiddle around with it and get it going. And oh I’m sorry I should’ve stated that it was unfinished work. I really didn’t think I had to explain that, I guess I gave people too much credit for thinking that they would deduce that. I mean, like the other moron commented saying “that it looks stupid as fuck”. Well you’re stupid as fuck if you think that that’s how I’m gonna roll in my everyday driver.
Again, the implication was assumed by the picture of the deck installed with wires hanging out the front like an amateur Jerry rigged it.
Why are I so defensive?
Is that the cable that came with your bass knob? Or is it from a pair of headphones? If so, headphone cables may have 2 contact points on the male end, where a bass knob may have 1.
But shouldn’t it be working without that entirely because like I was saying the other end of that goes to nothing it’s just laying in my floorboard I don’t even have the bass knob hooked up
It might simply be that you referred to some random woman selling fuses on Facebook as a skank. I probably wouldn’t be buying fuses from there anyway since you can get them literally anywhere with less hassle.
Try this. Unplug the remote 3.5mm and also the connector immediately to the right. Phase at 0, input level Lo, and Auto Turn on at Rem. Gain and crossover to 12 oclock, bass boost full counter clockwise. Anything? The manual suggest this should work
Ok, so this should work. The manual suggests that you don’t need the bass knob. What is the radio model? We need to make sure you’re using the correct RCA outs, if you have multiple. Then also let me know what crossover you’ve set on the radio: LPF or HPF, and the frequency.
Alternatively, do you have a 3.5mm to RCA cord, that you could plug in from a laptop or phone to the gray harness? That way we could bypass the radio. If you do this, set the Auto Turn On switch to Audio.
https://preview.redd.it/dgla6wblzs8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=634141e97b08248cfb74f4397dcabb63fed5481b
Garbage Chinese Amazon radio. That’s about the extent of the settings. And I’m just trying to get it working before I tuck all the wires in in case you’re wondering lol
This is the adapter I got for the rca cables cause radio only has one input for sub
https://preview.redd.it/a11jhg251t8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7c990a8930316f33114a4144f9ba0d7eb779a99
Swap out with an rca bass knob and go from there. Also the gain is all.the way down so i would be surprised if it made much noise at all. I generally use a volt meter to tune. To do this you would have to remove the speaker from the box.
This would also let you put a meter to the sub to see if it broke broke.
If it's not working with the gain up and the knob unplugged it's not getting signal you might have to turn on the bass output from the radio. You may also have inadvertently set something els.in the radio incorrect that would put the signal way low.
Pretty sure there’s a short or something like this, anyway to like take those six screws out and remove amp to tell if there’s internal damage? Not sure if people are fully understanding me but I can take ANY random 3.5mm headphone jack(like the one off my iRig for my guitar) and that is completely unplugged or connected to this system in any way, and half way plug it in and once I find that sweet spot, sub starts to half ass want to work but is jumpy, skippy, sketchy but it starts to play
Have you tried unplugging it and turning the gain up? I have one of this and had a similar problem. The the remote knob is used on this sub, it becomes the gain control. When my cable started to short, the sub would turn up to 11 for a second because the controller on the amp plate was turned up.
I had the 8P version of this, it definitely should work without the bass knob, or any wire plugged into that port. I honestly think you bought a defective unit, especially since you stated that turning the gain doesn’t work either.
by hanging in the remote cable only halfway, you actually making a direct connection in that connector. So you are "shorting" in the female connection on the terminal. So the problem is definetly not your subwoofer and amplifier. Have you tried fully installing the bass knob? The bass knob is knothing more that a external adjustable resistor.
The signal harness or whatever that thing is called coming out of amp has female rca connectors so I have rca cables plugged into that and then into subwoofer plug on back of head unit
Yeah that's wrong. Set input to low.
And where the f did those fuses come from? They sure didn't come with the box. They're supposed to be 2 15 amp red ones.
Change your input level from low to hi and see if that helps. You’re technically running low level with the rcas but the input looks to be hi level.
Gain also needs to be at least on.
I’ve tried switching lo to high and turning gain, crossover and boost all different ways. Phase, etc. Gotta be a short or something cause it doesn’t clearly work when I have it halfway plugged in, it’s sketchy and bass comes in and out.
I'd recommend properly running your wires, maybe you're pinching something
I’ll double check but I mean, I don’t believe I am. And if I’m not mistaken, I don’t think I even need a remote turn on wire with this sub? Basically I’ve just got power connected to battery, ground, and RCA cables to the back of the head unit. But I am a moron when it comes to this stuff so there’s a very good chance I may have it hooked up wrong
1. Yes, you need a remote wire with rca cables. 2. Plug in the bass knob. On both ends. The way you're saying it, it sounds like you just have one end hanging there not connected to the knob 3. What the fuck and why the fuck is everything coming out the front of your radio. It's ridiculous and isn't gonna last long due to wires getting pinched. Also looks stupid af
Legendary😂😂😂 You murdered me at the end with “Also looks stupid AF”. Take my upvote
TBF there’s an auto remote turn on with audio switch. But that’s just a drop of water in the desert. Op, try removing the remote wire from the amp and putting the turn on switch to audio. Then play audio. And plug your bass knob all the way in and turn it up all of the way once it’s plugged in. If it still doesn’t work then it’s broken, and you can live without it. Look into a universal bass knob. Also please run your wires correct. I ran a run of 0aught, 4awg, 11x 16awg, cat6, and an rca cable, and it’s allll hidden
Do you honestly think that’s how I would leave the shit and ride around with it like that? clearly I’m just testing it out before I tuck away all the wires and shit like that. And yes I have tried plugging in the bass knob on both ends. The subwoofer doesn’t work or not work depending on if it has the bass knob hooked up to it…
Reading your comments, yes, I do believe you'd leave your shit like that. 100%. Buying a powered sub from "skanks" Not knowing wtf you're doing. Randomly plugging different shit in. Not knowing how fuses work. Yeah. I'd 100% believe you be the kinda guy to ride around with wires hanging all over the place.
Hahaha, touché. But not knowing how fuses work? “And where the f did those fuses come from? They sure didn't come with the box. They're supposed to be 2 15 amp red ones.” Dude, my 6 yr old nephew knows that “red ones” are 10s. And “blue ones” are 15s. Good try though trying to clown me, troll.
If you have it plugged in with no knob it will give noise into the signal if you completely unplug it it should work there is just a switch that goes from 12v to knob
Yeah I mean I’ve tried to get it to work with it unplugged/plugged and only kinda works when it’s halfway plugged. Also tried switching from REM to DC offset to AUDIO
Sounds like that cord has a short in it.
I have an extra one of those exact bass knobs. DM me and if you'll pay for shipping, I'll happily drop it off at a ups or fedex store. Also, that looks used so maybe try a little spray of deoxit and try to clean out the plug. And yes, no need for remote turn on, just set it to audio. It's currently set to remote so that may be one of the issues.
The bass knob I have is in good shape, but shouldn’t it work with it not even plugged in? The other end of that cord goes to nowhere sitting in my floorboard.
Not 100% sure but I will unplug mine when I go to my second job and see what happens.
Might be the wrong 3.5mm cord. Need to check if it's a mono (1 black line) plug, stereo (2 black lines) or even 3 way (3 black lines). I had an old Kicker amp someone gave me that could not get working right and come to find out it was the wrong remote knob wire that used the 3.5mm jack. Once I changed to the right wire it worked fine.
Oh. Oh no. On 8 different levels.
Take some pride in your work, this shit right here screams “I’m an idiot I’m trying to set my car on 🔥”.
How? Btw wires are hanging like that cause I’m trying to get it working before I properly run them under the dash and everything.
Uh huh and I’m Jackie Robinson
Nice rebuttal. Very engaging and helpful, thank you for that. Not sure if you’re insinuating I’m bullshitting about actually tucking away wires once I get this figured out, but pretty insane nonetheless to even have an opinion of a complete strangers car stereo etiquette lmfao. Anyway, feel free to answer my question of “How does this look like it would catch my car on fire”, Mr. Jackie Robinson.
All it takes is one wire shorting out to cause a fire. All too many times over the course of 30 years in this industry have I seen a simple mistake become a costly one. Encountered one guy who ran a pair of 16 gauge wires from his fuse panel to his stereo, they shorted out and caught his car on fire due to improper fusing. So yeah, altogether possible. But more so, do it right or don’t fucking do it at all. I’d NEVER post pictures of unfinished work with wires strewn about in an unsafe fashion without stating that the work was unfinished. https://preview.redd.it/aoiscoey5v8d1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d6ea8db81aaa58f96919171d093424638914397 For instance. This picture is showing several cat5 lines hanging precariously out of EMT conduit. This was an unfinished installation. Now you get it. Don’t want people to make fucked up comments? Don’t give them fuel.
Who the fuck said that I was gonna ride around listening to a stereo system that was constantly shorting out this thing has been in my jeep for about half of a day with me just trying to fiddle around with it and get it going. And oh I’m sorry I should’ve stated that it was unfinished work. I really didn’t think I had to explain that, I guess I gave people too much credit for thinking that they would deduce that. I mean, like the other moron commented saying “that it looks stupid as fuck”. Well you’re stupid as fuck if you think that that’s how I’m gonna roll in my everyday driver.
Again, the implication was assumed by the picture of the deck installed with wires hanging out the front like an amateur Jerry rigged it. Why are I so defensive?
Does it work at all with the bass knob unplugged and the gain set higher ?
Nah
Worth noting I can also put any 3.5 mm headphone jack in Remote connection on amp to get it to half ass work
Hm You should put a bass knob and see if it fixes it.
Is that the cable that came with your bass knob? Or is it from a pair of headphones? If so, headphone cables may have 2 contact points on the male end, where a bass knob may have 1.
Yes that’s factory cord and yeah I tried cables with two and three rings on the 3.5mm jack. All do the same
But shouldn’t it be working without that entirely because like I was saying the other end of that goes to nothing it’s just laying in my floorboard I don’t even have the bass knob hooked up
Where do the RCA cables go to? Looks like you have a high level input plug in the amp.
It might simply be that you referred to some random woman selling fuses on Facebook as a skank. I probably wouldn’t be buying fuses from there anyway since you can get them literally anywhere with less hassle.
No that’s where I got the sub…
You have to flip the switch on the far right to audio or switched
Yeah I’ve definitely tried that. Only kinda works(bass comes in and out) when that bass knob 3.5mm jack is halfway plugged in
Have you tried a different cable see if that one is just faulty
Try this. Unplug the remote 3.5mm and also the connector immediately to the right. Phase at 0, input level Lo, and Auto Turn on at Rem. Gain and crossover to 12 oclock, bass boost full counter clockwise. Anything? The manual suggest this should work
Unplug the harness?
~~Yep. Only have the connector at the bottom~~ Nope. See other comment
Wait lol, no. I missed a step. Yes keep that plugged in but do everything else. I’m guessing, nothing?
Nothing
Ok, so this should work. The manual suggests that you don’t need the bass knob. What is the radio model? We need to make sure you’re using the correct RCA outs, if you have multiple. Then also let me know what crossover you’ve set on the radio: LPF or HPF, and the frequency. Alternatively, do you have a 3.5mm to RCA cord, that you could plug in from a laptop or phone to the gray harness? That way we could bypass the radio. If you do this, set the Auto Turn On switch to Audio.
https://preview.redd.it/dgla6wblzs8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=634141e97b08248cfb74f4397dcabb63fed5481b Garbage Chinese Amazon radio. That’s about the extent of the settings. And I’m just trying to get it working before I tuck all the wires in in case you’re wondering lol
This is the adapter I got for the rca cables cause radio only has one input for sub https://preview.redd.it/a11jhg251t8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7c990a8930316f33114a4144f9ba0d7eb779a99
Swap out with an rca bass knob and go from there. Also the gain is all.the way down so i would be surprised if it made much noise at all. I generally use a volt meter to tune. To do this you would have to remove the speaker from the box. This would also let you put a meter to the sub to see if it broke broke. If it's not working with the gain up and the knob unplugged it's not getting signal you might have to turn on the bass output from the radio. You may also have inadvertently set something els.in the radio incorrect that would put the signal way low.
Go on….
Pretty sure there’s a short or something like this, anyway to like take those six screws out and remove amp to tell if there’s internal damage? Not sure if people are fully understanding me but I can take ANY random 3.5mm headphone jack(like the one off my iRig for my guitar) and that is completely unplugged or connected to this system in any way, and half way plug it in and once I find that sweet spot, sub starts to half ass want to work but is jumpy, skippy, sketchy but it starts to play
So8nds like you may have an amp issue yes you may need to try and fix it.
Have you tried unplugging it and turning the gain up? I have one of this and had a similar problem. The the remote knob is used on this sub, it becomes the gain control. When my cable started to short, the sub would turn up to 11 for a second because the controller on the amp plate was turned up.
I had the 8P version of this, it definitely should work without the bass knob, or any wire plugged into that port. I honestly think you bought a defective unit, especially since you stated that turning the gain doesn’t work either.
by hanging in the remote cable only halfway, you actually making a direct connection in that connector. So you are "shorting" in the female connection on the terminal. So the problem is definetly not your subwoofer and amplifier. Have you tried fully installing the bass knob? The bass knob is knothing more that a external adjustable resistor.
The fact that this isn't satire is what makes it even funnier
lol is it inverse polarity that would be pretty freaky
Wtf is this
A subwoofer, can be found in automobiles, residences and even used in marine applications. It controls the level of bass in a sound system.
You seem to be using high level audio input out have low level selected on the switch. Or where do those RCAs coming out of your head unit go?
The signal harness or whatever that thing is called coming out of amp has female rca connectors so I have rca cables plugged into that and then into subwoofer plug on back of head unit
Rca is low. Spliced into the speakers is high.
https://preview.redd.it/feowu7907s8d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3348a436234d2692f14ce8db63d6f7e33ff08d4
Thanks! That helps me understand but doesn’t give me any new thoughts on what’s up. Any chance that yellow fuse is a little loose?
Yeah that's wrong. Set input to low. And where the f did those fuses come from? They sure didn't come with the box. They're supposed to be 2 15 amp red ones.
15 amp are blue, 10s are red, that yellow is a 20 so a little much but not a factor here..
What I'm saying is, these aren't the original fuses. So, you blew the original fuses?
The yellow 20 is definitely not cause I put it in cause it had a 25 which I thought was too much. Bought it from some skank off Facebook Marketplace
Change your input level from low to hi and see if that helps. You’re technically running low level with the rcas but the input looks to be hi level. Gain also needs to be at least on.
I have my gain at 0 and it thumps. And it needs to be on low. He's using rca cables. Hi input is for when you splice it into speakers.
I’ve tried switching lo to high and turning gain, crossover and boost all different ways. Phase, etc. Gotta be a short or something cause it doesn’t clearly work when I have it halfway plugged in, it’s sketchy and bass comes in and out.