PDX 4.100 keeps going into protection mode
#11
Disconnect the speakers one at a time and test the system. Then reattach all the speaker if there is no fault found and disconnect the rca cables one at a time and retest. Turn the system off each time you disconnect or reconnect something. You do not want to dead short the rca cables (make sure they do not touch metal at all and ground out).
Thanks everybody for your replies!
#12
Is there a chance that the polarity is incorrect? Usually if an amp goes into protection it signifies a feedback from the speaker that the amp doesn't like. Overdriving the speaks can cause this, reversed polarity can cause it, grounding issues can cause it as well. Where are your gains set to? Have you tried lowering all gains and ramping up the volume to see if it goes into protect? How solid are your connections into the amp?
#15
I am having the exact same problem as you! I checked all the wiring, made sure it was 4 gauge power and everything. Yet still, every time I play a song at a reasonable level (about half, depending on where the gain is), especially when there is some bass, it will short out once it hits hard. I cannot figure it out. emarciniak, did you ever get it squared away?
#19
nnnno.... clipping occurs when the amp is set too high. It will "clip" the wave flattening the "peaks" and "dips" causing the speaker to "freeze" usually resulting in baked coils. Some amps will go into protect when they are clipped too hard. If he has gains cranked, certain songs might cause it to clip at abnormally low levels. Also high levels of boost will cause an amp to clip.
The way your thinking is if you underpower a sub, therefore, set gains too high (trying to compensate for lack of power) which then causes the amp to clip the signal to the speaker.
The way your thinking is if you underpower a sub, therefore, set gains too high (trying to compensate for lack of power) which then causes the amp to clip the signal to the speaker.
Last edited by DeadlySones; 02-09-2010 at 01:33 PM.