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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/21/2010 :  12:46:07 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
alpine cde-102. its heating up like my old deck was, been a month since i put it in and its starting to shut off when im driving? why.. it just cuts out, completely shuts off, then immediatly turns back on, but shuts off again unless i turn the volume way down. this is happening at volumes between 20-23 of total limit 35. im at a good level of volume but whats wrong with this one now. i absolutely have tried everything to figure this whole "heating up" situation, but whats with the shuttin off now

LovellsZ
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Posted - 07/21/2010 :  11:42:26 AM  Show Profile  Visit LovellsZ's Homepage  Send LovellsZ an AOL message  Click to see LovellsZ's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
possible voltage drops? kinda like when you have blinking lights when the beat drops.

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TheDave
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Posted - 07/21/2010 :  2:46:32 PM  Show Profile  Send TheDave an AOL message  Reply with Quote
Is this deck running a pair of speakers? 4 pairs of speakers? What's it running?

Possibly the impedance load is too low and the deck is finally being put into submission.

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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/21/2010 :  9:34:28 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I have a cap hooked up but I can't figure it out. So explain voltage drops a little more. But my deck is just wired up to my stock speakers.. Colors are hooked up to corresponding wires and they're all wired correctly so why does this thing heat up like this. This happened to my old deck to so I'm thinking it's something to do with voltage or speakers
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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/21/2010 :  9:36:51 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The impedance on my deck is 4ohm
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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/21/2010 :  10:14:20 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It's heating up on the heat sink so bad to where I can't touch it. It takes about 5 mins to heat up this bad. My grounds are grounded to the chassis and all wired correctly. Could it have anything to do with the amountnof power being used in my car? 1000wrms?
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EmperorJJ1
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Posted - 07/22/2010 :  12:59:21 AM  Show Profile  Visit EmperorJJ1's Homepage  Send EmperorJJ1 an AOL message  Click to see EmperorJJ1's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
one of or all of you speakers are blown or shorting out down the line


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TheDave
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Posted - 07/22/2010 :  07:30:17 AM  Show Profile  Send TheDave an AOL message  Reply with Quote
I agree with Emperor, if you meter your speakers and find they are not shorted then it's got to be a problem with the head unit.

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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/22/2010 :  1:54:14 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Alright how do I meter the speakers then and if it's the speakers is the only way to fix by buying better ones
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LovellsZ
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Posted - 07/22/2010 :  7:12:10 PM  Show Profile  Visit LovellsZ's Homepage  Send LovellsZ an AOL message  Click to see LovellsZ's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
more or less yeah you will need to get new or different ones. to measure them get you a mulitmeter check the ohm load they are presenting if its under what ever ohms your cd player works with then that could be your problem

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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/22/2010 :  9:24:32 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
K I remember testing my speakers with my last deck to see if they sounded blown, and they sounded good so I didn't think it was a problem. I have a setting on my deck that let's me turn off the power to my speakers And just listen to bass from the subs so I tried that and sure enough the deck was cool as ice. So thanks guys I now know that it's my speakers, but if they don't sound blown, then how do I know if thy're shorting out somewhere down the line? Thanks so much for the help guys this has been buggin the shhh&$&!/ outa me since day one
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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/23/2010 :  11:14:57 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i took out the speakers and they all are the same, 6x9 and they're all 4 ohm, but they all take 15w it says.





my deck is 4ohm stable but says it puts out 18w rms, so if my speakers arent blown, (which they most likely are) is this overpowering another good reason the deck would heat up
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LovellsZ
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Posted - 07/23/2010 :  3:11:56 PM  Show Profile  Visit LovellsZ's Homepage  Send LovellsZ an AOL message  Click to see LovellsZ's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
did you get the multimeter and test the ohms of your speakers?

you might have a short in the wiring from the speaker to the cd player as well that could cause some issues

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Edited by - LovellsZ on 07/23/2010 3:12:38 PM
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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/23/2010 :  10:15:48 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
How do I use the multiple meter to test the wires, because the clips on the end that connect to the speaker prevent me from accessing the wire but I can stick the ends of the multimeter into the clip and do itthat way correct? And when doing this do I just set it to AC and see if it reads 12V?
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LovellsZ
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Posted - 07/23/2010 :  11:58:48 PM  Show Profile  Visit LovellsZ's Homepage  Send LovellsZ an AOL message  Click to see LovellsZ's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
the one i have has a thing that says ohms on it, looks like a horse shoe. the leads on the speaker should read between 3.5-4ohms or so.

just unhook the speakers and test the speaker without wires connected

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RF Punch 100x2
RF Punch 200x2
RF Punch 200x2
RF Punch 400x4
JL Audio 10W7 (for sale)
JL Audio 12W7
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"Heh its only a 200 watt amp."
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Aaron Pasch
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Posted - 07/24/2010 :  07:57:13 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yeah I know that much but do I test the wires at all?
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