Superultrahippo's mini audio build

[slo325i]

my amp wasn't working when I initially hooked it up. So i put a voltimeter on it and turned out that my 8 gauge ground wire wasn't big enough + it was a bad grounding point. I dunno if it'll work for you but just put a meter on and see if you get 12+ volts...

Also on one of the amp pictures i think i see the "diagnostic" light on, not the power???

That's how my amp was before I got a bigger ground wire...

[UNHCLL]

Is the amp remote turn on connected to the power antenna trigger by mistake?

[superultrahippo]

my amp wasn't working when I initially hooked it up. So i put a voltimeter on it and turned out that my 8 gauge ground wire wasn't big enough + it was a bad grounding point. I dunno if it'll work for you but just put a meter on and see if you get 12+ volts...

Also on one of the amp pictures i think i see the "diagnostic" light on, not the power???

That's how my amp was before I got a bigger ground wire...

Were you having the same FM reception symptoms? Ill get my meter from work tomorrow and check it out.

[superultrahippo]

Is the amp remote turn on connected to the power antenna trigger by mistake?

I double checked and have blue/white from head unit and am using that as my remote. BLUE(HU)-WHITE(car harness). According to my manual.. that's correct.

[GANSTA]

It sounds like an earthing issue to me.

Make sure that the antenna is earthed properly to the car via the head kit and the earth strap from the antenna it's self.

There is on some antenna's a small o-ring that deteriorates over time and it earths out to the wrong part of the antenna body creating an earth leak and causing you bad reception when you hook up the amp earth cable.

As a precaution run the Head Unit's earth straight to chassis earth, bypassing the the loom and check the earth strap from the engine to body.

[superultrahippo]

I borrowed a cheapo amp from a buddy and hooked up power/ground/remote.. Doesn't do the same thing. In blaming it on the amp and returning it. Any recomendations from sonixelectronics dOt com???