Hello, first time poster here so go easy on me

I installed a kicker hideaway today the "old school" way. I ran power from the battery, tapped the +/- door speaker wires from the drivers door kickplate area. (+ I used the white wire with the green stripe, - was the brown wite with the yellow stripe.) I reset my ACM in forscan to factory defaults and powered up the truck. The sub has power (red light) and signal (red light turns blue). However I hear nothing from the speaker itself. Any ideas on why I'm not getting anything out of the sub? I have my toggles: DC Offset - Low - 0 deg. Bass Boost: 0, Crossover :~80deg, Gain: 0.

The rear speakers work and I hear bass out of them.

For anyone wondering why I didnt use the WPT 1212 connector, I tried that and it gave power but no sound. When I was screwing with it I took the voltage between the + and - like a rookie and shorted the connector. I tried to exchange the unit after this and went through 3 different ones before I blew the connector. I still have sub #3.

Thanks in advance

 

Welcome..
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i'm not sure about the wire colors .. do you have an old speaker you can connect to the input to see if the wires are sending a signal? I ran into the same issue with the WPT1212 connector and eventually just went and got a FOR11-CK harness .. if you choose to go that route @HushCarAudio can create you a custom harness with speedwires to help make it easier ..

I also ended up using the front speaker signal and a Dayton DSP

but to your original problem you need to first see if the wires are sending audio signals .. troubleshoot that first.. then start troubleshooting the amp

 

Thanks Doug, I don’t have a speaker. I have a DMM I could use to measure voltage from the speaker wires. Do you have any idea what I should be looking for off them?

 

If you are interested in me building you a harness for this send me an email hushcaraudio@gmail.com.

 

I have never done this but I found a YouTube video .. start about 7 mins