Need help troubleshooting.....please!
04-08-2018, 07:42 PM
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Need help troubleshooting.....please!
So I’m sooooo disappointed. Spent all day today hooking everything up and making sure everything is ok. And upon fire up....no right front sound.
Here’s the setup: 2018 XL 6 speaker basic system.
For11CK harness wired to JL Fix86, out to 4 channel Amp, and 1 Channel sub amp.
So far process of elimination I switched the right front speaker terminals on 4 Channel Amp to the left front speaker and the right front worked but the left front didn’t. So I know it’s not the speakers. Seems to be a short somewhere. I guess it’s possible a wire got cut or something during the install. My question is when I installed the 2 runs of 9 wire speed wire one set goes to the DSP and the other set goes to the 4Channel Amp. Which set of wires is most likely the short in? I guess I’ll have to use a multimeter and check for continuity on all wires?
And one other issue that I haven’t really looked into since all speakers didn’t work. I have a hissing sound coming from the left frint tweeter. Any ideas on that? I thought I read that could be a ground issue? For grounding I used the ground screw on back wall that already had a green ground wire on it.
Thanks,
Art
Here’s the setup: 2018 XL 6 speaker basic system.
For11CK harness wired to JL Fix86, out to 4 channel Amp, and 1 Channel sub amp.
So far process of elimination I switched the right front speaker terminals on 4 Channel Amp to the left front speaker and the right front worked but the left front didn’t. So I know it’s not the speakers. Seems to be a short somewhere. I guess it’s possible a wire got cut or something during the install. My question is when I installed the 2 runs of 9 wire speed wire one set goes to the DSP and the other set goes to the 4Channel Amp. Which set of wires is most likely the short in? I guess I’ll have to use a multimeter and check for continuity on all wires?
And one other issue that I haven’t really looked into since all speakers didn’t work. I have a hissing sound coming from the left frint tweeter. Any ideas on that? I thought I read that could be a ground issue? For grounding I used the ground screw on back wall that already had a green ground wire on it.
Thanks,
Art
04-09-2018, 09:46 AM
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To me is sounds like your amp may be the problem...seems like it is that one channel that is not working if I am reading your explanation correctly. If you swapped left and right and now the left is not working, that is not a wiring issue at all.
As far as the hissing goes, are you using the factory speakers? If not, what comps, crossovers, etc, are you using? In my old truck I was getting a nasty hiss from my front driver tweeter. The issue was the + and - connections where touching each other causing the static.
As far as the hissing goes, are you using the factory speakers? If not, what comps, crossovers, etc, are you using? In my old truck I was getting a nasty hiss from my front driver tweeter. The issue was the + and - connections where touching each other causing the static.
04-09-2018, 10:03 AM
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To me is sounds like your amp may be the problem...seems like it is that one channel that is not working if I am reading your explanation correctly. If you swapped left and right and now the left is not working, that is not a wiring issue at all.
As far as the hissing goes, are you using the factory speakers? If not, what comps, crossovers, etc, are you using? In my old truck I was getting a nasty hiss from my front driver tweeter. The issue was the + and - connections where touching each other causing the static.
As far as the hissing goes, are you using the factory speakers? If not, what comps, crossovers, etc, are you using? In my old truck I was getting a nasty hiss from my front driver tweeter. The issue was the + and - connections where touching each other causing the static.
As far as the hiss, after some research I never did the calibration on my DSP since all the speakers didn’t work so I believe after I calibrate it it should go away. I read somewhere that it could be the high range signal going to speakers. As far as speakers up front I’m running Focal ISS690 components with built in crossovers.
04-09-2018, 11:10 AM
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04-09-2018, 07:46 PM
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I swapped them like you said and still no right front speaker. I have to assume its something in the harness that I wired up.
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04-09-2018, 07:50 PM
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On a side note after doing the calibration it took away the hissing sound from the tweeter.
04-09-2018, 08:56 PM
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I did the calibration and it showed succesfull but still no right front speaker. When looking at the TUN software it shows no input for the front channels even though the left front works. I have to assume its something in the harness I wired up? I really don't want to take all that apart but I guess I have no choice.
On a side note after doing the calibration it took away the hissing sound from the tweeter.
On a side note after doing the calibration it took away the hissing sound from the tweeter.
04-10-2018, 09:59 AM
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I would say its a bad connection between your HU and FIX...or your amp (don't ignore this just because it's new). When you swapped left and right channels on your amp, and the problem went from the right to left speaker, that tells you the wiring from the amp to the speakers is good. If the wiring was wrong, the issue with the right speaker not working would stay the same.
You should be seeing 4 channels of input...so if you are not getting the front speaker inputs according to the TUN software, i would start there.
You should be seeing 4 channels of input...so if you are not getting the front speaker inputs according to the TUN software, i would start there.