The weirdest thing with sub install. Please help
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JK Freak
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The weirdest thing with sub install. Please help
Ok so not a Jk but its a sub install. I installed two kicker tens with amp in a buddies honda accord today. Everything sounded great and really loud but when you shut the truck the subs loose almost all power. The amp light is still on but bass drops of almost completely. I moved the ground three times but still the same thing. As soon as you pop the trunk it starts pounding again. Any ideas because I am lost and I have installed a ton of systems and never seen this. Please help if you can im stumped
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JK Freak
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It's a two door. Power wire from battery to amp. Remote wire and audio jack wires from back of head unit. No wires that I ran are in the way of the trunk.
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Assuming the stock head unit hasn't been replaced, does this Honda have Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) as part of the audio system? This could cause issues with the outputs to the subs if present and active.
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Check to see that you haven't wired your subs out of phase. Most HU these days can reverse phase at the source negating you to actually change the wiring. Sounds like a possible phase problem - check it out and let us know.
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With your trunk closed your subs are sending sound waves to the rear of the vehicle. The sound wave then hits the trunk lid area and bounces back toward the front of the car. As this happens it meets the next sound wave coming toward the rear of the car. This makes a loud explosion of the two sound waves which creates louder bass. When the trunk lid is open the sound waves simply just leave the vehicle because there is nothing for the sound wave to bounce off of and collide with the next signal. My jeep is the same way. With the top on my subs sound great. When I remove the top I can barely hear them at all.
If your subs were out of phase they would sound pretty bad all the time. One sub is pushing a sound wave while the other sub pulls a sound wave thus canceling each other out. You would have very little bass wether you had the trunk open or not.
If your subs were out of phase they would sound pretty bad all the time. One sub is pushing a sound wave while the other sub pulls a sound wave thus canceling each other out. You would have very little bass wether you had the trunk open or not.
Last edited by joshclark0331; 01-15-2012 at 07:05 PM.