jfreeddo

well, i don't know if that's really true about the "auto-flashing" of something.

I still have the nitro amp in and it was in a few weeks ago when i took it in for 1st oil change, had the top off and no jumper in place, and it was after the oil change when i noticed the improvement when reattaching the plug for the hardtop.

so, maybe since my rubi's build date is late may 2008, maybe the original amp was Pre-flashed and the computer says that, but it doesn't tell them that the amp is now a nitro amp, but anyway, it's been in for service and still has louder volume when jumper or cable is connected.

ShadedOutDoors

This is truley weird I do not understand the idea or design of this feature!

I install the nitro amp a couple weeks back with my hardtop on made a good differnece I was very pleased with the quality and volume of sound. I had the stereo on one day while iw as disconnecting the hardtop plug and all the sudden the sound went down I'm like OK plug it back in, more sound?what the hell. Then my speakers started popping crackling, I told the dealership took it down and they reflashed my nitro amp which pretty much made it stock. SO I just ordered another nitro amp and am gonna try the jump for the hard top. No of this makes any sense to me.

onvacation

Please re-read what I said, I think you may be misunderstanding me. You said you had it in for an oil change, that's fine, your's probably already shows on the computer that the flash was done, or it probably was never subject to it as you pointed out, so No they wouldn't re-doo the flash, and No, they wouldn't have any way of knowing a Nitro amp was in it. If you don't believe me about automatically doing the flash, check with any dealer, they will tell you. The flash is a "Service Advisory" "SA", which are always done by the dealer when they punch in your vin and the computer shows that it needs to be done. Once it's done the computer reflects that so it doesn't come up again after that. Don't confuse it with a "Technical Service Bulletin" "TSB" which are only performed if a customer is experiencing a problem that a TSB covers. FYI my 08 Sahara was built Aug 07 and was subject to the flash, you are probably rite in that your May 08 build was already programmed that way from the factory and if that was the case, your probably never was subject to the flash in the first place. If you ever do experience the Popping and Crackling and complain to the dealer about it, they will probably do the flash, which will CRAP your Nitro amp. This whole thing is really a Chrysler MESS that they don't seem to care about.

jfreeddo

oh, yeah, sorry, no i wasn't really meaning to say you were completely wrong or anything. during my post, i kinda thought it through and realized that it probably was that due to the build date of mine that it would show that it didn't need the flash, so i should be ok as long as i don't complain to them about the system.

sorry for misunderstanding.

so, maybe the lesson is:

if you have a build date from ?earlier than May 2008, 1st take it to the dealer with the original wrangler amp in it, complain about the popping, get them to do the flash, then they'll show yours as being flashed and not ever need the flash again, THEN after that put in the nitro amp and don't take it back to them with the nitro amp in it ever again, if you need to complain or have work done on the radio system at all, switch it back out to the wrangler amp. and do the jumper thing when the hard top connector is not connected.

bigbluejk

The amp situation seems like there is a super logical easy fix... Just buy an aftermarket amp! Then you control the volume completely. There are some small 5 channel amps that would fit in perfectly where the original was, and give way better power and sound than the original probably.

bigbluejk

Alpine PDX-5


75w x 4 + 300w x 1 RMS
Foot Print (WxHxD) in: 10-1/8'' x 2-13/32'' x 7-35/64''

If someone sends me one I would gladly do a write up on how to install it

jfreeddo

yes, but some of us are just trying to maximize the power that we have or can get in easily for the lowest amount of money, only $120 for the nitro amp and i am waaaaaayyyyyyy happy!!

would be out at a minimum more than doulbe with anything else.

bigbluejk

Has anyone done this? Has anyone done it that does not have the factory amp? My Mygig has something telling it to sound like crap I think.

bigbluejk

Ok I grounded that wire behind my cluster. I do not have the factory amp. It made a significant difference. Before it was loud for half a second when I changed stations and then sounded washed out. Now it seems to have more depth and volume.

hscrugby

So just curious if anyone else's nittro amps have noticed they are in JKs?

I think that they are communicating with the mygig/canbus, so at any given point they could notice they are in a JK and "set" the eq levels to that level.
I could be missing something obvious here, (not an engineer for HK, and didn't even stay at a holiday inn) but it seems like if everything is on the can bus, it's just a matter of "when" it's going to go back to the JK values from the nittro values.

Or did I miss something and they only get power, remote switched power, ground, and speaker inputs?