need imediate help!!!

[ryota]

i know this is in the wrong place but i need some help for you guys.

i'm hooking up my stereo and can't get the speakers to work. i'm using the scosche line out converter because i want to keep my stock HU. currently i split the wires behind the radio and ran the wires from the HU to the input of the line out converter, rca to the amp, and from the amp back up to the other side of the speaker wires behind the HU. i can get power to the amp but i can't get the speakers to work... what am i doing wrong?????

[90tsi]

what color wires did you tap? check to make sure you got the right wires. maybe your converter has adjustment check it to see. i can think of several more things to check.

[ryota]

please let me know of all things you can think of

[Yaris Hilton]

please let me know of all things you can think of

That's a dangerous request on this board. :biggrin:

[ryota]

seriously though, my dad and i are going nuts trying to figure this out and i'm getting very angry and am ready to abort this mission

[gfx3d]

don't abort ur mission , though i don't know how to help u ,but failures makes us to learn more and lead us to success. try to find the ans.

[ryota]

i've been trying to figure it out for about 5 hours now... and nothing. i need some serious help not moral support. sorry to be a dick by i'm absolutely furious with this thing and my dad asking the same question a bajillion times

[ryota]

if i hook a speaker up to the wires from the back of the radio they work fine, but i don't get sound running through my amp

[ryota]

and i do have power to the amp

[CTScott]

Post some pics of the wiring to the converter.

[CTScott]

Hang on - Are you using the line-out converter or the speaker level converter?

[Marthos]

Where did ya get the amp?

Does the amp have any fuses onboard, I had one with 2 glass fuses behind black caps on the face of it.

Maybe its broken.

I always found calling a shop that installs, will get you free help over the phone by nice, knowledgible people, its worth a try.

[ryota]

i'm using the scosch line out converter. it changes the wires to rca's. but even when i bypass that and wire straight to the amp i still get nothing. i think the amp is bad and am going to suck it up and get a new one tomorrow. if it still doesn't work i know i messed something up and can always return it... if it does work then i had a bad amp and it needed to be replaced anyway. my dad and i spent a few hours troubleshooting that thing and we just can't get any sound through the amp. worst case scenario, i have to cancel my trip to ohio next weekend due to a lack of funds... but at least my car will sound good.

[ryota]

it does have a fuse and the fuse is still good. there is a small shop here that will give me help but they aren't open until monday and as of right now i have an undrivable car until i get this thing straightened out

[CTScott]

So, it's the Schosche LOC80?

What amp?

[Marthos]

it does have a fuse and the fuse is still good. there is a small shop here that will give me help but they aren't open until monday and as of right now i have an undrivable car until i get this thing straightened out

Yeah I went and forgot it is the weekend!

Do you have any speakers that you can test your rca connections with (old house stereo speakers)? Thats 1 more thing you can be sure is right before spending money.

[CTScott]

For the wiring. The following connections should be off of the blue connector:

Power - Black or Gray (next to blue)
Ground - White w/black stripe

Gray (next to pink)- Front Right+
Yellow - Front Right-

Pink - Front Left+
Violet - Front Left-


The rears are off of the small white connector:

Black - Rear Left+
Yellow - Rear Left-

Red - Rear Right+
White - Rear Right-

[ryota]

the rca cables are brand new... i hardly even had to uncoil them. i'll try that test in the am but i don't think they are going to be bad. i think there is something wrong with the input of the amp.

[yaris-me]

Buy a cheap multimeter and test input, output and continuity.

[90tsi]

do u have friends with subs/amps. I know I've used "known good setups" just to do a quicky wire up to check your power, remote,RCAs... etc. that's a cheap way to check and compare your stuff.

[Bob Dog]

Find a real live person so some one can look at what you are doing..or at least post some pictures so that some one who is knowlegable here can see to advise you