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Thread: Need help with Orion Amplifer, PLEASE! |
    
New member Username: Mmarcum
Johnson City,
Tennessee
Post Number: 1
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 07:50 pm: |
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Hi, I have an Orion XTR Pro 1000 Class-D amplifier (2002 model) that I bought brand new. A few days ago, it quit working right.
I haven’t changed anything with the sound system, but it has now started just making a clicking noise every second or so.
Whenever the remote wire kicks the amp on (which it does power on), it will just click, and it also sends some
sort of signal to the subs, and the subs start making a small clicking noise in time with the amp. I know it is not
my subs, as they have been tested with a different amp, and it is not the head unit, as it does not matter where the signal
is coming from, the amp still clicks. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Gold Member Username: Glasswolf
NorthWest,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 2696
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 10:28 pm: |
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check for a bad ground first
if its not that, then most likely its the amp that needs to be repaired
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Bronze Member Username: Elexpert
Post Number: 17
Registered: Apr-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 10:34 pm: |
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I know this is stupid but check the fuses lol hehe |
New member Username: Mmarcum
Johnson City,
Tennessee
Post Number: 2
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 10:41 pm: |
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LOL, yeah I checked all the fuses and went back and tightened down all the ground and power wires just to be sure. It's really strange how it happened, because I was driving and everything was working just fine. I stopped to talk to a friend for 15 minutes and when I started my car back up, this mess started happening. Weird, huh?
I only have one possible thought. I haven't had time yet to try running the power directly from the battery to the amp without running it through the capacitor first. Is it a possibility that the cap is maybe causing this problem? Thanks
Mike |
Bronze Member Username: Elexpert
Post Number: 19
Registered: Apr-04
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| Posted on Tuesday, May 04, 2004 - 10:47 pm: |
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Caps only help when your car is turned off. When your car is running the audio components and everything else work off of the power generated by your alternator. A cap won't do anything but cause problems unless you have a car that you just sit in and listen to music without starting it. If you have power concerns in your car you should buy a new alternator. Look around in this AMPS forum that's where I get most of my info. |
Gold Member Username: Glasswolf
NorthWest,
Michigan
USA
Post Number: 2703
Registered: Dec-03
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| Posted on Wednesday, May 05, 2004 - 10:24 am: |
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really the cap won't make any difference between the engine running or not.
That aside, yeah the clicking could be the capacitor if it's miswired in series with the amp or grounding out.
just remove the cap and see if it works.
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New member Username: Mtxman780
LOUISVILLE,
KY
USA
Post Number: 5
Registered: Apr-04
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| Posted on Saturday, May 08, 2004 - 01:08 am: |
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you may need more power |
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