by schim79 » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:05 pm
So I have been ripping my hair out for the past 4 days over this. I have a 2007 G6 GT with the factory monsoon system in it. I want to retain the stock headunit and that has been the biggest mistake of the whole process. I installed a Pioneer GM-D9601 Mono Amp along with 2ea 12 inch Comp VR's. The amp has speaker level inputs, through the RCA's, so there was no need for a LOC. Well I tried to wire it before the facory amp, after it and everywhere in between with no luck at all. Then I broke down and bought a LOC and went through the same process with the same results...nothing. The 9601 is powering up with no issues at all, the light is steady blue, never red, it does not get hot nor does it have any type of burnt smell to it (neighbors thought I was crazy buried in a trunk sniffing a little black box!). I have installed many systems in the past with no issues at all but none have been in conjunction with a factory amplified system.
I don't have access to my DMM right now (it's buried in my storage shed somewhere) but I have used a test light on just about every connection I have tried. I am getting power at the wires before the factory amp as well as after it. When I test the RCA's coming from the factory harness I get nothing at all. The cables are brand new and have no damage I can see. I am about to go buy a new DMM as much as I hate to because mine is great but I am at wits end and not in the mood to go back to the storage shed until I move. I have scoured the internet for hours and tried everything I could to no avail and begging on here is my last resort. I will list some of the things I have tried just to give you an idea...
-hooked an MP3 player up to the RCA's on the Pioneer AMP.....no output to subs at all
-checked all the wiring about 20 times, it is all correct and has a solid ground
-replaced all involved fuses just for the hell of it
-tried a few sets of RCA's I had laying around
-tried an old set of subs that worked in my old setup
Also a problem in the whole mess is that I am unable to find a wiring schematic for my years system. The ones I have found were for the year prior but said to be almost identical. Well they are not but by tapping into the wires going directly into my rear deck speakers the sub should work....in theory. Well, I will end my rant here and any tips, tricks or advice are greatly appreciated.
So I have been ripping my hair out for the past 4 days over this. I have a 2007 G6 GT with the factory monsoon system in it. I want to retain the stock headunit and that has been the biggest mistake of the whole process. I installed a Pioneer GM-D9601 Mono Amp along with 2ea 12 inch Comp VR's. The amp has speaker level inputs, through the RCA's, so there was no need for a LOC. Well I tried to wire it before the facory amp, after it and everywhere in between with no luck at all. Then I broke down and bought a LOC and went through the same process with the same results...nothing. The 9601 is powering up with no issues at all, the light is steady blue, never red, it does not get hot nor does it have any type of burnt smell to it (neighbors thought I was crazy buried in a trunk sniffing a little black box!). I have installed many systems in the past with no issues at all but none have been in conjunction with a factory amplified system.
I don't have access to my DMM right now (it's buried in my storage shed somewhere) but I have used a test light on just about every connection I have tried. I am getting power at the wires before the factory amp as well as after it. When I test the RCA's coming from the factory harness I get nothing at all. The cables are brand new and have no damage I can see. I am about to go buy a new DMM as much as I hate to because mine is great but I am at wits end and not in the mood to go back to the storage shed until I move. I have scoured the internet for hours and tried everything I could to no avail and begging on here is my last resort. I will list some of the things I have tried just to give you an idea...
-hooked an MP3 player up to the RCA's on the Pioneer AMP.....no output to subs at all
-checked all the wiring about 20 times, it is all correct and has a solid ground
-replaced all involved fuses just for the hell of it
-tried a few sets of RCA's I had laying around
-tried an old set of subs that worked in my old setup
Also a problem in the whole mess is that I am unable to find a wiring schematic for my years system. The ones I have found were for the year prior but said to be almost identical. Well they are not but by tapping into the wires going directly into my rear deck speakers the sub should work....in theory. Well, I will end my rant here and any tips, tricks or advice are greatly appreciated.