orion 2500d and jl13w7 help

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:27 pm

ok i just got finished installing my orion 2500d amp and my jl 13w7 sub. i turn my car on accessory just to test everything and i start fooling with my gains and settings (mind you i'm not cranking anything) and the sub is barely getting any power to it. it's barely moving. i can feel it slightly moving and barely audible bass. the 2 vc configs i can have is either 3ohms or .75 iirc. either way the sub should be wanging my balls off. can anyone help me with how i'm supposed to have the amp settings?

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:32 pm

Make sure your head unit is set to have the output you are using, on , and that it's volume is up.

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:36 pm

the bass is turned up all the way on the hu. the volume i turn it up to probly 24 or 26 (older kenwood). the "loud" is turned on also. the inputs are always on if it's connected to this unit (my old pioneer premier you had to turn the output on). also does the rca's from the hu need to be going to input or output on the amp? i always get confused.

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:39 pm

People these days?

Turn the loud off, and the bass to flat, then set your gains.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:41 pm

Are any crossovers enabled on the HU?

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:41 pm

i tried turning the gains up regardless and there was hardly any audible difference. it should still wang at 3ohms being given approximately 1400rms. idk wtf to do. i was just wondering if anyone's used one and could give me some input on the little switches and knobs.

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:43 pm

Must be that darn W7, I'll take it off your hands if you like

"also does the rca's from the hu need to be going to input or output on the amp?"

Input. If you have it connected to output, it would explain your problems.

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 12:56 pm

lol. if you wanna make payments on it. :-p. jk. nah i'm gonna figure out what the problem is. oh well back to troubleshooting. cheers.

OnYrMrk · Post by **OnYrMrk** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:04 pm

some of us don't have to make payments for equipment.

damn, that sounded precotious

dkguitarist · Post by **dkguitarist** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:28 pm

lmao. well i was doing payments so i could pay it off over time. anyways, well i went out to my car and the power light on the amp was still on. my keys weren't in the ignition either. so i popped the breaker and pulled out the voltage wire for the distro block (it has an led display for voltage) and i didn't bother turning it on again cuz i don't wanna risk damaging anything. but i did set all my eq on the hu to zero and loudness off and turned up the gains and still no audible difference. it still outputs, just hardly audible. my only other question is does polarity of the wires make a difference?? cuz i'm not gonna pull my sub out to check the wiring when i can just swap the wires at the amp. ugh. i'm getting fed up!!