Speakers Problems please Help!

buckeye4589 · Post by **buckeye4589** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:22 pm

I just installed all new speakers in my 1995 Pontiac Bonneville and I have a problem. I had a friend of mine help me hook these up. I got 2 4x6 Audiopipes for the front and 2 6x9 Audiopipes for the back. He installed these and when we turned the volume up the speakers just shut off. I can still hear my subwoofers in my trunk beating but none of the speakers would play. In order to get them to start working I have to shut the car off and back on. Theres really no set volume when the speakers shut off. They will play for a second and then shut off if I have the volume at even a pretty quiet level. Someone told me it might be because I have 2 500watt speakers in the back and my decks only pushing 200watts and Its quiet because I dont have an Amp on them. I really dont know what the problem is and your help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:41 pm

Ok first off, both of those ratings are peak. You decks only putting out about 10 to 15 watts rms, and the speakers can probably HANDLE about 100 watts RMS.

I bolded handle cause thats what speakers do. They don't put out watts, they take the ac wave that they receive and turn it into sound. The RMS rating for speakers tells you how much power they can handle before the voice coil starts to overheat.

Now to the problem. It sounds like the speakers are to low a resistance for the deck, or something is shorting out sending the deck to go into protection mode.

First check the ohm rating on the speakers.

If they are 4 ohm then you should be good. (let us know some more info (what type of deck and so on) and we can help more.

Then check all of your conections, and make sure all of them are good. (IE. Not twisted together and taped) You best bet is solder and shrink tube them, but a good crimp conector will work.

If both of those check good, then you probably have something wired wrong (wire swaped somewhere)

If by chance your running a factory deck, and just installed 4 ohm speakers, that could very likely be your problem.

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:44 pm

well they are wrong.. your cd player doesnt put out 200watts.. when you read the box you see something that says something like "45x4" well, usually cd players put out Maybe around 18-25 real watts(or rms, continous power).. most coaxial speakers such as yours will do fine off a cd player.. so again, it isnt your hu's power.. are you sure you have the speakers wired right? what kind of cd player is it?

erm, Jeremy beat me to it :-p

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:49 pm

Well whoever told you that they "need" to be amped was wrong... sounds like they're grounding out... check for loose wires or anything that could be touching the terminals... even if it is a quarter inch away... any movement, cone flex, or vibration could get something to touch it.
By the way your front speakers are rated at 50 wrms and backs at 100-120wrms (never look at the max rating).

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:49 pm

Quick ain't I

Kinda figured that would happen. It normally doesn't take long for a few of us to reply.

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:51 pm

JeremyC wrote:Quick ain't I
Kinda figured that would happen. It normally doesn't take long for a few of us to reply.

^LOL

cargodz · Post by **cargodz** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 1:58 pm

Oh and yes those audiopipes are 4Ohm... just so you don't have to bother looking :)

JeremyC · Post by **JeremyC** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:15 pm

I smell a factory head unit.

buckeye4589 · Post by **buckeye4589** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:33 pm

ok guys thanks for the Quick Replys! :) The speakers are Audiopipe APS-6997 and the deck I have in right now is a Digital Audio DA113. Cargodz said that my speakers are 4 ohm. Im not really sure if the guy connected the speakers right...something seems fishy. Im pretty sure I will check my wires and rewire them to the speakers. I was looking online and saw Speaker Harnesses that I connect to the speakers and then clip it into the clips on the speaker wire already in my car. Tell me what you guys think. Thanks!

Scarrell · Post by **Scarrell** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 8:31 am

you could check the HU itself.. if i recall Digital Audio is a "high end Audiobahn".. so im sure it lacks a little qaulity..