my sony xplod is acting up! it will bump for a while the it says ''over current'' what does that mean and what can i do to fix it?
You may need to put a capacitor in your amp relay. They are avaliable at Best Buy and what not for about $80.
Caps store up power so the amps have more voltage to use when they need more then you can supply. A car battery wasn't meant for us to be putting huge radio's, subs, 5 amps, neon lights, and all the goodies that we so love to use. A better way to get more stored voltage is to just add a second battery, but sometimes the current isn't high enough...then you need a bigger alternator. Try the cap first though, it's the cheapest route.
In the amp relay???? Try this....disconnect the amp remote lead from your cd player and connect it(the wire from your amp) to a turn on lead in your fuse box--see if that does anything....
The same thing happened to a buddy of mine. The instructions define all lights that may appear on the amp. OVER CURRENT - is basically a short in the speaker wires. (It means low impedance across the channels.) What I need to know: Are the wires attatched firmly to the subs? How many subs are you running? How do you have these wired? How many channels is your amp? (model # would be great) Get me this and I should be able to remedy the problem. -Foreigner
