RCA Preout help

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

its startin to **** me off.. someoen tell me what im missing. I cant get a reading for my pre outs. Ive checked it DC AC test toneds @ 50 60, subwoofer setting on/off cant get anything

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[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

pre outs blown? I havent had them taped up and they have just been hanging out for awhile.. lol..

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

anyone?

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

is this forum that full of trolls that no one knows car audio anymore

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

Very possible the pre outs are bad if your not getting any voltage on them. Did you test with the com lead on the shielding and the pos lead on the ******?

 

[All_Logix 10+ year member]

ok apparently you cannot say the pointy thing on a **** on here which happens to be what the center post is called....WTF caraudio.com

 

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agh...and you cant say the enlargement on a woman's chest either

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

yep.. neg on shielding and pos on the "shaft" .. i didnt know they could short out not being taped.. I have had them hooked into the HU and just laying in the back seat pretty much for sometime now.. after fiddling with them for forever i accidentally touched one of the leads on my DMM to the shield and the "shaft" and could hear static coming out of my door speakers so this must mean they are hooked up.. i should be getting something ou of them right?? i just feel like im missing something.. been 2 years since i have done this.. i couldnt even rememebr how to turn subs on and off on my HU

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

alright.. i got a reading.. i messed with the subwoofer settings and on 200 on ac voltage i got .5 and .6 back and forth.. does that mean in between 5 and 6 volts?

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

nvm i gfigured it out... thanks all you car audio gurus.. LOL.. getting bad when SMD has more knowledgable people then on here... sad sad

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

SoundDomain would have provided a quick and helpful reply quickly. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I just dropped in here for the first time in months. Dust off the open mic...

Get a better DMM that auto ranges and provides more precision. TENMA has affordable meters that are quite good.

When you meter RCA's you should load them, I use a 10k ohm resistor. Getting the head unit setup is important.

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

ya i was running about 3/4 vulume.. then turned it up and got 3.2/.. it just drops drastically when the volume goes down just a little bit.. on about half volume reads 0

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

Probably the meter range. Voltage will be below 1 volt AC. Invest in a nice DMM. Worth every penny.

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

Probably the meter range. Voltage will be below 1 volt AC. Invest in a nice DMM. Worth every penny.

i like the fluke tru rms line i need a dmm and a clamp meter.. but thats about 600$ lol

 

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and im taped.. my system cost more then my truck.. and i got a pretty new truck.. lol

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

My fluke has lasted me 15 years now. My TENMA has done well for the past 7 years. The TENMA has more precision, more data, and a larger screen, but cheaper buttons.

 

[outsideshot23 10+ year member]

thanks for the insight