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Anonymous Posted on Mar 09, 2009

My alpine MRD-M501 turns on, but on the display it reads ---A

My amp wont make any noise and it reads ---A, but if i cycle through the display modes it shows that the volts are 12.2 approx, and the temps are normal (73 degrees F) what can i do? i have replaced fuses, they were not damaged to begin with, and i have unplugged the system and plugged in back in a few minutes later.

the system worked while i was setting it up for a test run, then i unplugged it and ran all the wires in my car properly and neatly and then when i went to go play some music it didnt work. its not reading any current for some reason... please help. this is my first amp and stereo system i have had in my car. i have also checked all the grounds and other wireing and the stereo deck itself. everything else is fine, even when i hooked it up directly to a different battery, the amps were reading at 2.2 before this happened.

  • Mark Skinner
    Mark Skinner May 17, 2013

    I have the same problem with the ---A being displayed. I do repair car amps for a living and never came accros this. Anyone else have this error message displayed? Please let us know and if you have figured it out. I will try what is in the solution.

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Turn off all the settings on the amp for (example, sub ,comp, lpf, etc put them all on the off position and then turn off your car remove your face plate and then try it agin it worked for me. but dont turn up the settings to loud the subs might nit be able to handle all the power thats y it does that 

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