Sony xplod amp(XM-1652Z ) power/protect light

Hi.

Devices go in protect mode when a fault condition is detected. These include insufficien voltage, excessive load, shorts and contact, overheating.

In your case the problem is usually excessive power draw. A contact in wiring can also cause the problem, but this is far less common.

Use a capacitor fix the excessive power draw from the amp and sub.

See:Capacitors - BOSS AUDIO SYSTEMS

Regards.

Ginko.

meter the power side of the amp. sometimes the amp will go into protect if it doesnt have power. if power and remote and ground are good the amp is probably bad.

HI DUDE ,, TRY CHECKING UR RCA CABLE ,, COZ IT MIGHT B UNPLUGED AT UR PRE AMP OR PLAYER ... OR CHECK UR SUB WOOFER WIRE INSIDE THE BOX ....

need a bigger gauge hot wire going to your amp ,maybe a battery cap. amp isnt getting enough power to perform so it cuting out.

IT WILL POWER THE SUBS WITH NO PROBLEM. I WILL NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT MAX WATT THE SPEAKERS CAN HANDLE BEFORE GIVING PROPER ADVISE. RMS IS RECOMMENDED MINIMUM SETTINGS.

check ur ground wire and also ur remote wire.

You need a Volt Meter and an Ohm Meter. P = VI & I = V/r, so Power = (Volt^2)/Ohms .

You can get the ohms by hooking them up to the subwoofer input wires, and you get the volts by hooking up to the amp output terminals/wires. Although, amps will put out different voltages for different frequences, this should give you ballpark estimates.

sounds like the sub that throws it into protect mode is cross wired pull sub out and make sure they are wired right make sure ground from sub goes to ground on box and do same for power wire

First off, according to the manual, the protect light should be green. That's normal operation. If it is red, that's a problem.

If it does go red, disconnect all of the wiring to the amp except the +12V and ground. Short the remote connection to the +12V to force the amp on. If the protect light still lights red, the issue is inside the amp and will need repair. If the issue goes away, try reconnecting one wire at a time until the protect light goes red again.

The best thing to do is to get a amp that is more watts than your subs, not the other way around, speakers are known to handel a lil more power but amps cant produce more power than they are capable of... your ground wire should be thick also, say 6 to 8 mm or so, and its best to put in a cap and an equalizer.
Cheers