Hi there just picked up a jbl bp 1200 for good price although just wired it up and turned the key to find the red light come on few seconds then solid green and no sound...checked ground,remote wire rca connections..even put grounbd right to battery????need help hope i didnt get f#$%ed...

Just give me a few hours or maybe first thing tomorrow morning and I'll have a complete article written up on whats going on with your stuff. I still believe your amp works so I will have further info and idea's for you to try so stay tuned!!!!!

-Dynami Just give me a few hours or maybe first thing tomorrow morning and I'll have a complete article written up on whats going on with your stuff. I still believe your amp works so I will have further info and idea's for you to try so stay tuned!!!!!
-Dynami

Alrighty then lets start with the subs and work our way to the head unit. So...... how many subs rated at how many ohms do you have? According to your manual your amp needs to see at least 1ohm(s) to work. You're going to have to get a voltmeter and check the resistance at the subs in order to determine how to wire them together. If all four subs are rated at 4 ohms you could wire each of them in parallel and they would equal 1ohm. But since they are different from each other you'll need to pay close attention to the lower power subs to make sure they don't blow up. Keep in mind your amp may not work unless it sees a 1ohm load. - So either way I would hook them all up to determine if the amp works. If your subs ratings are different from 4 ohms each you'll have to do the math to figure out how to wire them. If you don't know how to do this, I can, but I'll still need you to get the ohm rating of each sub to me and then I will tell you how to wire them to get your amp to work.



As far as your 1gauge wire, it will not hook up directly to your amp. Not a big deal but you'll need to go out and get a distribution block and use it to wire your amp(s).



Also check your Head unit to make sure the sub woofer is turned on. The Pioneer head unit has two different menu's to control that feature, one is the normal sub control menu, and the other requires the head unit be turned off. Example- Turn the vehicle on, and when the head unit is on, turn it off by holding down the source button (sometimes it has an off button), and leave the vehicle on. You can now access the second sub woofer menu in the initial settings menu. For some reason Pioneer makes certain features only accessible from the “off” menu's!?



So at this point you have checked the subs wiring and corrected it, made sure the RCA's are connected correctly, the head unit is working and the sub woofer output is turned on. If you still have nothing at this point I would try using another amp in its place, this is a good indicator of where the fault lies but does not mean your amp is broken! It might be, but I in your case it might not be. Remember that your amp is not normal - its on/off control is a little weird. From what I can tell it is a very good idea and I'm sure there warranty department isn't very busy because of it. It may decide not to work because off an input issue, heat, impedance, shorts, power, and probably a few I'm forgetting (its almost 3am). So anyway I gave you every option I can think of except having myself look at it. If you are near by I'm sure you can find me and either way your local car audio guys might be able to figure it out if you let them. Alrighty then lets start with the subs and work our way to the head unit. So...... how many subs rated at how many ohms do you have? According to your manual your amp needs to see at least 1ohm(s) to work. You're going to have to get a voltmeter and check the resistance at the subs in order to determine how to wire them together. If all four subs are rated at 4 ohms you could wire each of them in parallel and they would equal 1ohm. But since they are different from each other you'll need to pay close attention to the lower power subs to make sure they don't blow up. Keep in mind your amp may not work unless it sees a 1ohm load. - So either way I would hook them all up to determine if the amp works. If your subs ratings are different from 4 ohms each you'll have to do the math to figure out how to wire them. If you don't know how to do this, I can, but I'll still need you to get the ohm rating of each sub to me and then I will tell you how to wire them to get your amp to work.

As far as your 1gauge wire, it will not hook up directly to your amp. Not a big deal but you'll need to go out and get a distribution block and use it to wire your amp(s).

Also check your Head unit to make sure the sub woofer is turned on. The Pioneer head unit has two different menu's to control that feature, one is the normal sub control menu, and the other requires the head unit be turned off. Example- Turn the vehicle on, and when the head unit is on, turn it off by holding down the source button (sometimes it has an off button), and leave the vehicle on. You can now access the second sub woofer menu in the initial settings menu. For some reason Pioneer makes certain features only accessible from the “off” menu's!?

So at this point you have checked the subs wiring and corrected it, made sure the RCA's are connected correctly, the head unit is working and the sub woofer output is turned on. If you still have nothing at this point I would try using another amp in its place, this is a good indicator of where the fault lies but does not mean your amp is broken! It might be, but I in your case it might not be. Remember that your amp is not normal - its on/off control is a little weird. From what I can tell it is a very good idea and I'm sure there warranty department isn't very busy because of it. It may decide not to work because off an input issue, heat, impedance, shorts, power, and probably a few I'm forgetting (its almost 3am). So anyway I gave you every option I can think of except having myself look at it. If you are near by I'm sure you can find me and either way your local car audio guys might be able to figure it out if you let them.