Ok heres what i did. I put my 12v wire, its a pretty thick red wire (i dont know gauges) from my 12v place in the amp to my battery. Then i took a smaller ground wire it wasnt that big maybe as big as big speaker wire. Not the little stuff alittle bigger than that and took that to the frame. then i took my remote wire and taped it up into the fuse box in the IGN spot. Then i plugged in the wires from my cd plaer into my amp the Red and White ones that have alittle connecter to go in. I pluged them into the "Input" part of the amp not the output. Then i only have 1 speaker wire outlet so i went from +amp to +1st Speaker to - 2nd speaker and i went from - amp to - 1st speaker into +2nd speaker. So my amp has 2 wires coming out of it the 1st speaker has wires from the amp going in and wires coming out to the 2nd speaker, and the 2nd speaker has wires coming in from the 1st speaker opposit of what they were in the 1st speaker + to -, - to +. This is what a friend told me to do. After I started my car the little power light came on with like a green color light. On my old car when i had them set up it was red colored. What does this mean. Also my speakers sucked. They could be barely heard sometimes and then other times they would rumble around and look like they were going to fall apart. Any ideas one whats going on and how i can fix this . I got fed up and ripped everything out and said F*** it, leave it for another day.
THanks
Mitch

 

Try to wire your speakers this way......... + out of amp to + on first speaker. Then - on first speaker to positive on second speaker. Then - on second speaker to negative on amp. This is what I think is called wiring in series. Check your ohm ratings also on your speakers and on the amp. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT GO BELOW THE RATING!!!! Example: two 4 ohm speakers bridged will make a 2 ohm load. If your amp is rated at 4 ohms, then you would fry the amp. The above method I mentioned does not bridge your speakers ( I think). Boomin' Boy is the man with these things.....MAKE A THREAD SUBJECT WITH HIS NAME IN IT...He will definitely help you.

Later

 

Wow. Okay, well, you made a good call on starting over!

I'm worried that you might start a fire; your power wire and ground wire should be the same gauge- and they should be a thick enough gauge. What's the make/model of the amplifier, and what's the size of the fuse in the side of the amp?

Second, it sounds like you wired the subs "out of phase". That means while one sub is popping out, the other sub is popping in- and all noise is cancelled out!

Lets look at this:

Smack your friend a few times! The problem is where "the 2nd speaker has wires coming in from the 1st speaker opposite of what they were". You should have (+) from amp going to (+) of speaker 1, and (+) of speaker 1 going to (+) of speaker 2. Do the same for the (-) side... (-) amp to (-) speaker 1 to (-) speaker 2.

Also- your amp might not be bridgeable that way. The green light might've been a "clipping" warning light; a sign that you were going to toast your amp -- AND possibly start a fire if you used the wrong size power wire.

See the diagram I'm going to whip up for more info on how I think you wired this wrong... and please let us know the fuse on the amp so you can get the right sized power wire (and a correct fuse to go by the battery!) so you don't start a fire.

Oh and wiring the amp's remote to the IGN fuse will cause your amp to be on when your radio's not on; your radio should have a "remote wire" that you can use (also called power antenna wire).