Phoenix Gold Outlaw Clipping

nicoloco · Post by **nicoloco** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 5:37 am

Hi, guys.

I have a PG Outlaw purchased from someone on the talkaudio-forum in the UK. It has worked fine until I tried hooking it up yesterday to power my Focal's. Now the problem is that when I turn it on both amps turn on but the "CLIP"-light comes on and the amp won't do much.

I have removed all wires, excluding power and it still won't turn on properly. What is the reason for this "CLIP"-warning?

Thanks

Post by **Eric D** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:01 am

One of the channels might have a short in it, or have a short somewhere further up the signal path. This would be causing the amplifier to output full voltage, which would register on the clip LED.

This is just one of a few possibilities.

Do you have a digital multi-meter?

nicoloco · Post by **nicoloco** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:06 am

Yeah, I sure do. Where should I measure and what readings would be good? Thanks, Eric D. Nice to get a reply. I would love to get the AMP working, as it isn't as I can just go out and get a new one.

Post by **Eric D** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:55 am

Are you working on this in a car, or do you have a power supply to test this amp with in your home?

Do you know if the amp is drawing a lot of current? Like is it blowing fuses in your electrical system, or anything like that?

As a simple first check I would connect the leads of the DMM to the speaker wire outputs and see if you are getting any DC voltage. Hook everything up and then turn the remote wire on for just enough time to get a reading on the DMM. You don’t want to leave the amp on for long or you may damage something else, depending on what might be wrong.

Do this test with no RCA signals connected to the amp at all. Just power and the DMM, and a remote wire.

If you see 20V or something high like that, you likely have something shorted.