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I have an elemental designs nine.1 amplifier, 1200W @ 1 ohm rated at 12.5V. 230 plus shipping

Simple question: Did the first generation Fi speakers (specifically the Q model) have sewn in leads?

Hey everyone Just a really simple question. The enclosure measurements for Fi speakers, are they measured before woofer displacement? Just need to clarify so I can build an optimal box with maximum air space.Thanks again!

Yes sir, I actually have a hard copy of it. Took a look, stepped outside and everything is good to go following dbsupras advice. Sound quality is phenominal in comparison to the stock deck.

Dude, it worked. You deserve ALL the cookies in the world. The IC Power was set to off, as soon as I turned it on, wala magic.

Hmm, interesting. I'm going to have to take your word for it and really dig deep within the options, because this is a fairly new deck to me and I'm struggling to navigate it. I guess it takes a while. I will look for the "Ic power" option though. If I cannot find it, someone is gonna have to hold my hand through this process, haha.

Ah okay, and I would do that just by putting the red lead of the multimeter within the factory harness of each negative and positive wire of each speaker terminal, and touching the chassis ground to see if a beep will go off. And I'm assuming if I do hear beeping, that's a sign that my speaker wire(s) are grounding out?

I'll keep looking around in the cavity of the compartment for potential reasons on why there is no sound being produced. I really don't want to assume the worst that I was sold as shoddy deck, considering that everything else works on it.

I tried to see if there was any AC going across one speaker, the rear right speaker off the head unit harness, and the DMM didn't pick up anything. I would imagine it would be the same for the other speaker wires as well so I didn't test those.

Haha, what a mis-read. But yes, I made sure that the female harness was soldered according to color, and that they matched accordingly to the factory harness. Everything seems to be in check. I can see that my factory OEM ground on the chassis is clean, so it doesn't seem to be a grounding issue. The only thing left could potentially be the fuse, but I don't see how it could be the fuse if the radio still manages to turn on. And no, I do not think there is a switch where I can output strictly to the RCA outputs. I don't think the CDA 9885 has that capability.

Ah thanks. So I went out to see if there was any power being put out by the RCA outputs from the headunit, and none of the sets of outputs were putting any reads on the DMM. Would that conclude that something is wrong internally within the radio, or could there be another possible solution? That, or I hooked up the DMM wrong.

Thanks for the input. Unfortunately, I do not have an amplifier hooked up to any source of power at the moment. Could you suggest another way to test what the problem may be? I'm leaning towards the fact that it may be the head unit itself, because I find it kind of odd that none of the speakers are putting out any sound. I turn the volume up all the way on the unit, but it's all just dead silence.

Hey everyone, I just bought a used Alpine CDA 9885 and I've connected and soldered all the connections together. When I put it in, it turns on and I can go through any of the functions, but whenever I adjust the volume knob, no sound at all is being produced by my speakers. I cannot pick up any sound through the radio, nor the Ipod function, though it will show that it is playing the track on the Ipod. Anyone have any possible ideas on what could've happened? I have already checked my soldered connections, and they seem solid, so I'm not sure what else it might be. Thanks again!

I agree with this notion of liking cookies. The best type of cookie I have ever had was a homemade soft baked chocolate chip cookie. And yes, I am attempting to lead this thread more off track than it already was. Cookies anyone?

Alright thanks. So I'll just leave that red wire alone and not ground anything out since the red/black wire is already connected straight to the orange illumination wire. I'm guessing that the red/black wire has a constant 12v for illumination, while the red probably has a variability in voltage. I'll stick with the red/black.