Amp troubles with seatbelt chime

[jdlufkins]

I recently installed an amp, and subs.

When I set the gain on the amp, it makes the seatbelt chime incredibly loud and I can't figure out how to get around this. I can't use the gain setting on my amp without having the seatbelt chime unbearably loud.

Did I wire my amp incorrectly or what can I do?

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[mumbles]

I recently installed an amp, and subs.

When I set the gain on the amp, it makes the seatbelt chime incredibly loud and I can't figure out how to get around this. I can't use the gain setting on my amp without having the seatbelt chime unbearably loud.

Did I wire my amp incorrectly or what can I do?

Can you tell us how you wired your amp up? Where did you wire the turn on lead to and how did you supply power to the amp?

 

[jdlufkins]

Can you tell us how you wired your amp up? Where did you wire the turn on lead to and how did you supply power to the amp?

I believe I followed some guide on a mustang forum. It was a thread dedicated to wiring new amps on the 2015+ mustangs. I'll have to see if I can find it because I don't remember exactly how I wired it to be honest. It was last summer and I kind of just put up with the loud seatbelt chime

 

[wildcatgoal]

The turn on lead and power supply have nothing to do with this.

Effectively your only solution is to keep the gain down on the amp and the input voltage as high as you can get.

 

[scott_0]

The turn on lead and power supply have nothing to do with this.

Effectively your only solution is to keep the gain down on the amp and the input voltage as high as you can get.

are you saying this is normal for complete system installs? or just the result for the way the OP did it? I have one of oemradio's harnesses and the obdII programmers to remove the processing, so I can install a 4 channel amp to go with the sub I already installed, now Im having second thoughts.........

 

[wildcatgoal]

I'm saying you cannnot jack up the gain on the amp and expect sounds not controlled by the volume knob to be quiet. The secret to this is to not jack the gain up on your amp just because you can. It's a fine art sometimes.

 

[jdlufkins]

The turn on lead and power supply have nothing to do with this.

Effectively your only solution is to keep the gain down on the amp and the input voltage as high as you can get.

Ah, thats unfortunate :(

I thought it could've been the way I had installed/wired my amp for sure. But I guess not.

 

[solodogg]

You can also head over to the as-built thread in the DIY section and find the code to change the chimes to only come from the IPC instead of the speakers. This would be the easiest solution, but would require an OBD2 reader and a copy of ForScan.

 

[jdlufkins]

You can also head over to the as-built thread in the DIY section and find the code to change the chimes to only come from the IPC instead of the speakers. This would be the easiest solution, but would require an OBD2 reader and a copy of ForScan.

Sounds interesting. I'll go take a look at the thread, thanks!

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