Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

No response from amp

I have a sony XM 554ZR 600 watt amp and the power protect light goes from green to red almost immediately after I turn it on. Any idea whats wrong?

I have a sony XM 554ZR 600 watt amp and the power protect light goes
from green to red almost immediately after I turn it on. so what can i do now??


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They go into protect for several reasons. Unless you are a trained technician you should not try to repair it yourself. It may have a blown channel. Disconnect the speakers and try turning it on again. If it still goes into protect you have a serious problem. If it does not go into protect, you may just have a bad speaker, or have the impedance too low for that amp. The smartest thing to do would be to take it to a repair center and have them test it to find out if the problem is in the amp or in the wiring/speakers.


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I had a few sony amps, and they don't do well as far as i am concerned. I have experienced them doing the same thing for no apparent reason. One minute they are working fine and the next, they are done. What is happening is that the mosfets are burning out inside the amp which causes them to go into protect mode. Make sure you go by the specs on that specific amp. Usually most amps don't go under 2 ohms stereo and 4 ohms mono. A lot of people start to experiment and notice if they hook-up a certain way, they produce a lot more bass. Sometimes that few minutes of great bass burns out a mosfet or two which kills the amp.

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It sounds like you have a bad ground make sure its on the froame or body and make sure any rust or paint is sanded or scraped off

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Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier Sub-woofer not working

SUB WOOFER NOT WORKING LIKE ORIGINAL


Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

10 inch subs need help

I have 10 inch subs in my car i don't know why but they wont really hit like if you turn the amp all the way up and stuff it vibrates a little bit just not like real subs should like it dont bounce the part its supposed to what is the problem i know the amp is very strong but why would it not still make them bounce????


It sounds like the wiring either to the amp or to the subs is put together wrong. This can be because you have them setup in stereo but have the sub on bridge mode or vica versa. This can also be from how you ran the audio input wither from speakers or rca..either wired wrong or the switch for the two options is wrong. Also make sure your gain is turned up. Sound also depends on what kind of box it is in. It HAS to be in a box.

Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier Installation

Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

How do i intall my amp?

I have a xplode 600w amp how do i install it to my speakers and cd player step by step

First you need to run a power cable for the battery to where ever you are going to place the amp DO NOT hook the cable to the battery until the very last just wire it to the amp for now.next you will want to ground your amp hook the ground wire to the amp and the other end to a solid piece of metal in the car this is very important if you don't get good metal on metal contact you'll blow a fuse. If you can hide it well strip back a bit of carpeting and use sand paper to remove all paint from the metal and drill a hole for a screw. once that is finished you will need to run a remote wire from the amp to the car stereo usually these are the blue wire on the harness in the dash. once that is hooked up run the rca cables (reds and whites) plug in to amp and then in to back of cd player. once this is all hooked up and fully secure hook the power cable to the battery make good contact and if everything is grounded right you should get the lights on in the amp. Next step hook up the speakers run speaker wire from the amp to your speakers make sure negative goes to negative and positive to positive .

Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier Wiring problem

Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

Wiring problem

The power wires details for  sony xplod head unit model is cdx-gt260

Power wires are as follows -

Red = Switched power (ACC)

Yellow = Constant power

Black = Ground

Sony Xplod-XM-554ZR Amplifier circuit board resistor

Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

Sony Xplod-XM-554ZR-- - - Resistor on circuit board HELP!!!

Well my brothers amp on his car just quit working. Me being an EE student i go ahead and open up to see whats inside. Unscrew everything and turn the board over to find a "open" surface mount resistor. I would like to find out what the value is for this "R466" (around in the middle of the board). This resistor burnt up, so basically it is unidentifiable. Possible values but not sure could be 2R1 which is 2.1 Ohms or, could be 221 which equals 220 Ohms. Can anyone please tell me the value or numbers on the top of this resistor, i would greatly appreaciate it. AGAIN the resistor is R466 around the middle of the board.

R466 is chip resistor 220 Ohms 1/8 watt connecting between Emitter pins of Q408 and Q409.

Its part number is ...

R466 "1-216-182-00" RES-CHIP 220 5% 1/8W

Available in Part Store.

1000 watt sony XPLOD amp LED turns RED

Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

I have 1000 watt sony XPLOD amp and i just

I have 1000 watt sony XPLOD amp and i just installed it today. with new monster cable&ground. the green light turns on& thumping goes for a little. i try to raise up just a little bit& after 2 thumps my amp light turns red.. whats happening??

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I think if I'm correct you are running to many speakers and have your ohm load to low for the amp causing it to go into protection. 1 single voice coil speaker equals 4 ohms for every speaker you have divide 4 ohms by number of speakers (ie. 2 single voice coil speakers equals 2 ohms or 1 dual voice coil speaker equals 2 ohms) this is for parallel wiring. For series wiring do the opposite if you have 2 speakers you are running an ohm load of 8 ohms the same for a dual voice coil ran in series. Series is positive on the amp to positive on hook up A negative of hook up A to positive of hook up B negative of hook up B to negative on the amp.

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It isn't getting enough power and its tripping the internal switch on the amp and putting it in safe mode. either your wire isn't a high enough gauge. you might need a capacitor or you need bigger wire.

Put 2 subs on a Sony XM 554ZR bridged

Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

How to put 2 subs on a Sony XM 554ZR

How to put 2 subs on a Sony XM 554ZR bridged

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Unless it is a 4 channel then you will have to run them in series. Keep in mind that you will only have mono sound.

Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier going in to power protect mode

Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

Wont stop going in to power protect mode

I have a sony XM554ZR amplifier installed in my car. I have checked and double checked the wiring but still it will only go in to power protect mode. Any advice / suggestions are welcome.

I have an amp installed but can not get it to come out of power protect mode. All wiring and fuses have been checked. I have disconnected all RCA and speaker wires and put a multimeter accross the ground / power (14.4 result) and accross the ground / rem (14.25 result) Does this mean that the amp is blown or is there any thing else that I should try?

does it still do it with speaker disconnected?

iuf not then speakers are issue.otherwise amplifier needs to be replaced.

sony xplode 100w amp bridged push a 1600w cab

Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

Will a sony xplode 100w amp bridged push a 1600w cab? if not what is the best compatible cabinet wattage reccomedation?


100watt amp and 1600 watt cab?? Your amp will run it but a lot of the dynnamics of the speakers won't be there.

92 ford falcon speaker sound is low

Problem with  Car Audio Amplifier

My car is a 92 ford falcon when u play Basie music u can only just here it out side the car but when u pop the bot u can rarely here it.What can i do to make it louder out side the car.



Its in the amp and sub itself, what kind are you running, facing the sub forward helps amplify the sound forward and vice verse  id seal the boot up with sound deadener or poly-fill  the less movement in the car the higher the chance the bass can travel, if its the thump you want make sure you have the lpf (low pass filter) switched on the amp, raise the gain and if you can do it on your amp bridge the wires, more info would be great on what your running. if you have the slat feature on head unit turn that up, bass frequency on head unit and amp should be between 55 to 80 up to 110 on both amp and sub.

sony Xplod 600w amp Power led is red

Problem with Sony Xplod XM-554ZR Car Audio Amplifier

My sony Xplod 600w amp just stopped working and the power light is red, How do I get it re set to green so the amp will work? I have no blown fuses on the amp or at the battery.

I had just had the same problem with my xplod554ZR, i have sofar found no solution and have even opened up the amplifier only to discover that it isnt like most amplifiers, it does not have internal fuses as well as external.

• Your ground needs to be tight under the bolt.
• Make sure that all of your wires are still hooked up tight and not loose.start there and see what happens.
• Also if the amp senses that the subwoofer isnt stong enough it will shut itself of and show a red light this happened to me earlier and it kept showing redlight until i changed the sub