set it as low as possible if u have a high voltage HU
else set it accordingly.....use ur own ears to judge

lol
if it's cool then maybe its ur amp not working liao
an amp will create heat no matter wat branded amp u're using
especially u're setting high gain

FYI, my amp set at zero gain

gain setting very much depend on the HU and sometimes the amp itself
my 9835 got 4V output
once i put zero gain..the sound is so much cleaner
but a bit soft..so i left it at 7o'clock

as for my D2..it has 4v output also
but my amp setting sets at zero gain
because the amp is quite high power


This post has been edited by driftmeister: Feb 24 2006, 10:26 AM

what kinda amp will also face overheat problem ler
monoblock is not god

as i told u
ALL AMP WILL OVERHEAT
this is a known fact
but dun get misunderstand it will overheat by itself even u set it to zero gain
playing with gain settings is very important

and gain settings is very much depends amp output and input
an amp accepts 4v input will not need much gain if the HU is 4v out or above

if u're using like normal HU pioneer 2/3/4/5 series, 2004 modls of kenwood
which has oni 2.x v
then u will need to set the gain

if a gain is set correctly
no matter how long u play it ...there wont be heating problem
(but dun la play until 24 hours continuously)