i have recently brought a brandnew audio option amp (oak1200) monoblock, i have wired it up correctly with the ground power remote and everything else, but im not getting any output. i think it has something to do with ohms but that is just a guess. i have 2 tweleve inch subs hooked up to it but they were second hand and are a complete mystery to me. all i know is they are 12s and are kenwood. does anyone know what is happening to my amp. its really giving me the poo's

Without dissing the audio option amp; the only thing i can see it being is; the amp...
Many times transistors in the amp die at first hit of power...

Have you double checked that the ground is ok? Also that the fuses are ok?
You do have RCA's plugged in right?

Might alse be a good idea to get out the multimeter and test the resistance of the voice coils of the subwoofers to make sure they arent blown (Highly unlikely that the subs are the problem, but its good to test second hand ones anyway)....

Oh another thing to check is that you got the remote wire conected on right! make sure you didnt do it on remoet from CD player for antenna - common mistake :) hope that helps...

I have checked all my wiring and I have checked my power and ground an it's ok and my remote is ok. It must just be the speakers ohms are wrong. :(

No - if the ohms are wrong it wil stil work just fry your amp..

If you test the speaker ohms with a multimeter we can help you out with the wiring.....or you can look online for the specs....

Does the amp turn on? (Is there an 'on' light etc?)

Yeah there's a on light and a malfunction light and I have never seen the mal light on but the amp powers up and everything, I will YouTube how to get the ohms from a amp tomorrow. My amp says 1 ohm min where I connect the speaker wires.

I'm assuming your amp is connected to the headunit with RCAs to on either a 'sub' or 'rear' output.
Make sure your head unit is configured to send audio out (ie: fader isn't set all to front or subwoofer isn't turned off and there's no high-pass filter in place (this would remove all low frequency sound)

If you wire just one sub to the speaker output of your amp, it should do something if you've got power on and audio coming in.
I guess also make sure the gain on the amp isn't turned all the way down too! :)

What would I have to set my multimeter to get a reading on the output.

output of what?
Ohms is only resistance - so the Load you put on the amp... for example if the OHM is tooo small for the amp - so if your amp isnt compatible for 1ohm lets say - and you put a 1 ohm sub up to it - wat that basically means is your amp will be as though you are shorting out the speaker output channel basicaly... (damaging it) BUT IT WIL STIL MAKE THE SPEAKER WORK! on the other hand if you have a load that is too high I.e. 8 ohms on an 4ohm max compatible amp - it will put too high a load on the amplifier and that will stress it out - so its like imagine a thick pipe of water then going to a pipe thats too thin- its hard to get water through and thats wat ul be doing basicaly if i can say..

So long story short - ohm rating = not your problem
Id take it back where i got it if i were you for exchange... most likely you got a dead one :P

Just to clarify a little error there - the more Ohms a speaker (or combination of speakers have - eg if wired in series or parallel) then the LESS load this puts on an amplifier.
It is safer to run 8Ohm speakers in a car than it is to run 2Ohms. (4 ohms is standard - subs are generally flexible and can be wired to quite low levels by SPL pros - 0.5Ohms isn't uncommon, but it all depends on what the amplifier can run - expensive amps might be 1 Ohm stable, but most won't go below 2Ohms, which is the same as bridging a 4Ohm sub across 2 channels)

As for setting the multi-meter to detect audio signals - I'm not 100% sure, but I think audio is Alternating Current (AC) at least on the speaker output side of the amp. RCA's I'm not so sure on.
RCA's are generally rated at <10V out of the headunit - high quality headunits (eg: eclipse) might run as high as 9V outputs, but mainstream brands (Alpine, pioneer, kenwood, JVC,etc) rarely exceed 4V to the best of my knowledge and many are 2V or less.

As for speaker outputs from an amplifier, I vaguely think these are < 20V but this is just a guess and more research would be required before I would continue.

Your best bet might just be to turn the volume right down, obtain a simple car or home speaker and connect it to the speaker outputs - you should be able to see movement if there is any audio signal - heck, just connect a 9V battery to the speaker and you'll see it push or pull once.

Thank you all. I'm taking my subs and amps back to autobahn and if they don't find the problem they can give me a new one.