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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 11:56 pm 
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ok here goes i am getting some serious interferance through my speakers i have tried everything from trying different ground points to changing wires, i dont know what to do!!! oh and i havent run the power and rca cables next too each other they are on the seprate sides of the car.
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:41 am 
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Is the interference like a high pitch sound? If it is, it may be your alternator or faulty amp. I had the same noise in my EB and it was a faulty amp causing the noise.

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:26 am 
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Isn't a Pioneer headunit is it?

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:47 am 
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Steady ED wrote:
Isn't a Pioneer headunit is it?


...what's wrong with Pioneer...=(...I've got one

Well I have that interference high pitch sound too...but I play the music loud enough to drown it out.

It could be:

A) Head unit putting out the buzzing noise...
B) Cable is picking up signal along the way to the boot...
C) Amp is hobo...

I have put my interference down to the Amp since I just bought a new head unit (yes a Pioneer) and it has the interference noise coming through...though it also happened with my previous head unit.

Initially when I got the amp new, it didn't have that issue but I guess over time the amp will have some faults. Get the Amp checked out.

Hope that helps a little.

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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:52 am 
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Yeah nah not pioneer i learnt my lesson with them lol i have one of the high end kenwoods when i bought it last year, its just so frustrating, when wipers go on the noise is worse, starting to really annoy the crap outa me. thanks for your help guys.
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 12:03 pm 
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It is a ground loop, not the alternator, most likely not the head unit and most likely not the amp so it will most likely be the grounding of the headunit and or the grounding of the amp/amps.
More info will be needed about the system to help diagnose the fault...

 

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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:39 pm 
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I had that with my old pioneer, and when you turned the wipers on it got worse too. Blown RCA track fuse on the HU.

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:37 am 
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ok my set up basically consists of kenwood 1000w mono some no name 4 channel and the kenwood head unit. the two amps are mounted on the back seats and are grounded at extreme opposite sidesof the car to the bolts that hold the seats in. the head unit is wired in with those adapter kits you can buy, save you cutting everything. RCA's and speakr wire run down the left ofthe car while the power run down the right. so thats all i can think of atm, if you guys could help me id appreciate it. cheers
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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 1:51 am 
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Get an inline noise surpressor from jaycar

 

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Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:47 pm 
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My bet is it will be the 4ch amp causing you the drama but I would try different grounds for the head unit, what type of rca cables are you using?

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:11 pm 
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oh k i have one of those noise suppressor things and still didnt do anything, ill try the different ground points for the head unit aswell, the wiring i bought in kits so the RCA's are aero pro. if it is my 4ch then do i replace it???
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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:42 pm 
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Try running a ground wire directly from the Headunit to the dash support.
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krisisdog wrote:
I had that with my old pioneer, and when you turned the wipers on it got worse too. Blown RCA track fuse on the HU.

Yup, that was the fault I was referring too, happened to one of my headunits, and happened twice to a mate of mine.
Moot point anyway, unless kenwoods have the same problem?

 

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Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 2:18 pm 
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Use a thicker wire & directly grounding it to the battery. helped my AU.

 

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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:09 am 
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What size cable do you have your system running off, plus is the head unit running off the factory head unit wiring?
I had 8ga cable feeding my head unit for both batt and ground connected to the same distro block and fuse block as the amps to eliminate ground loops before they started but all it did was give me a ground loop. I ended up connecting the head unit to the factory wiring and that solved my problem...

 

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