Ground noise from hell
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Ground noise from hell
So my buddy installed my new stereo system into my 92 sc300 and there is a horrible high pitched whine that goes up with the engine RPM. This guy has been doing stereo installs professionally for 10 years and he is just about stumped! The power and speaker wires are run down opposite sides of the car, the amps and headunit are grounded properly and cleanly (he even sanded down the paint inside my trunk to get a solid ground.) It's all brand new JL audio speakers and amps and a pioneer head unit. My buddy even hooked up his RF amp is place of mine and it still made the sound. I even bought brand new Kicker ground distro blocks but that didn't help anything.
I just ordered a grounding kit for my car but I'm hoping that isn't the problem.
Anyone have any ideas?
I just ordered a grounding kit for my car but I'm hoping that isn't the problem.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Figure out where the noise is being introduced. Use a test RCA at the amps. If he has been doing it for 10 years, he will probably know the proper procedure to tracing a noise to the introduction zone... GL. I know it sucks to have noise...
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ive encountered a few pioneer head units with this problem, try grounding the rca outputs, i can draw a diagram if needed, what happens is sometimes the rca's ground circuit takes a dump from various stupid reasons, not saying the radio ground is bad but just the part that grounds the signal or shields the noise in the rca's, its alot easier then it sounds,,, thats my 2pennies for yah...
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ive encountered a few pioneer head units with this problem, try grounding the rca outputs, i can draw a diagram if needed, what happens is sometimes the rca's ground circuit takes a dump from various stupid reasons, not saying the radio ground is bad but just the part that grounds the signal or shields the noise in the rca's, its alot easier then it sounds,,, thats my 2pennies for yah...
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well i took some pics as its easier than drawing under the influence, this is all for example as i dont have a headunit here with me that i can use...
heres the rca and ground wire, strip back the ground wire
fold over as shown
place ground wire in rca
and plug rca into the back of the headunit, ( the barrel connecter is acting as the back of your headunit,
and what this test will tell you is that if it corrects your noise or even makes it better, than theres a problem with the headunit,... oh and also i didnt mention it but make sure the other end of the ground wire is at a good ground, if the headunit is grounded good just tap it into there...
heres the rca and ground wire, strip back the ground wire
fold over as shown
place ground wire in rca
and plug rca into the back of the headunit, ( the barrel connecter is acting as the back of your headunit,
and what this test will tell you is that if it corrects your noise or even makes it better, than theres a problem with the headunit,... oh and also i didnt mention it but make sure the other end of the ground wire is at a good ground, if the headunit is grounded good just tap it into there...
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I'm in Niceville, FL. Way in the NW panhandle.
Did you use a harness to plug your head unit in? My buddy hard wired it in and worked first shot (aside from the ground noise of course).
Also, idk if this means anything but when he was hard wiring my radar detector, he pressed a metal pick onto the metal brackets that hold the head unit and there was quite a bit of sparking. He said that might be the problem if there is too much current traveling through the brackets. We'll probably mess around with that tomorrow too.
Seems like this car is just a grounding nightmare >_>
Did you use a harness to plug your head unit in? My buddy hard wired it in and worked first shot (aside from the ground noise of course).
Also, idk if this means anything but when he was hard wiring my radar detector, he pressed a metal pick onto the metal brackets that hold the head unit and there was quite a bit of sparking. He said that might be the problem if there is too much current traveling through the brackets. We'll probably mess around with that tomorrow too.
Seems like this car is just a grounding nightmare >_>
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im lost after all that,lol. but yeah im way to far to do anything about it, but last thing would be to make sure the ground wire is hooked up to brown from the factory radio harness, i guess thats all i got besides actually checking it out, but good luck and let me know the outcome
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ive encountered a few pioneer head units with this problem, try grounding the rca outputs, i can draw a diagram if needed, what happens is sometimes the rca's ground circuit takes a dump from various stupid reasons, not saying the radio ground is bad but just the part that grounds the signal or shields the noise in the rca's, its alot easier then it sounds,,, thats my 2pennies for yah...
Thank you so much, this was exactly the problem. The second he touched a ground wire to the outside of the rca output, the noise went away completely. Oh, sweet sweet silence He soldered a ground to the outside of that output and it works perfectly. I'm so happy. He was kinda annoyed that I didn't mention this idea earlier LOL.
Thanks again
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IT WORKED!
Thank you so much, this was exactly the problem. The second he touched a ground wire to the outside of the rca output, the noise went away completely. Oh, sweet sweet silence He soldered a ground to the outside of that output and it works perfectly. I'm so happy. He was kinda annoyed that I didn't mention this idea earlier LOL.
Thanks again
Thank you so much, this was exactly the problem. The second he touched a ground wire to the outside of the rca output, the noise went away completely. Oh, sweet sweet silence He soldered a ground to the outside of that output and it works perfectly. I'm so happy. He was kinda annoyed that I didn't mention this idea earlier LOL.
Thanks again