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jkats91 
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I have an aftermarket radio installed with speakers and an amplifier. I'm currently hearing a lot of engine noise going through the speakers. RCA's and power cables are opposite of each other and the amplifier is properly grounded with 4 gauge cable. The amplifier was grounded to bare metal. I also have a capacitor that is also grounded with 4 gauge cable. Any help is appreciated!
jkats91 
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the car is a 1993 honda civic dx
d6-karl 
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Try a ground loop isolator as it's a ground loop that is causing problems, do a search on here for ground loop i found allot on here explaining it, good luck
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Do you have a Pioneer Head Unit?
jkats91 
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I've been reading up on ground loop isolators and they only "patch" the problem, is there anything i can do with the grounding wires or maybe a new approach to grounding to something to the car?
i am an idiot- yes i do the pioneer head unit that i have the is deh-p4200ub. a lot of people comment on the fact that they have bad grounding issues, is there anything i can do to fix it?
thank you everyone for your quick responses
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jkats91 
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awesome, the popping noise is coming through the tweeters, it does not go through the door speakers. can i take a wire connect it to the outer shield of the RCA and the the other end twist it and connect it to ground on the amplifier?
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Posted: October 24, 2010 at 10:41 AM / IP Logged  
U can try connecting a ground from the amp to the head unit, some RCAs have a small wire in the middle for this, te other option is to earth the sterio at the same point as the amp, from what I read this brings the reference to the same point so there is no voltage change, if I'm wrong pls correct mr ad I'm new to this also :)
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It really needs to be done behind the radio.  If you do it at the amp, you will create a ground loop.  The radio is what is supposed to supply ground to the amp.  If you ground the amp end, it will help some, but will not eliminate the noise.
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so by attaching wire to both parts of the RCA's and then the end back to the body of the radio, then any noise should be eliminated?
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