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jaxman 
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Posted: May 18, 2003 at 1:18 PM / IP Logged  
Don't you think the head unit can be the problem ?
The noise came out of nowhere. It's actually not a NOISE , it is more like the radio signal it is perturbed by something or like the frequency it is not 100% in the position. The station it is all the time there but I can hear some perturbance all the time , the sound is not clear.... damn I hate this and it's a brand new Pioneer.
I'll try to go to the dealer and borrow another one for 5 minutes , set it in the car and see if there is any difference , this will show me if it is a head unit problem or antenna.
Thanks all for the input.
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Posted: May 19, 2003 at 7:55 AM / IP Logged  

I have had a similar problem in professional audio equipment using balanced DIN cables with XLR connectors for microphones.  If one end of the cable is wired properly (+, -, shield) and on the other end, the shield is on the wrong pin (swapped with either + or -) OR the shield is on the correct pin but also shorting to a signal pin, usually through a stray conductor strand, the cable becomes a pretty good AM radio antennea at a very low level.  It usually self-tunes to about 1440 Khz.  A radio station comes through sounding off-channel, as you describe, and at a low level that the amplification equipment makes audible during quiet passages.  I have had this effect ruin the audio track on video tapes and cause long delays in live sound setups.

If this sounds similar to what you are hearing, you might check to see if any of your RCA or antennea cable shield connections are shorted to chassis ground or to + signal.  This is a long shot, but your symptoms suddenly sounded familiar!

jaxman 
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Posted: May 19, 2003 at 7:59 AM / IP Logged  
Thanx for the tip.
I justc checked the head unit on the bench and it sounds ok so the problem it is somewhere in my car.
I will check the RCA cables today...
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