noise through speakers

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Topic: noise through speakers

Posted By: fireman4
Subject: noise through speakers
Date Posted: November 21, 2011 at 10:14 AM

Hey guys got a ? For ya ok I just put an amp in my 2003 Ford escape and I have engine noise coming through my speakers. Now my power wire is ran along the center console with the remote turn on lead and my RCA and speaker wires are ran on the oppise side of the power wire and the ground wire is to the seat stud that comes out of the floor and yes I scraped all the paint away and it has a good ground. Please help the engine noise is really annoying I feel like I have a old am radio lol. Thanks

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Posted By: fireman4
Date Posted: November 21, 2011 at 11:43 AM

fireman4 wrote:

Hey guys got a ? For ya ok I just put an amp in my 2003 Ford escape and I have engine noise coming through my speakers. Now my power wire is ran along the center console with the remote turn on lead and my RCA and speaker wires are ran on the oppise side of the power wire and the ground wire is to the seat stud that comes out of the floor and yes I scraped all the paint away and it has a good ground. Please help the engine noise is really annoying I feel like I have a old am radio lol. Thanks

and also I did not have the engine noise when I had no amp for the speakers. The noise started when I installed the amp.

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: November 21, 2011 at 1:46 PM

Pioneer radio???

Posted By: fireman4
Date Posted: November 21, 2011 at 1:48 PM

No Kenwood hd545u

Posted By: i am an idiot
Date Posted: November 21, 2011 at 1:50 PM

Turn the amplifier gain control all the way down, is the noise gone?

Posted By: fireman4
Date Posted: November 21, 2011 at 1:55 PM

Well I turned it up yesterday and it was lowder than before and I turned it down and it was lower like before but I did not turn it all the way down yet so I guess if I did it would prob go away.