How can I test if my HU has a bad ground?
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Topic: How can I test if my HU has a bad ground?
Posted By: bfeeny
Subject: How can I test if my HU has a bad ground?
Date Posted: April 16, 2004 at 9:21 AM
What are the symptoms of an HU having a bad ground, and whats a good way to test? I installed my Eclipse CD8443 with a amplified antenna adapter, and i feel i have worse FM reception than I did with the stock radio..........someone said that its possibly trying to ground thru my antenna.
Just trying to figure out how I could check this.
Brian
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Posted By: sonicsound
Date Posted: April 16, 2004 at 10:02 AM
You could do a couple of things... try taking your ground wire from your HU and ground it to the chasis of the car, not a piece of metal behind the HU or on the HU. The other side to this is that sometimes those amplified antennas can make things worse, and I know for sure that amplified antennas usually boost the AM more than the FM stations. Or at least that's what I have notice 7 out of 8 cars I installed them on at Circuit City. Hope that helps...
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Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: April 16, 2004 at 1:06 PM
whats it in? a VW?
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Posted By: forbidden
Date Posted: April 16, 2004 at 1:49 PM
Or some of the newer GM or Buick vehicles?
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Posted By: bfeeny
Date Posted: April 16, 2004 at 2:16 PM
Yes its in a VW, why do you ask? 2003 VW GTI.
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