When the HU is the problem

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Forum Name: Car Audio
Forum Discription: Car Stereos, Amplifiers, Crossovers, Processors, Speakers, Subwoofers, etc.
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Printed Date: June 09, 2024 at 4:28 PM

Topic: When the HU is the problem

Posted By: bigboi11
Subject: When the HU is the problem
Date Posted: December 17, 2004 at 8:10 PM

I have been doing post after post trying to get my system right then someone told me that maybe its the radio and not the ground. So I took my mp3 player and hooked it straight up to my amp started the car and the sound was crystal clear no ground loop or anything. So then I got a fresh pair of rca's hooked them up from the radio to the amp and the disgusting fuzzing sound of a ground loop. So now it has to be the radio . My question to everyone is, is this just a pioneer thing, is it a defect or broken, or is this something that can be corrected?

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Posted By: auex
Date Posted: December 17, 2004 at 8:18 PM

Go to the rca's in the front and hook your mp3 player up there and see what happens. If you are running new rca's then go ahead and run a ground from the amplifiers ground to the radio's ground wire and see if that helps.

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Posted By: bigboi11
Date Posted: December 17, 2004 at 8:47 PM

I'm not running new rca's i just hooked up some new ones through the car. to see if the old rca's were the problem. arent the rca's in the front outputs. What will I be looking for? if i run a ground from dist block to the radio it will be about 10 ft long maybe a little more.