Engine noise after satellite radio
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Forum Name: Car Audio
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Printed Date: May 22, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Topic: Engine noise after satellite radio
Posted By: IIrjII
Subject: Engine noise after satellite radio
Date Posted: May 03, 2006 at 2:33 PM
I had this customer come in yesterday and wanted a sat. radio installed. It was a sporster. So he wanted the power hard wired into the vehicle. The car was a Chevy S10 p/up truck. He had a 4 chnl amp in there for about 6 years. Anyway, to hard wire the sat radio, I tagged the acc. and ground from behind his deck. Put everything back together, sat radio works fine, turn the car on and there was engine noise. I regrounded the radio and there was still noise. I added a ground loop isolator for a temp. fix, but you can still hear the engine noise. Not as bad, but still there. I didn't unplug any rca's. The only thing that I touched was the ground and acc. Can anyone tell me the problem? Thanks
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Posted By: IIrjII
Date Posted: May 03, 2006 at 2:44 PM
Anyone??
Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: May 03, 2006 at 7:16 PM
I'm guessing the noise is only on satellite? You can try grounding the rca shields at both ends. ------------- My ex once told me I have a perfect face for radio.
Posted By: IIrjII
Date Posted: May 03, 2006 at 7:57 PM
Nope. The noise is there when its on radio, sat radio or cd.
Posted By: Fastlearner
Date Posted: May 03, 2006 at 11:29 PM
What happens if you completely remove the sat. Your positive the noise wasn't there before.
Posted By: IIrjII
Date Posted: May 05, 2006 at 12:43 AM
I removed the sat and the noise is still there. I'm positive the noise wasn't there cause I did a check list on the car before it came in, cranked the music up cause I wanted to hear how it sounded. I noticed the power wire and the cables were all ran on the same side. I didn't want to rerun it cause the noise wasn't there when it came in.
Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: May 05, 2006 at 9:07 AM
Well I'm almost positive it's a grounding issue. Did you try grounding the rca shields? You can also link the deck ground to the amp ground. Make sure they're all clean and tight.
------------- My ex once told me I have a perfect face for radio.
Posted By: tritippin24s
Date Posted: May 05, 2006 at 2:59 PM
Check the routing or the RCA cables, and make sure they are not pinched, smashed, torn, or near any positive wires.
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