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Thread: Low hissing noise |
    
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| Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 04:30 pm: |
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I've got four speakers running from my head deck, no amp, and there is always a low hissing noise in the background. It's really quite irritating. it's not really loud, and you do have to listen for it sometimes, but it's there. Any suggestions? I think it might have something to do with my ground... Thanks guys. |
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| Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 04:33 pm: |
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Just to ad something, i replaced all the speaker wire cause i thought that might have something to do with it. but it really didn't make a difference at all. |
Silver Member Username: Tbone
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United States
Post Number: 136
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 04:44 pm: |
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Check the ground on your radio first, did you wire it into stock wiring? |
nice_guy_108 Unregistered guest |
| Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 05:47 pm: |
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Yeah, i just wired it into what was already there. I just checked and found out that the ground was running directly to the cigarette lighter ground. should this be okay? |
Silver Member Username: Tbone
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United States
Post Number: 142
Registered: Feb-04
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| Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004 - 11:08 pm: |
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Try grounding it to something else, and see if it helps. Also, what do you have the red and yellow power wires hooked into? Sounds like you might be hearing engine whine. |
New member Username: Nice_guy_108
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Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 12:00 am: |
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red is to ignition and yellow is to the battery. I'll try grounding somewhere else. I don't think it's engine whine... it's just that low airy noise if you know what i'm talking about... |
Silver Member Username: Tbone
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Post Number: 148
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| Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 09:18 am: |
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Yeah, that sound is annoying, and sometimes hard to fix. Reroute your yellow cable in another direction, maybe to close to condensor wiring, and see if that helps. |
New member Username: Bose_boy
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Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 02:32 pm: |
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Do you run the Red,and Yellow wires to the batt on cars? Or just the yellow? Lets say the stock wiring harness doesn't have the TWO wires going to the batt like it needs? I know my friends car didn't have the wring already going to it. At least not two of them..Thanks. |
Silver Member Username: Tbone
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United States
Post Number: 159
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| Posted on Friday, March 12, 2004 - 02:37 pm: |
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I usually don't run either to the battery. I usually hook the red to a power that is on when the car is on, and the yellow to a different wire that has power all the time, such as the dome light. |
New member Username: Nice_guy_108
New Zealand
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Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2004 - 08:36 am: |
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I could be wrong, but doesn't the dome light get power directly from the battery if the car isn't on? i'm pretty sure my stock yellow wire comes from something like that anyway. |
Silver Member Username: Tbone
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Post Number: 163
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| Posted on Sunday, March 14, 2004 - 04:08 am: |
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Yeah, that is why you hook the yellow (constant) to it, so it always has power, and the shorter run is less likely to pick up noise in the small gauge wire. |
