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Thread: Damn chad did something stupid today |
    
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21756
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 01:24 am: |
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well today i did something stupid. i know you are probably saying to yourself "chad do something stupid? that is absurd. that is impossible". but i did.
i was remounting my mid back on and one of the cable came off touching the metal on the door. i didn't know it came off at first though. then i hear this weird screech. i quickly turned it off then took off my speaker (the mid). that was when i realized one of the cable was off. anyways i put it on good and turned the stereo back on and no more screech. but when i turn the volume all the way down, it makes that alt whine sound now.
oh and its not the amp. i connected my ipod directly to my amp and its clean.
ima try to ground the rca tomorow to see if the sound goes away. if it doesn't then i still got warranty. lol.
looks like ima have to buy another hu temporarily. once i get my dvd player back i will sell the temp hu for half price to the lucky person. lol. i'll probably get a alpine 9887 for temp. |
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Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamic
San Diego, California
Post Number: 4328
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 01:34 am: |
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That sucks. Now get to chat. |
Gold Member Username: Jakeyplaysbass
St. Louis,
MO / ASU
Post Number: 3119
Registered: Jul-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 01:41 am: |
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Sorry bro. Ull like the new "temp" HU tho. |
Gold Member Username: The_image_dynamic
San Diego, California
Post Number: 4329
Registered: Dec-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 01:47 am: |
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So will I when he sells it to me for half-price  |
Gold Member Username: Jtown
Texas
Post Number: 3049
Registered: Mar-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 04:57 am: |
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Can I get that off you Chad? |
Gold Member Username: Joebruce
TC Sounds/DLS
Post Number: 2231
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 06:42 am: |
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Gold Member Username: Loc_out
SOCAL
2 RE 15 XXX
Post Number: 2286
Registered: Feb-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 10:26 am: |
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that sucks chad... some is going to come up |
Gold Member Username: Southernrebel
Monroe,
Louisiana
2 DD3515s, 2...
Post Number: 6522
Registered: Mar-04
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 10:54 am: |
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I did the same thing Chad. And it sucks.
But mine just touched the backing on dynamat.
I think it smoked the pico-fuse in my 860mp. |
Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 6306
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:06 am: |
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hey canaan i know how to fix the 860 if you blew that fuse. if you want to give it a try PM me and ill try and explain it. |
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21757
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:23 am: |
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yeah this is the last time i mess with stuff in the dark. damn.
mat maybe mine is similiar to fix also. |
Silver Member Username: Gibsonguy
Storrs,
CT
USA
Post Number: 287
Registered: May-08
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:25 am: |
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grounding the rca's wont help.
talk to mat, it's your only chance of fixing it. |
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21759
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:30 am: |
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yeah i figured that gibson. if its something i can do then i'll do it. otherwise ima send it in. |
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21761
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:54 am: |
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mat you got pm. |
Gold Member Username: Tatonka
-[Team Audible
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Post Number: 1957
Registered: Mar-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 12:05 pm: |
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"grounding the rca's wont help."
Grounding the RCAs has been a fix for stuff like that for years. |
Silver Member Username: Gibsonguy
Storrs,
CT
USA
Post Number: 288
Registered: May-08
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 12:16 pm: |
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okay...well chad go and ground the rca's and we'll see who is right.
grounding the rca's will help with a little engine noise, but it's not going to fix his problem. |
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21775
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:13 pm: |
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i grounded the rca and no sound. its clean again. lol. i love it.
here's what happened. close to closing time today, i walked over to woofersetc.com. my work is only 5 minute walk from that place. anyways i went there and told the guy give me the alpine 9887. he went to the back and got it. as i was looking at it, i was telling the guy what happened to my hu. he told me just ground the rca and i should be fine. i told him i touched the + and - on the speaker and i think i really fucked it up. he told me just ground it and it will be fine. so i told him then i'll come back tomorow if it don't work and buy the hu. well it works so i don't need to buy it. hahaha. |
Gold Member Username: Big_edge_head
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Post Number: 2450
Registered: Mar-07
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| Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 11:18 pm: |
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Well that's good to know. |
Gold Member Username: Safe_cracker
Chicago,
IL
US
Post Number: 4676
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 01:22 am: |
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You blew the fuse on the RCA ground side, posted about this before... Polo.
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Gold Member Username: Adddisorder
Palm Beach,
Florida
Post Number: 6309
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 01:35 am: |
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yeah thats the fuse i had blow, i fixed it and the noise was gone. i tryed the rca grounding and a new HU ground and all that stuff and it didnt get the noise out till i fixed the pico. |
Gold Member Username: Tatonka
-[Team Audible
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Post Number: 1961
Registered: Mar-07
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| Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 02:59 am: |
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"okay...well chad go and ground the rca's and we'll see who is right."
"i grounded the rca and no sound. its clean again. lol. i love it."
I guess...I was right.
Please do not act like a know-it-all, Gibson.
Thanks. |
Silver Member Username: Wolf_hound
Phoenix,
AZ
Post Number: 637
Registered: Sep-05
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| Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 03:00 am: |
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PWNED! |
Gold Member Username: Pitbullguy
The Chicago area
Post Number: 3385
Registered: Oct-06
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| Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 10:18 am: |
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Chad I hope you thanked the guy at woofersetc, that is some good customer service to pass up on a sale like that and give the customer quality advice first and foremost. |
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21780
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008 - 11:21 am: |
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yeah the dude is really cool. he saved me $350. i think ima buy him a case of beer. |
Gold Member Username: Kd7nfr
Southern Georgia,
GA
United States
Post Number: 1842
Registered: Apr-05
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| Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 01:08 pm: |
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For sure. |
Bronze Member Username: Evildoughboy08
Toledo,
OH
US and A
Post Number: 83
Registered: Jun-08
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| Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 - 10:20 pm: |
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chad lee
ok so you're getting the whining noise(or you were at least from the looks of it)
i am too, have NO IDEA how to get rid of it, how to ground my power cables or anything.
could you possibly let me know?
aim-luc4s r1ch |
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21787
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 11:16 am: |
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ok you don't want to ground your power cable. that is a big no no.
i simply grounded the rca on my headunit. i got the whining noise after i touched the + and - on my speakers together while my stereo was on. if you got whining noise from the beginning then your problem is something else. recheck all your connections. |
Gold Member Username: Safe_cracker
Chicago,
IL
US
Post Number: 4682
Registered: Jan-06
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| Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 09:22 pm: |
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Honestly Chad reading your post above again you got the whine from touching speaker wires together, that probably wasn't what did it. If it uses a Pico fuse it can happen by just "Hot Swapping" the RCAs. That is removing/rehooking RCAs while the HU and amp is on. Another is if the amp for a split second lost its ground, it would try to feed off the RCA ground thus blowing the Pico. By crossing the wires it would only effect the output stage of the amp and if that went and wasn't caught in time then it would attack the power supply section. Think real hard you probably did something else...Polo. |
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21791
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 09:28 pm: |
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well i assumed since the cable came off when i took the speaker out, that's what caused it. i guess it could of been something else. i checked everything and its good. anyways no whine and i am one happy camper. |
Bronze Member Username: Evildoughboy08
Toledo,
OH
US and A
Post Number: 92
Registered: Jun-08
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| Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 09:42 pm: |
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how do i groud RCA cables is a question i have for youuuuuuu chad.
also if i turned OFF the car, unplugged the RCA's then turned it back on so that the amp would have its ground source THENNNN plugged in the RCA's so it doesnt try to ground out through them, does that seem reasonable or is there something bad with that too? |
Diamond Member Username: Bestmankind
Post Number: 21794
Registered: Oct-05
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| Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 09:48 pm: |
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what kinda head unit do you have?
anyways to ground the rca this is what you do.
get yourself a speaker cable. strip off a couple of inches. then wrap that part around the outer part of the rca cable. then strip a little on the other end of the speaker cable. unscrew any screw on the back of your head unit. then wrap the cable around that and screw it back on. you are basically grounding the rca to the headunit chasis. |
Bronze Member Username: Evildoughboy08
Toledo,
OH
US and A
Post Number: 94
Registered: Jun-08
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| Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 10:17 pm: |
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holy fudgecakes batman that was exactly what i was thinking it would be but i didnt want to do it....
^ that looks sarcastic i know but its not^
now that i have my HU...
oh yeah and its a pioneer premier HU, and yes i know now that pioneers are very prone to this situation, and im hoping i didnt blow the fuse in it...
anyways, now that i have my HU fully in with those little prongs stuck up, now i get to go through taking that back out! oh boy!!! |
