F@#& Pioneer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

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Help me figure this out:

Today I swapped out my 300/4v2 for a Zapco 1000.4. BUT before I started I disconnected all power to the trunk by removing the Main power wire fuse. I connected the Zapco with the Symbilink transmitter. I am only using 2 of the 4 channels to run my front comps. I set the transmitter to 0db and had the amp gain all the way down. After double checking and triple checking the connections I reinstalled the fuse. Then I went to start my car, you know the moment when you are 1 key turn away from hearing your new gear. I was excited. (I never started the car at any time during install) So, I turn the key to IGN, only to be greeted with a strange constant thumping through the subs. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

I then turned the car off and disconnected the Symbilink transmitter and the remote for the Zapco

Still noise!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

I then turned the car off again and just reconnected the Zapco

Still noise:verymad: So I went ahead and started the car.....

ONLY TO HEAR THE DREADED PIONEER NOISE PROBLEM!!!!!!!//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif:verymad://content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/verymad.gif.3f39c5c2fd57527b671fad3efdfac756.gif

I then bypassed the HU by plugging the Symbilink transmitter directly into my ipod and started the car, no noise.

So what caused the rca problem this time, IDK where I went wrong!

BTW, my last Pioneer did this too, by that was my fault.

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[azbass 5,000+ posts]

oh

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

sorry guy, ditch that HU

 

[WALKS UP]

Are your RCA's grounded?

 

[smd4life 5,000+ posts]

there's a fuse in most pioneers between the rca ground and the ground itself...it's probly blown...just ground the rca's

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

Are your RCA's grounded?

Yes

 

[WALKS UP]

If dont mind me askin how did u ground em?

 

[kovemaster559 5,000+ posts]

grounding them alwasy worked for me

 

[brtnboarder3241 5,000+ posts]

http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=198477

 

[tc3k101 5,000+ posts]

If dont mind me askin how did u ground em?

ill do it for u when u put it in ur camry //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

Shield to common ground

Edit; and to chassis

 

[WALKS UP]

ill do it for u when u put it in ur camry //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

stfu *** i know how to do it just seeing if he was doing it right, i do it like the above link posted shows ..

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

grounding them alwasy worked for me

Is this before or after the fuse blows?

 

[Linkz 10+ year member]

Ground loop?

 

[rc10mike 10+ year member]

I had been running my previous gear w/o issues.

And Ive installed and removed amps many many times in the past, sometimes w/o even removing power (i know, dumb) w/o issues.