I hate my life :(

[_DjScrew_ 5,000+ posts]

Well i just dumped my pioneer 8600 for $100 thinkin it had problems with the RCAs. I tried everyting to correct it but couldnt. The only thing that made the alt whine go away was when i put my friends sony cd player in. So i figured it had have been the RCAs on the cd player... Well today i got my pioneer avh-5700dvd in and guess what.. the noise is back //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif
so...

Im out a solid $150 from selling the cd player so cheap

and

I still have a stereo which i cant listen to.

I = Pwnt //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

wow. same problem

 

[mattmcss 10+ year member]

I bought the deck from him , I'll be testing it out this afternoon if the gaha**** mailman shows up, wait, here he comes =D

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

don't worry i hate your life too //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[mattmcss 10+ year member]

fuk, it wasnt there =(

 

[Darth Audio 10+ year member]

Have you tried using a relay to turn the radio on? You can use a relay to feed the deck battery power instead of noisy ign. power. I bet you a dollar to donuts that the noise is coming from your IGN wire to your deck. I can tell you how to wire it up if you wanna try it.

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

that sucks man

 

[trevor87 5,000+ posts]

Just buy your friends sony //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[actionadam]

older pioneers have a known history of the infamous "ground loop".
try running an isolated ground wire from the headunit to the battery, or to chassis/frame?

Dkguitarist gave the same solution that I used. I had the same exact problem with my pioneer HU. I tried everything from changing RCA cables to changing the head unit itself. But nothing worked. I read about someone having the same problem, and it had to do with a ground loop problem. They said you can buy a Ground Loop Isolator, or just ground the actual RCA with some wire. I didnt have money to spend so I tried to ground it myself. And as soon as I did it, the whine went away. To this day the whine hasnt come back.

To ground the RCA: loop one side of a wire to a connected RCA imput wire. You kind of have to tie it around or stick it in between the male end of one and the female end of the other and then push them together. Once you have that connected, take the other side of the wire and ground it. You can either attatch or to the car frame itself, or you can attach it to the metal piece used to mount the head unit.

I hope this helps. let me know if it doesnt make sense and ill try to draw up a picture or something.

 

[954runner 10+ year member]

wow i feel like ripping everything out of my car right now too...

ive had the same problem in my car, today i went out and regrounded my headunit. STILL there. its coming from my tweeters, not my 6.5"s.

will grounding the RCA's fix this? or if i ground iso'd the headunit to the battery?

 

[noob with an RS 10+ year member]

your friends sony > your pioneers

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

maybe its just pioneer units //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif
ima try my friends sony again today

Yup, Pioneer FTL.

Installed about $2500 worth of equipment in a guys truck about 3weeks ago here... he had the 5700 as well... and it had HARDCORE alternator whine.

I hardwired the radio, regrounded, grounded the RCA's to the amp grounds.... still had the whine...

Then I switched it out for a brand new 5700... and it went away...

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nG

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

i dont think i new unit is an option for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif ... may have to talk to snova.

I just dont think i was went to have a front stage //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

one last thing i thought of is tryin a new amp, cause i didnt get an alt whine with my first front stage attempt which i used a visonilk amp compared to my JBL now.. God i dont know what to do

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

get an ipod or something and hook it up directly to the amp and see if you get whine

 

[davidfre21 5,000+ posts]

get an ipod or something and hook it up directly to the amp and see if you get whine

explain?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

explain?

unhook your rca's and get an ipod, and get the cable that converts a mini jack to and rca and plug that in your amp. the ipod essentially will work as your headunit and you can kick the gain up a little and listen for alt whine