What to do??????? HU problem help!!!!

[dlugolinski 10+ year member]

I have a rockford fosgate hu that plays mp3's rfd3...something like that.

well anyways this thing vibrates and skips now here is what i have already tried

oh yeah it is installed in a 98 ranger

I used the back of the radio clamp this made it worse it would skip at volume 4 that sucked....

then the local car audio store man told me to hot glue the hu to the istall kit this lets it get up to volume 6-7 depending on the bass.

then i took the install kit and screwed it to the plastic panel that it mounts in this helped but still volume 7 skips. I tried all together and it was worse......

I am very frustrated and want to just throw this thing. the owner of the shop were i bought it said he runs the same hu in his competition truck just like my ranger and it never skips he hit a 155 db.......

what is wrong here any suggestions also my pioneer never skipped and the owner again said that the rf was just a more sensitive and "better" hu

any suggestion please help......

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[Bavarian3 10+ year member]

i have no idea....ill give u a bump tho. BUMP!!!!^^^^

 

[boomsta 10+ year member]

is your CD clean? MP3's arent like cdda as they are much smaller files and skip a lot easier than a regular CD (or so i have noticed in the expedition). But id try another MP3 CD and if that doesnt work take it back and try another CD player, just tell the guy you want to see if its the HU or not, he should be cool with that. I do know that my MP3 disks if they get the slightest bit dirty or rough skip like hell, and maybe all that bass is not helping the unit read a slightly dingy disk properly. Its worth a try.

 

[dlugolinski 10+ year member]

i forgot that i did that too sorry i did switch the hu out and tried a brand newly burned cd. it even skips with normal cd's.... if anyone here can't help i will just say it is junk and return it.......