Why does my Ipod sound like garbage on my brand new Eclipse HU?

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

Just had the HU installed, and everything is fine, but when I use my Ipod on the Aux in, it sounds like shit, it sounds extremely staticky and not good at all. CD and radio sounds fine though. I had the Ipod running through RCA's w/ my old Alpine HU and it sounded fine, now its running through a Mini Jack wire into the Mini Jack input and it sounds like crap. Could it be a bad wire, or a HU issue? Thanks!! Always has to be something with whenever i get shit put in. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/redface.gif.62fdbfe1a101588a808c4cff71bcb942.gif

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

Just had the HU installed, and everything is fine, but when I use my Ipod on the Aux in, it sounds like shit, it sounds extremely staticky and not good at all. CD and radio sounds fine though. I had the Ipod running through RCA's w/ my old Alpine HU and it sounded fine, now its running through a Mini Jack wire into the Mini Jack input and it sounds like crap. Could it be a bad wire, or a HU issue? Thanks!! Always has to be something with whenever i get shit put in. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/redface.gif.62fdbfe1a101588a808c4cff71bcb942.gif

i advise you have someone else install your stuff.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

i advise you have someone else install your stuff.

I did, a local ship did it. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif They couldn't figure out why it was statiky, everything is plugged in correctly. They said its either the HU or the wire. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

weird, just read on another forum how nice ipod sounded on a 5435

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

weird, just read on another forum how nice ipod sounded on a 5435

Well, there is obviously a problem, either w/ the wire or HU itself. I plugged in a discman to it to, and it sounds the same, so its not the ipod. Its not that the sound quality is just not great, there is so much distortion and static it drowns out everything.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

BTW its an Eclipse 5444

 

[Justin89T 10+ year member]

a new wire can't be that expensive, can it? just swap that out

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

a new wire can't be that expensive, can it? just swap that out

Not at all, i just couldn't do it tonite becuase its late and nothing is open. Ill switch it tommorow and update you guys. Hopefully the wire is just shot and a new one will fix everything, this HU is freakin awesome and i hope i don't have to send it back because of a shotty aux in.

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

well dont know about the static, but regarding distortions my piece of advize is quite simple: remove every single and any equalization, bass boost or whatever Ipod has, let it run totally flat... make all the sound adjustments directly on the HU...

about the static im thinking its a bad ground or a bad hu...

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

well dont know about the static, but regarding distortions my piece of advize is quite simple: remove every single and any equalization, bass boost or whatever Ipod has, let it run totally flat... make all the sound adjustments directly on the HU...
about the static im thinking its a bad ground or a bad hu...

Ipod only has 1 eq, and i have it disabled. And about the grounding, everything but the Aux in sounds fine, so i don't think its grounding. It distorts heavily at low volume too.

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

What did you expect? You got an iPod you ****ing tool.

 

[ls1pimp 10+ year member]

What did you expect? You got an iPod you ****ing tool.

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif It sounded FINE on my Alpine HU w/ a different wire. It doesn't sound just off, there is more static/distortion than actual music.

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

Probably something wrong with the new wire/input...

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

set the volume on the ipod lower?

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

If you really wanted good SQ you would get that adapter than allows you to use the iPods Line out, heard much better results with use of her...