How can I fix this wierd radio noise?
08-06-2003, 09:55 AM
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How can I fix this wierd radio noise?
I installed my iPod/ BLitzsafe yesterday, and while it seems to work just fine I noticed that when the iPod is off or on a quiet/soft song, and the radio volume is above ~9 or so, there is a very high pitched whine that gets higher as I rev the engine... What would be the cause of that? I did just sort of stuff all the wires back in there behind the radio, would it be helpful to straighten them all out? Any help appreciated... Oh and by the way this whining sound is not present in any other stereo mode (CD, radio, etc) and it doesn't go away when I unplug the iPod.
Also, my car is a 2003 A4 with 6-CD in dash changer and Bose system.
Also, my car is a 2003 A4 with 6-CD in dash changer and Bose system.
08-06-2003, 11:32 AM
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alternator whine? I know a few people have had this problem
I think it has to do with the grounding. Ray Khan had some issue, but I'm not sure if it was with an ipod or not. Have u tried searching?
08-06-2003, 11:55 AM
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now i can't find ray's post. argh.
what'd you search for? it might not have been ray, i think he was just getting alternator noise through his head unit.
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You have that blitz adapter on the bottom-right, correct? where'd you ground it??
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You have that blitz adapter on the bottom-right, correct? where'd you ground it??
08-06-2003, 07:39 PM
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my problem was using a blau adapter to turn symphony headunit line outs to RCAs
The trick is grounding. What I did was connect a wire to one RCA ground, and attach it to the headunit ground. So I just attached the RCA (that goes to the headunit) to the blau adapter and pinched the ground wire I ran to the headunit ground in between the RCA's I connected. The outer metal part of the RCA is gournd. So if you are running RCA's to your IPOD...I would try grounding from there and see if that helps.
08-07-2003, 04:20 AM
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I'm not familian with the blitzsafe adapter....
where does it's ground run too? Just a guess, but try rounding the adapter ground to the headunit ground. If the problem only occured when you installed the Ipod, then it sounds like a ground problem.
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