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    Engine Noise

    I cant seem to get rid of the engine whine/noise from my system.

    I had all wires running down the driver side. I since moved the power wire and speaker wires to the passenger side but I still get the whine/noise.

    I have the RCA and amp turn on wire on the driver side.

    Any ideas? tips?
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    Seperate your power from your speaker wires. Power on one side, speakers and RCA's on the other. If that doesn't work get a noise suppressor from Radio Shack. I think you can get them at Walmart too.

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      #3
      Originally posted by visualpoet View Post
      Seperate your power from your speaker wires. Power on one side, speakers and RCA's on the other. If that doesn't work get a noise suppressor from Radio Shack. I think you can get them at Walmart too.
      Im going to try this first. Run the speaker wire away from the power. what about amout the ampt turn on wire? should that be in the speaker/rca side or on the power side?

      Originally posted by T-Clyde
      a bad ground, or grounded out RCA's at the head unit can also cause this, alot of kenwood headunits have come out with bad RCA outputs on them, i had a head unit a few years back that had a short within the outputs and would give me engine noise from the rears, so i switched it to non fade and ran everything off the front outputs and solved the issue.
      its a 2002 alpine radio.

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        #4
        Seperate your power from your speaker wires. Power on one side, speakers and RCA's on the other. If that doesn't work get a noise suppressor from Radio Shack. I think you can get them at Walmart too.
        Don't do this. Your speaker wires won't pick up engine noise from the power wire. The speaker wire carries relatively high voltage, and your RCAs carry really low voltage. In other words, your RCAs can pick up interference from the speaker wires. The problem is almost always a ground. Just check your amp ground first. If not that, check your head unit ground. Maybe you need new RCAs but its most likely an amp ground or head unit ground.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Sarthos View Post
          Don't do this. Your speaker wires won't pick up engine noise from the power wire. The speaker wire carries relatively high voltage, and your RCAs carry really low voltage. In other words, your RCAs can pick up interference from the speaker wires. The problem is almost always a ground. Just check your amp ground first. If not that, check your head unit ground. Maybe you need new RCAs but its most likely an amp ground or head unit ground.
          what location are you grounding at?

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            #6
            My amps are grounded directly to the battery.

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              #7
              So you ran a ground wire from you trunk all the way to the battery in the engine?

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                #8
                Ground wire from the trunk to the 70 lb battery in the trunk.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Sarthos View Post
                  Ground wire from the trunk to the 70 lb battery in the trunk.
                  did you relocate the battery or is this a seperate battery dedicated to the system?
                  Patiently Waiting.


                  MRT

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Sarthos View Post
                    Ground wire from the trunk to the 70 lb battery in the trunk.
                    i guess you have a bimmer or something.

                    i get it.

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                      #11
                      Bimmer? Beamer? No, cb7. I relocated my battery, and then added a second one.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by CBRIDE View Post
                        I cant seem to get rid of the engine whine/noise from my system.

                        I had all wires running down the driver side. I since moved the power wire and speaker wires to the passenger side but I still get the whine/noise.

                        I have the RCA and amp turn on wire on the driver side.

                        Any ideas? tips?
                        what u need to do is check the ground source where ur ground wire is make sure u scratched the paint on the body..another tip is make sure u got good RCAs as new or if yall want good shit get streetwire and if u have an old amp is most likely why too..
                        WHEN LIFE PASSES YOU BY...DOWN SHIFT...

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                          #13
                          another thing you can try is where the rca's plug into the headunit wrap a peice of wire around the outside metal of the rca and ground it

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Sarthos View Post
                            Don't do this. Your speaker wires won't pick up engine noise from the power wire. The speaker wire carries relatively high voltage, and your RCAs carry really low voltage. In other words, your RCAs can pick up interference from the speaker wires. The problem is almost always a ground. Just check your amp ground first. If not that, check your head unit ground. Maybe you need new RCAs but its most likely an amp ground or head unit ground.
                            Sorry,it should have read ...speakers OR RCAs. Seperation of power and signal is always a good thing.

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                              what are you guys using as your ground location?

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