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Electrical noise problem, hard to pin down
Hello all, looking for a bit of advice, I've run into a strange problem with
my intall, and I can't seem to figure out where it's coming from. Rough outline- MTX Thunder 4244 4 channel amp, getting fed from a Kenwood CD deck. Fronts- Infinity Refrence 6402cfp Rear- Infintiy Kappa 692.5i Problem- Whenever the engine is running, there is electrical noise that varies with engine speed, but not with volume; it's just as loud with the volume all the way down as it is all the way up. OK, I think, bad ground; sheetmetal screw in the trunk floor was pretty bad. Relocated, used a wire brush on an angle grinder to get it to bare metal (power tools are fun!). No change. It SOUNDS like it's coming from the rear channel only, but it's not affected by the fader controls or gain settings. On a whim though I tried swapping the RCA's on the back. The problem ONLY manifests in the rear channel; if I disconnect the rear, problem goes away, if I send the fronts to the rear, problem is still in the rear. Disconnecting the rear RCA lead and setting the amp to 2 channel input still results in noise in just the rear channel. Could this be an internal problem with the amp itself, because, frankly, I'm at a loss to figure this out. The rear speakers come with an external crossover, if I disconnect the tweeter, the noise all but dissappears. Could the external crossover be the problem? Or would it just be filtering out the noise to the woofer? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank-you, Mike O'Malley |
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Electrical noise problem, hard to pin down
ive had this problem with CB radios and RF modulators. the only thing i can
think of is try and find some sort of EMI shielding (some sort of shielded RCA cables and maybe shrouding to go over all wires) for everything behind the dash and shield it all. personally i just quit using a CB radio and RF modulators. i know that monster make a shielded RCA cable and that wire shield is available but your gonna have to look for it. lemme know if it works. -Nick "Mike O'Malley" wrote in message ... Hello all, looking for a bit of advice, I've run into a strange problem with my intall, and I can't seem to figure out where it's coming from. Rough outline- MTX Thunder 4244 4 channel amp, getting fed from a Kenwood CD deck. Fronts- Infinity Refrence 6402cfp Rear- Infintiy Kappa 692.5i Problem- Whenever the engine is running, there is electrical noise that varies with engine speed, but not with volume; it's just as loud with the volume all the way down as it is all the way up. OK, I think, bad ground; sheetmetal screw in the trunk floor was pretty bad. Relocated, used a wire brush on an angle grinder to get it to bare metal (power tools are fun!). No change. It SOUNDS like it's coming from the rear channel only, but it's not affected by the fader controls or gain settings. On a whim though I tried swapping the RCA's on the back. The problem ONLY manifests in the rear channel; if I disconnect the rear, problem goes away, if I send the fronts to the rear, problem is still in the rear. Disconnecting the rear RCA lead and setting the amp to 2 channel input still results in noise in just the rear channel. Could this be an internal problem with the amp itself, because, frankly, I'm at a loss to figure this out. The rear speakers come with an external crossover, if I disconnect the tweeter, the noise all but dissappears. Could the external crossover be the problem? Or would it just be filtering out the noise to the woofer? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank-you, Mike O'Malley |
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Electrical noise problem, hard to pin down
How are the external crossovers attached to the car? Perhaps they are being
grounded, that is the signal ground to the speaker is also on the car's ground - that can cause a ground loops. You could make disconnect the crossover and drive the speakers directly using a test signal of around 3,000 Hz - that should not damage the tweeter or woofer - if the noise goes away its got to be in the xover. Also to consider is this may be more than one problem - both a grounding and RF noise being picked up. Derek "Mike O'Malley" wrote in message ... Hello all, looking for a bit of advice, I've run into a strange problem with my intall, and I can't seem to figure out where it's coming from. Rough outline- MTX Thunder 4244 4 channel amp, getting fed from a Kenwood CD deck. Fronts- Infinity Refrence 6402cfp Rear- Infintiy Kappa 692.5i Problem- Whenever the engine is running, there is electrical noise that varies with engine speed, but not with volume; it's just as loud with the volume all the way down as it is all the way up. OK, I think, bad ground; sheetmetal screw in the trunk floor was pretty bad. Relocated, used a wire brush on an angle grinder to get it to bare metal (power tools are fun!). No change. It SOUNDS like it's coming from the rear channel only, but it's not affected by the fader controls or gain settings. On a whim though I tried swapping the RCA's on the back. The problem ONLY manifests in the rear channel; if I disconnect the rear, problem goes away, if I send the fronts to the rear, problem is still in the rear. Disconnecting the rear RCA lead and setting the amp to 2 channel input still results in noise in just the rear channel. Could this be an internal problem with the amp itself, because, frankly, I'm at a loss to figure this out. The rear speakers come with an external crossover, if I disconnect the tweeter, the noise all but dissappears. Could the external crossover be the problem? Or would it just be filtering out the noise to the woofer? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thank-you, Mike O'Malley |
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