jokerflingo
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Hi guys, i have a Holden VS Ute and have a medium priced audio system in it which comprises of a;
Subwoofer - Alpine SWS-1023D - Alpine Electronics of Australia
Amp - Cadence FXA-4060 - FXA-4060 - FX PLUS SERIES - Cadence Acoustics, LTD
Speakers - Alpine SPS-600 - Alpine Electronics of Australia
Head Unit - Sony CDX-4800X - 2 RCA Pre-Outs Front/Rear which i am using as Front and Sub since its has no Rear Speakers cause its a Ute.
All these components and cables are new except for the Head Unit which came with the car when i purchased it. Now i believe all these components are quite good quality and value being Alpine except maybe the HU.
Now here is the problem, there is this small type static noise which i am unsure if it is Alternator type ticking noise or Aerial type static noise. But i can tell you its so F*****G annoying that it could drive me insane and i literally mean me because my dad cannot hear it due to his hearing at age 55. Now this is another big problem because he is usually great at identifying problems but if he cant hear it he cant identify it. So i am really relying on you guys.
What i have done so far is pulled out the HU and AMP several times to check connections and everything else i possibly could, first i noticed the aerial plug was a little loose so i plugged right in thinking that will fix it but no, next i moved the power cable as far away as possible from the signal cables and thought that would fix it but no, then i replaced the little radio suppressor on the alternator thinking that would fix it but no. Also i have moved the ground wires several times with the HU ground connected to its factory earth and the Amp earth connected to the bottom of the passenger seat mount bolt(Amp is under Passenger Seat). I should also add that i don't believe this sound was there before the audio system install.
I am seriously getting so totally pissed off that im gonna end up breaking something. But heres the catch this problem only occurs when im listening to the radio no matter what station and the car is running. So CD with the car off or on sounds absolutely awesome for the price i paid for the system from a m8 at cost price from JB. Again if i listen to the radio with the car off it sounds flawless but when the car is running i get this tiny little static noise which sounds like it could be alternator noise or aerial static?
I am so confused as i am sure its not the Amp, Speakers or Sub which then leaves the Aerial or the HU as the culprit but this is what confuses me because i would have thought that if it was the HU that the CD would also play with this noise instead of being absolutely flawless? And then another thing that confuses me is the fact when the car is off and im listening to the radio again its fine? So again that sort of leads me to believe that the HU and Aerial are fine but then when the car is running there it is again that tiny little static type noise. What on earth could it possibly be because everything that leads me to believe that a particular component could be the problem then doesn't make sense because it works flawlessly when played via CD with the car or or off or on the radio with the car off?
I swear i have tried everything but it just wont P*** O** this little irritating noise. Now i know it would be best to try another HU or Aerial but thats not very easy in this case. Can anyone please tell me of anything i could try next or anything i have missed?
Any help would be much appreciated so that when im listening to the radio with the car running it will sound absolutely flawless as it does when im listening to the Radio with the car off or the CD with the car on or off.
Any info is much appreciated and sorry about the long post.
Thanks
Matt.
Subwoofer - Alpine SWS-1023D - Alpine Electronics of Australia
Amp - Cadence FXA-4060 - FXA-4060 - FX PLUS SERIES - Cadence Acoustics, LTD
Speakers - Alpine SPS-600 - Alpine Electronics of Australia
Head Unit - Sony CDX-4800X - 2 RCA Pre-Outs Front/Rear which i am using as Front and Sub since its has no Rear Speakers cause its a Ute.
All these components and cables are new except for the Head Unit which came with the car when i purchased it. Now i believe all these components are quite good quality and value being Alpine except maybe the HU.
Now here is the problem, there is this small type static noise which i am unsure if it is Alternator type ticking noise or Aerial type static noise. But i can tell you its so F*****G annoying that it could drive me insane and i literally mean me because my dad cannot hear it due to his hearing at age 55. Now this is another big problem because he is usually great at identifying problems but if he cant hear it he cant identify it. So i am really relying on you guys.
What i have done so far is pulled out the HU and AMP several times to check connections and everything else i possibly could, first i noticed the aerial plug was a little loose so i plugged right in thinking that will fix it but no, next i moved the power cable as far away as possible from the signal cables and thought that would fix it but no, then i replaced the little radio suppressor on the alternator thinking that would fix it but no. Also i have moved the ground wires several times with the HU ground connected to its factory earth and the Amp earth connected to the bottom of the passenger seat mount bolt(Amp is under Passenger Seat). I should also add that i don't believe this sound was there before the audio system install.
I am seriously getting so totally pissed off that im gonna end up breaking something. But heres the catch this problem only occurs when im listening to the radio no matter what station and the car is running. So CD with the car off or on sounds absolutely awesome for the price i paid for the system from a m8 at cost price from JB. Again if i listen to the radio with the car off it sounds flawless but when the car is running i get this tiny little static noise which sounds like it could be alternator noise or aerial static?
I am so confused as i am sure its not the Amp, Speakers or Sub which then leaves the Aerial or the HU as the culprit but this is what confuses me because i would have thought that if it was the HU that the CD would also play with this noise instead of being absolutely flawless? And then another thing that confuses me is the fact when the car is off and im listening to the radio again its fine? So again that sort of leads me to believe that the HU and Aerial are fine but then when the car is running there it is again that tiny little static type noise. What on earth could it possibly be because everything that leads me to believe that a particular component could be the problem then doesn't make sense because it works flawlessly when played via CD with the car or or off or on the radio with the car off?
I swear i have tried everything but it just wont P*** O** this little irritating noise. Now i know it would be best to try another HU or Aerial but thats not very easy in this case. Can anyone please tell me of anything i could try next or anything i have missed?
Any help would be much appreciated so that when im listening to the radio with the car running it will sound absolutely flawless as it does when im listening to the Radio with the car off or the CD with the car on or off.
Any info is much appreciated and sorry about the long post.
Thanks
Matt.