Help finding whine
05-24-2009, 05:41 PM
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Okay so I finally had time to pull my deck again. I used am ohm meter and double checked 0 ohms to all plugs. I used the wire trick and it eliminated the static and cut the whine in half but did not make it disappear. So it looks like it is half the problem. I guess I call pioneer tomorrow and see if they will send me a new deck.
06-02-2009, 07:55 PM
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Time to pull my hair out for another week. Okay so I don't have access to another deck at this time. The stereo shop assures me that the deck is fine. I've tried grounding the deck straight to the battery no change. I tried grounding the chassis to the same ground as the amp, there was a slight reduction of static but not much. I tried to use an mp3 player straight into the rca's but I never had any wire for the remote turn on. I used the deck with no rca's and the mp3 with rca's and the noise is still there. Do I just run a small wire straight from the battery to the remote turn on? The only thing that works well is the rca ground to the chassis of the deck. I know its not the best way to fix it but is there a problem with putting a wire there and leaving it permanently?
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06-02-2009, 11:42 PM
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Without reading the thread again, have you tried running some temporary rca cables over the top of the seats to the headunit? This takes the rca cable out of the equation as a possible culprit. Run a small wire from the constant power input on the amp to the remote on input. Just remember to disconnect it when you are done.
If the rca ground to the chassis of the deck is what is working, then the fuse that protects the circuit is toast. It is a internal fuse, incredibly small and I highly doubt they are trained to both test it and repair it.
If the rca ground to the chassis of the deck is what is working, then the fuse that protects the circuit is toast. It is a internal fuse, incredibly small and I highly doubt they are trained to both test it and repair it.
06-03-2009, 12:01 AM
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Any chance this is in a newer (05+ Nissan Altima?)
The groudn trace issue with Pioneers is extremely well known to anyone who installs Pioneers regularly. If it's a newer nissan Altima Wrap all the RCA's for about 8" behond the head unit in Tin foil and make sure the foil is touching the head unit chassis and the beam across the dash.
The groudn trace issue with Pioneers is extremely well known to anyone who installs Pioneers regularly. If it's a newer nissan Altima Wrap all the RCA's for about 8" behond the head unit in Tin foil and make sure the foil is touching the head unit chassis and the beam across the dash.
06-03-2009, 10:09 AM
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Thanks for the replies. I ran the rca's over the seats and tried moving them around but that never worked. I will run the remote wire and not use the deck at all which should prove the rest of the system. The shop I went to is where pioneer sent me when I called but I will try to go to my local shop and borrow a different deck to try. It's in a F150 but it can't hurt to try the tinfoil trick.
06-03-2009, 05:37 PM
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Okay new info. So it looks like I was fooled. The problem does not appear to be the deck even though the rca trick works. I hooked the remote wire to the power as instructed and hooked my mp3 to original rca's. A litttle noisy and engine whine. I thought the noise might be from my cheap connector but... I take another set of rca's set them and my mp3 on the seat. No noise, no whine. It must be rca placement. Even when I ran a set from deck to amp across the floor there was noise so it must have something to do with being close to the dash. I think I will try the tinfoil and see if it makes any change. Other ideas?
