I can hear static in my car stereo speakers only when my car is running. I have an aux in jack in the front of my radio and I plug my ipod into it. But i just got my car back yesterday after it had the heads redone and it started doing this. It doesnt do it with CDs and it doesnt do it when the car is not running but only on accessories. Only when the car is running is when the static is there. Then i unplug the cord from the jack and it stops. It didnt used to do this. Anyone have any idea?
2007-03-26 04:48:43 · 6 answers · asked by Johnny21usaf 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Audio
There could be several factors working together here.
1) A grounding strap from the engine to the body of the car may not have been re-installed.
2) Your little cable from your I-Pod to the stereo may not be shielded well from static.
3) You may have a sparkplug wire not competely pushed onto the spark plug and is arcing to the spark plug.
There could be other things, but I'd check those first.
2007-03-26 04:57:00 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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It could be electro-magnetic interference depending on where the HID power converter is mounted. I was going to tell you how to enclose (shield) the power supply and build a degaussing to capture the interference. Its a lot to wright for a location of the unknown. HIDs are power hogs on start up, The power drop created by them powering up may be enough for the Kenwood headunit to flutter and drop power to the USB causing the Ipod to drop out. You could look at adding a second battery for the stereo system yo have a dedicated power supply separate from all the other interference. You could also look at just installing a 1f Cap on the supply to the HID system. The cap would allow extra power for the HIDs to power up.
2016-04-07 02:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the cord you're using to connect your ipod is faulty. If the static were present on all sources I would say faulty ground loop to your head unit but I think you're saying this is only with the ipod.
2007-03-26 04:52:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like mrknow... suggested, the people who installed your rebuilt heads didn't reinstall an all-important ground strap.
Tis' this simple! No noise present until they did that (would have to remove ground strap for head-job), now, noise? Hmmm... Yep!
Do the Big3 Upgrade -power (charge) wire from alternator to battery, ground wire from batt. to frame, ground from frame to engine block- all in 4g or larger wire. This will completely elimanate your problem -I Promise!
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2007-03-27 18:00:03 · answer #4 · answered by ohm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds like your picking up engine noise in your speakers. this is fairly common and easy to fix.you can buy a lil' black box called something like "noise eliminator"or "static eliminator" at wal-mart or a car audio place. if that's not it , i would go back and check ALL the wires to make sure they are tight. especially the ground wires.
2007-03-26 05:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the noise is coming from the alternator which is only going when the car is on.
2007-03-26 04:52:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋