@@_N_B_0496 can i put the ring terminal & wire at the amp end of the RCA and the either put the other end of the wire into the ground of the amp or use a screw on the amp ?
@@_N_B_0496 instead of the RCA at the head unit end, do this same thing but at the other end where the RCA goes INTO the amp. Put the little ground wire at the amp end and then ground that little wire to a screw on the amp instead of the stereo. It would be easier to get to that than have to pull out the radio
c0uchsl0uch00 oh I see what you mean, yes that would probably be easier, but when I made the video I was working on my system anyway and had the head unit already out. Plus, all that extra little wiring wouldn’t be exposed and visible when the head unit was installed back in its place
Thank you so much for this video! This helped solving the unbearable alternator whine! Just a wire from the amplifier ground to the frame of the headunit did the trick! I still have to check the factory ground wires to find the source of the ground loop problem
I installed a simple 2 channel 200 watt boss amp to my son's ranger pickup rear 3way speakers. i grounded the RCA's to the radio and it is still made the random backfeed noise. On install i grounded the amp to a bare metal body spot with sheet metal screws. So now i am going to try your suggestion, I think it is a sound one because i know that electricity seeks the path of least resistance and adding an extra ground is always like insurance anyway. I had my son disconnect the rear amp until he comes home on semester break and I will then add the extra ground from the amp to the radio, see what happens and report back. Thanks.
Sometimes that’s also caused by using cheap quality rca cables that crosstalk and cause a whine, but what happened with my boss amp that is in this video is the whine came back a few months later and I was trying to figure out why, but couldn’t. After postponing that for a while I got a different, more powerful amp and that actually fixed the whine. Moral of the story is don’t buy cheap amps like this.
I know it’s a bit of a long video and since then I’ve thought of ways to make it a lot shorter and straight to the point, but all I did pretty much was loop one side of a wire around the RCA preamps on the headunit and loosen a screw on the chassis of the headunit and loop the other end of that wire around it, then just tighten the screw. Back then what I was trying to explain was my thought process on how I came up with that idea so that threw off a few people lol. So those ground wires on the amp were for the high inputs on the amp and technically had little to do with the problem solution
Are you running a line output converter? That might cause a problem if it’s kinda cheap. Same thing goes for the RCA cables if you have them (get good quality ones so they don’t cause cross-talk, which can also cause weird noises). Make sure your grounds are properly and securely connected (best ground is if you crimp copper cable lugs on the grounds) and bolt them to the chassis and make sure you remove any paint and oily residues from the ground surface (it’s a must!) and also have a proper connection on your power cables. If you’re running your signal wires from the speakers (instead of using RCA’s and a line output converter), make sure they’re connected to the right wires (negative to negative and positive to positive) and try to solder them or use good connectors instead of just twisting them together. Let me know if you’ve tried all this and it solved your problem, or if not, still let me know and I’ll try to narrow it down more and see if we can get rid of it. Good luck!
@@_N_B_0496 thank you buddy I'm going to try that but I have the Lc 2 converter and I was thinking maybe it was that. But I don't know I'm going crazy with this noise
Ugh I have this horrible ground loop right now and I don’t know what to do. It makes my subs buzz at a huge loud pitch! I am going to try upgrading the batteries ground tomorrow and I really hope it works. It’s not a whining buzz it’s like the subs are pounding.
Hi , I have kinda the same problem, I have an 8 " amplified subwoofer (active) installed in a GMC TERRAIN 2019, when I start the engine, when I push the gas and when the rpms go up or down , it sounds a buzz out of the subwoofer they are connected thru RCA , would it work for me? , Ive taken the truck thru various technicians but they all say that it's well grounded ...
outside of a simple grounding issue, if you have rca's & power cables running to the amp try to make sure theyre not running right alongside each other because it can cause hissing and issues, depending on how much power and quality of cables. it could also be a struggling alternator adding to hissing as that is what provides the power when the cars running. that could be why when you hit the gas it can change the hissing/sound, more rpm means the alternators doing more, more power is moving around to fuel injectors, etc. which could worsen hissing. maybe check to see if the hissing is there when the engine isnt running which should mean power is direct from the battery to start troubleshooting. i had to setup a second battery in my car back in the day (a deep cycle marine battery meant for a trolling motor) to help level things out because my stereo was drawing too much power and causing all sorts of problems like my lights would all dim, nearly shutting off and i killed an alternator or two from pushing them past their specs and all sorts of hissing. i also ran all power cables down one side of the car and all rca/speaker wires down the other with basically no crossing of wires (a massive pain in the ass involving removing seats/carpet/panels) and bought a nicer aftermarket alternator to handle the extra power draw on it. no hissing at all regardless of how much power was being used afterwards. it also helps to have high quality equipment. not sure what you have but that can def be a factor. generally speaking cheaper stuff just isnt going to perform as well because its made with cheaper parts and built with profit in mind more than performance. my kicker zr amps and eclipse aluminum subs were good stuff back then, higher end way back in the 90s... cause im old, but same principal still applies. higher end brands will use higher end parts that just perform better. most people dont need 140db of bass though so can probably find a better balance of $$ for performance than what i had.
I have a jet ski setup and it makes buzzing sounds when no music is playing but when it plays the buzzing sound kinda goes away. But if you pause the song then you’ll get buzzing again. I’ve tried 2 different rca’s but I just bought two more brands and I’ll give that a shot. Can’t really move them since it’s a jet ski and space is very limited but any suggestions you could give that’ll be great!
I feel like a jet ski is a different type of setup, I’m not familiar with marine audio equipment. I’d assume if changing RCA’s doesn’t help, maybe see if all your grounds are good. If you have the amp grounded to the chassis, see if grounding to the battery changes that. Also, sometimes a bad am or head unit can cause that, but doesn’t sound likely from what you’ve described.
Check your rca cables. Don't run them close to the power and ground wires. I had the same issue. Took it all out. Redid my wiring layout. Just try to keep rca cables on opposite side of your car/suv.
Hello! are this can help to repair problem of my sound degradation? I think the problem is with the head unit, but head unit is 100% good. If i have good sound, sound is bad after next engine start :/
I disconnected the rcas from my head unit and speakers still make noise it’s had to be my 4 channel so tried stripping wire and touching all 4 rcas and touching wire to bare metal on amp didn’t make a difference will have to try this
I have the same amp.. I’m getting where it won’t cut on the subs and sometimes it does just depends if it wants to . Checked all the wires … doesn’t go into protective mode at all , power lights stays on sometimes when I move the amp around wildly it will turn on but not everytime
High to low converter makes speaker wire from radio in to low pass rca cables for amp rcas and a noise filter can help rca from radio to noise filter rca to amp
And amp needs to be mounted to metal frame of car too you have to use like bolt from seatbelt scrach off paint under it put wire to it tighten it tight screw seatbelt back in
If you mean you don’t have your RCA’s hooked up, but your power and ground are hooked up them you most likely have a weak ground. Make sure your ground point is free of paint (scuff it up with an 80 grit sandpaper or with wire wheel) and make sure you bolt it tight to the chassis. I’d suggest using a bolt that bolts directly into the chassis, likely bolts that hold the seats down. Same goes for the power cable, make sure it has a clean connection to the battery or the alternator, depending on where you hook it up to. Also, it’s critical that both your power and ground wires are properly crimped and properly installed into the amp, I’ve done that many times where I’d try to hook everything up fast to test and forget to install properly and have bad contact that causes all kindles of issues.
@@_N_B_0496 so I have a 98 camry and I hooked up a boss head unit. Cd/radio/bluetooth. The only ground wires I have (green wires) are the 1 wire coming from each of the plug clip attachments from the back of the radio that I then each connect to a ground coming from the car. So two total ground wires each attached. Is that enough ground? Should I also use another ground wire say attached from the case of the radio to a metal point in the console opening? As far as my amp goes I dont think anything is coming from it other than the wires I join together from the back of the head unit wires. There isnt any rca jacks
@@Dibran9mm hey, I know it’s a hella late reply, but I’d think it’s that Boss HU, unfortunately. Since I made that video, I’ve realized that the Boss amp was pretty trash and a few months after that video it made the noise come back and at that point no grounds would fix that. Replaced the amp and everything was cool. But I might be wrong. And if you’ve fixed the problem, please lmk how and what the problem was so I can pass the word to others. Thanks!
Humming problem in my pioneer subwoofer. ,my setup is crown amplifier xti 4002 , pioneer 709bt, XLR to rca cable , Rockford fosgate to play punch components but hummm sound in my subwoofer plz solve my problem.
Bro you’re running so many brands that I can’t keep track lol. Idk if that has anything to do with it, might be compatibility issues, but not too likely. I’d say check your ground for the sub amp (ground wire noce and short, securely connected to the amp, bolted down to the chassis of your car to bare metal and absolutely no exceptions), check your rca cable connections (and also make sure the rca cables you’re running are good quality and not some cheap stuff from Walmart, otherwise you could have crosstalk) , and I’m not entirely sure on what xlr is and why you have it, but I’d suspect something could potentially be wrong at the xlr cable to rca cable connection. The less adapters you’re running in between 2 components, the less problems you’ll have. Try some of these things, or at least double check everything I said because sometimes you think you have everything done properly, but overlook one small thing and it’ll mess up your sound. And definitely let me know if any of these things solved it for you.
My taramps md 5k is doing that I think the rca ports on amp are going bad bc when I mess with where the rca plug into the amp it fixes it for awhile do you think there loose or something inside the amp I definitely would like to get amp with tiffany style rca
RCA’s on the amp rarely do that, I rather suspect your RCA cable connectors. Unless you can see the actual RCA port on the amp wiggle when you touch the connector.
@@_N_B_0496 yeah it wiggles and that how I fix it just wiggle it a little I'm sure that will only fix it so long before it finally totally breaks I have zero experience fixing amps should I just send it in to be repaired?
noob here..am really fedup of this noise since i changed my stereo and used a jbl a6004 amp..what exactly should i do? in layman terms...will replacing the rca cable to a better quality one do the trick? coz i m not able to understand how to ground my amp :(
Since I’ve posted this vid I found that there may be more causes to this. The easiest to do is to make sure all your grounds have a clean contact to the metal. Then you can go the quality rca route and make sure you don’t run them close to other cables to avoid crosstalk as much as possible. If that doesn’t fix it then it’s probably the head unit. Cheap head units tend to do that. Sometimes even more expensive headunits can have internal component failure which causes whining.
@@tigerfighter8921 lol, I know what you mean. But being a mechanic myself, we don’t usually deal with electronic stuff like this. I work on semi trucks and I scan them with a computer and if I have to, fix electrical faults in the truck, replace bad electrical components, but mostly I deal with mechanical side of the vehicle. I think you’d be better off going to some kind of audio shop, I’m sure they deal a lot with stuff like this. Hope this helps!
@@_N_B_0496 yes it solved my issue :)..thx for helping me out :)..the mechanic kept checking my amp and stereo..ultimately it was a faulty and cheap quality rca cable :')..changed and hissing noise gone..not burning my car down anymore :)
@@tigerfighter8921 bro, sorry for the late reply! For some reason not all replies go into my notifications. But I just wanted to thank you for replying and letting me know what fixed your problem, that means a lot to me as I’m a problem solver and always wanna know what exactly fixes it.
Hi what could cause whine to come out of the rear speaker when I press the gas. Also 1 channel on my 4 channel doesn't work . Bad ground or bad amp. Any help would be appreciated
I have a similar issue but in my case I am using a 1000w PSU to power my speakers and sub and I am getting the faint hissing despite grounding out the head unit. I believe it is an issue with the power supply. Are there any easy solutions to this?
Since the time I posted this video I’ve learned some other things that might cause this. If ur running rca’s make sure they’re located separate from the power wires as they can crosstalk. Also, what kind of head unit r u running? It’s been a while since I’ve looked into head unit problems, but I’ve read that there are some kind of chips inside that keep the head unit from making all kinds of unwanted sounds and those can burn up. And r u running an amp to power ur door speakers? If so, make sure ur getting the proper ground to the amp and the speakers r properly connected.
Hey thanks for replying. I'm running a brand-new kenwood ddx26bt double din to my brand-new skar sk-m4004d 4 channel. I've tried all the tricks with RCA's and high level. I've given the Hu it's own power n ground straight to the battery. No luck. I've separated power, turn on, speaker wire, RCA's a few times. No luck. I've tried to ground the RCA's I've grounded the high level. Still no luck. It's driving me crazy man any help would be appreciated!
@@_N_B_0496 I just checked my battery voltage. 12.65 car off. 12.85 car on.. I've read when ur alternator is bad that it puts out ac voltage into the charging system and that's the noise ur amp is amplifying (the whine). I think I just found the $200 problem
Personally all this video did for me was make it so I'm wasting my time taking the casing of an after-market deck off now because it's driving me nuts and I want to know where the other end of the ground inside of a factory aftermarket deck goes to because in my mind all you did was add another ground for your amp I don't see how you helped the head unit whatsoever unless the other end of the ground inside of the cave somewhere goes somewhere right to the metal there are the casing if that's the case then I guess you did probably strengthen the ground
Sorry for the late reply, but yeah, I didn’t ground the amp, I provided a better ground for the RCA preamps. If rca’s don’t have a good ground you’ll have static.
So I have a 2019 ram 1500 I installed the subs to the stock head unit using a low output adaptor. For some reason I can hear the this loud rumble while driving or when the truck is at idle I’ve tried EVERYTHING! Could you please help me out ?
Ok, so what headunit do you have? Which methods have you tried already? Send me some pics of how you have it wired, and maybe some kind of wiring diagram that you’ve been following maybe? Here’s my email nikitos260496@gmail.com
Wow why in the absolute fucking hell would you go through the trouble of using high level inputs and ripping apart your wiring harness when you have the literal one thing that prevents you from having to use them: AN AFTERMARKET HEADUNIT! Low level input will always be cleaner and simpler than tapping into an already amplified signal!!
I've bought a vehicle from someone who ended up doing this. I wanted to shoot myself in the face. The wiring harness had all sorts of bad spots after he was done.
Alot of people want to retain stock look a climate control features with oem headunit. It's not that difficult. Cut your harness and wire high level to a line output converter like an lci7 where you can amplify the input signal to match the amp rca input voltage. Just label everything if you plan on putting back together to resell.
I’ve gone to a stereo shop multiple times and they just can’t seem to do the job right installing a system in my car. Just when I thought everything was all good, this hissing sound comes on. I’m not taking it back there anymore. Shitty work
The night i put my sub in me and my friend went out and when my car would he around 2000 rpm while accelerating you would hear a sound similar to if you had an aftermarket exhaust or cut off the exhaust and i had tricked her for a few minutes till it got annoying and i told her the amp wasn’t grounded good enough 😂😂
I got away with buck converter. I start the car, connect buck converter to battery and set it to 12v-ish to power the stereo. I use relay with the coil connected to ignition cable from the car and to chasis. The battery goes to buck input then to relay. NO pin on relay connect to both the stereo battery and ignition. This stop engine whine, but still got small noise. To make it dead silent, I use 4700uf parallel with 100n capacitor on buck output connection. What I suspect here is that the noise injected from ignition wire to the stereo. Try to connect ignition wire to the stereo through buck converter set to 12v, you do need relay in this case. Buck converter deliver constant voltage and there is also output filter on it, adding capacitor on the output act as another filter stages. If you connect battery through buck converter you need bigger module, which is more expensive. If its just ignition you could made it with micro buck converter under a buck.
Man I have this very same problem. My amps is in the booth. There is no point in running a wire from my head unit too the ground of the amp. The ground of the amp is going to a screw in the chasis. So I think is more than enough to run a wire from the metal case of the HU to another screw on the chasis in the front. Whre? I don't know yet. I have a mercedes and there is ton of other matterials till the metal. I shall see. About your setup, man you took it all wrong. Using RCA's is more efficient. I have 3 pairs. One for the sub, one for the front speakers and one for the back speakers. I don't use anymore the amp from my head unit so as you can imagine is quite cold. The main reason is the quality. Instead of using signal from your preamp, you are using your player amp to rise it (add some artefacts) then you take it down again with the high-level inputs of your amp and then again rise it with the BOSS amp and add more artects this time from it's own circuits. The results is desaster. I always disagree with this solutions. I will rather have no amp, the quality is very very bad, you loose the briliance and the result is muddy. So fucking muddy is hateful.
Hey man ! Thanks a lot for this helpful video. I will try out your recommended fix. However, for this audio whining problem with engine speed, I tried replacing my RCA cables and it worked fine for a while. I never started my car engine after that. After a few days, when I restarted my car engine. There was a static crack sound in my speakers followed by whining when hitting the gas. What could be the problem? It’s weird cause I replaced 2 RCAs already but whenever I start my car engine after some time, the problem returns
Im not an expert but simply replacing the RCA's wouldnt solve that issue. They still arent grounded properly its a problem with how the car is built/ how the head unit is built. If people didnt use such cheap bullshit in their products we probably wouldnt have these issues.
Make sure the ground is grounded correct but before that fully sand the area where the ground will be grounded make sure terminals and connectors are fully crimped not half ass and loose make sure all components match the rest of the equipment installed don't buy knock off products especially shit from china
Lol, did you see how old this video is? You don’t actually think BOSS amps run that long, do you? But yeah, that amp was trash pretty much from the beginning so I got rid of it only a few months after I got it.
I just installed speakers, amp and sub to my factory head unit with an LOC in a 2016 Canyon and had 2 noises. One rpm related and the other just a constant buzz. I moved the amp ground and the rpm noise went away but the constant buzz is still there. Do you have Any idea what I should check now?
What if you get noise and you’re using your factory radio?
Thank you my dude. I grounded the preamp RCA output on the head unit and no more alternator noice.
I couldn't help but think about Ricky on Trailer Park Boys explaining this. Thanks for the idea bro. I'll give it a try.
To make a long story short I think he is saying use a ground wire from the head unit to the amp .
steve dental pretty much, I guess it doesn’t make a difference if you connect it to the ground on the amp or the chassis
@@_N_B_0496 can i put the ring terminal & wire at the amp end of the RCA and the either put the other end of the wire into the ground of the amp or use a screw on the amp ?
c0uchsl0uch00 hey, not entirely sure what you’re asking. Could you describe in detail what you mean?
@@_N_B_0496 instead of the RCA at the head unit end, do this same thing but at the other end where the RCA goes INTO the amp. Put the little ground wire at the amp end and then ground that little wire to a screw on the amp instead of the stereo. It would be easier to get to that than have to pull out the radio
c0uchsl0uch00 oh I see what you mean, yes that would probably be easier, but when I made the video I was working on my system anyway and had the head unit already out. Plus, all that extra little wiring wouldn’t be exposed and visible when the head unit was installed back in its place
Thanks man, grounding the RCA from the head unit to a screw solved the problem
Rca to a ground screw? So u put the rca into the ground and the amp input?
It’s that super charger scream!!😂
Thank you so much for this video! This helped solving the unbearable alternator whine!
Just a wire from the amplifier ground to the frame of the headunit did the trick!
I still have to check the factory ground wires to find the source of the ground loop problem
Hello! this ground you connected to screw of amp? or terminal ground amp?
Omg thank you so much I just finished installing a amp on a 2016 f150 and had the exact same problem and solution. Thank you so much!!!
No problem, glad you’re one of those who it helped!
I installed a simple 2 channel 200 watt boss amp to my son's ranger pickup rear 3way speakers. i grounded the RCA's to the radio and it is still made the random backfeed noise. On install i grounded the amp to a bare metal body spot with sheet metal screws. So now i am going to try your suggestion, I think it is a sound one because i know that electricity seeks the path of least resistance and adding an extra ground is always like insurance anyway. I had my son disconnect the rear amp until he comes home on semester break and I will then add the extra ground from the amp to the radio, see what happens and report back. Thanks.
Sometimes that’s also caused by using cheap quality rca cables that crosstalk and cause a whine, but what happened with my boss amp that is in this video is the whine came back a few months later and I was trying to figure out why, but couldn’t. After postponing that for a while I got a different, more powerful amp and that actually fixed the whine. Moral of the story is don’t buy cheap amps like this.
As much as I love telling people my car is turbocharged the ringing is getting too annoying lol
Lol, I loved pretending at first too, but I could never convince myself enough to believe that my 05 grand caravan was turbocharged
I'm experiencing this problem after a DIY amp install. I'll try this method, will update afterwards.
so did he run a wire from the amp ground to the radio or the ground and amp signal wire both together then to the radio
I know it’s a bit of a long video and since then I’ve thought of ways to make it a lot shorter and straight to the point, but all I did pretty much was loop one side of a wire around the RCA preamps on the headunit and loosen a screw on the chassis of the headunit and loop the other end of that wire around it, then just tighten the screw. Back then what I was trying to explain was my thought process on how I came up with that idea so that threw off a few people lol. So those ground wires on the amp were for the high inputs on the amp and technically had little to do with the problem solution
Just get a wire and put a piece a wire by a metal part of your stereo or car and connect it to the ground terminal
I'm trying to take these sound away from my Chevrolet using factory radio I installed two amplifiers it's not going away how can I fix this problem
Are you running a line output converter? That might cause a problem if it’s kinda cheap. Same thing goes for the RCA cables if you have them (get good quality ones so they don’t cause cross-talk, which can also cause weird noises). Make sure your grounds are properly and securely connected (best ground is if you crimp copper cable lugs on the grounds) and bolt them to the chassis and make sure you remove any paint and oily residues from the ground surface (it’s a must!) and also have a proper connection on your power cables. If you’re running your signal wires from the speakers (instead of using RCA’s and a line output converter), make sure they’re connected to the right wires (negative to negative and positive to positive) and try to solder them or use good connectors instead of just twisting them together. Let me know if you’ve tried all this and it solved your problem, or if not, still let me know and I’ll try to narrow it down more and see if we can get rid of it. Good luck!
@@_N_B_0496 thank you buddy I'm going to try that but I have the Lc 2 converter and I was thinking maybe it was that. But I don't know I'm going crazy with this noise
@@walteralvarado3640 I feel ya man
Thanks dude, i used the wire around the RCA and the deck screw
It worked?
Ugh I have this horrible ground loop right now and I don’t know what to do. It makes my subs buzz at a huge loud pitch! I am going to try upgrading the batteries ground tomorrow and I really hope it works. It’s not a whining buzz it’s like the subs are pounding.
Sounds like same issue I have. In the shop to figure out...
Did it fix it?
Hi , I have kinda the same problem, I have an 8 " amplified subwoofer (active) installed in a GMC TERRAIN 2019, when I start the engine, when I push the gas and when the rpms go up or down , it sounds a buzz out of the subwoofer they are connected thru RCA , would it work for me? , Ive taken the truck thru various technicians but they all say that it's well grounded ...
What happens if you unplug your RCA’s? What rca’s are you running?
outside of a simple grounding issue, if you have rca's & power cables running to the amp try to make sure theyre not running right alongside each other because it can cause hissing and issues, depending on how much power and quality of cables. it could also be a struggling alternator adding to hissing as that is what provides the power when the cars running. that could be why when you hit the gas it can change the hissing/sound, more rpm means the alternators doing more, more power is moving around to fuel injectors, etc. which could worsen hissing. maybe check to see if the hissing is there when the engine isnt running which should mean power is direct from the battery to start troubleshooting. i had to setup a second battery in my car back in the day (a deep cycle marine battery meant for a trolling motor) to help level things out because my stereo was drawing too much power and causing all sorts of problems like my lights would all dim, nearly shutting off and i killed an alternator or two from pushing them past their specs and all sorts of hissing. i also ran all power cables down one side of the car and all rca/speaker wires down the other with basically no crossing of wires (a massive pain in the ass involving removing seats/carpet/panels) and bought a nicer aftermarket alternator to handle the extra power draw on it. no hissing at all regardless of how much power was being used afterwards. it also helps to have high quality equipment. not sure what you have but that can def be a factor. generally speaking cheaper stuff just isnt going to perform as well because its made with cheaper parts and built with profit in mind more than performance. my kicker zr amps and eclipse aluminum subs were good stuff back then, higher end way back in the 90s... cause im old, but same principal still applies. higher end brands will use higher end parts that just perform better. most people dont need 140db of bass though so can probably find a better balance of $$ for performance than what i had.
I have a jet ski setup and it makes buzzing sounds when no music is playing but when it plays the buzzing sound kinda goes away. But if you pause the song then you’ll get buzzing again. I’ve tried 2 different rca’s but I just bought two more brands and I’ll give that a shot. Can’t really move them since it’s a jet ski and space is very limited but any suggestions you could give that’ll be great!
I feel like a jet ski is a different type of setup, I’m not familiar with marine audio equipment. I’d assume if changing RCA’s doesn’t help, maybe see if all your grounds are good. If you have the amp grounded to the chassis, see if grounding to the battery changes that. Also, sometimes a bad am or head unit can cause that, but doesn’t sound likely from what you’ve described.
@@_N_B_0496 when I unplug the RCA’s the buzzing stops. If I turn down the gain on the amp the hum/buzzing sound lowers in volume if that makes sense
Check your rca cables. Don't run them close to the power and ground wires. I had the same issue. Took it all out. Redid my wiring layout. Just try to keep rca cables on opposite side of your car/suv.
I did what you said and still have that whine/static, I’ve tried many things and nothing seems to work, I need help
Just ground the head unit with a decent size wire on a good ground area
What is a good ground area?
Hello! are this can help to repair problem of my sound degradation? I think the problem is with the head unit, but head unit is 100% good. If i have good sound, sound is bad after next engine start :/
I disconnected the rcas from my head unit and speakers still make noise it’s had to be my 4 channel so tried stripping wire and touching all 4 rcas and touching wire to bare metal on amp didn’t make a difference will have to try this
What amp do you have? Sometimes amps may fail and make speakers screech
Looks like you got a lot of lights running at same time you shoul get a capasitor for car audio to help maintain power to steroeo for hard bass hits
I have the same amp.. I’m getting where it won’t cut on the subs and sometimes it does just depends if it wants to . Checked all the wires … doesn’t go into protective mode at all , power lights stays on sometimes when I move the amp around wildly it will turn on but not everytime
@@cody6.6max it sounds like a poor grounding issue, maybe even both the ground and power need to be tightened.
@@_N_B_0496 ya wish . Tried it all I even took all
Wires off and wired it all back
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High to low converter makes speaker wire from radio in to low pass rca cables for amp rcas and a noise filter can help rca from radio to noise filter rca to amp
What if I don’t have rca that connect speaker wire around have the full cable
@@juliomoreno5370 what do you mean?
I have done lots or car audio. Doing boat right now and it has this whine. Ill try your trick! Thanks!
Good luck!
And amp needs to be mounted to metal frame of car too you have to use like bolt from seatbelt scrach off paint under it put wire to it tighten it tight screw seatbelt back in
No it doesnt, amps have a ground wire for that reason
I dont have a amp hooked up and it hums from the alternator. What do I do?
If you mean you don’t have your RCA’s hooked up, but your power and ground are hooked up them you most likely have a weak ground. Make sure your ground point is free of paint (scuff it up with an 80 grit sandpaper or with wire wheel) and make sure you bolt it tight to the chassis. I’d suggest using a bolt that bolts directly into the chassis, likely bolts that hold the seats down. Same goes for the power cable, make sure it has a clean connection to the battery or the alternator, depending on where you hook it up to. Also, it’s critical that both your power and ground wires are properly crimped and properly installed into the amp, I’ve done that many times where I’d try to hook everything up fast to test and forget to install properly and have bad contact that causes all kindles of issues.
@@_N_B_0496 so I have a 98 camry and I hooked up a boss head unit. Cd/radio/bluetooth. The only ground wires I have (green wires) are the 1 wire coming from each of the plug clip attachments from the back of the radio that I then each connect to a ground coming from the car. So two total ground wires each attached. Is that enough ground? Should I also use another ground wire say attached from the case of the radio to a metal point in the console opening? As far as my amp goes I dont think anything is coming from it other than the wires I join together from the back of the head unit wires. There isnt any rca jacks
@@Dibran9mm hey, I know it’s a hella late reply, but I’d think it’s that Boss HU, unfortunately. Since I made that video, I’ve realized that the Boss amp was pretty trash and a few months after that video it made the noise come back and at that point no grounds would fix that. Replaced the amp and everything was cool. But I might be wrong. And if you’ve fixed the problem, please lmk how and what the problem was so I can pass the word to others. Thanks!
@@_N_B_0496 can I show u what I bought and see if it would work in taking the noise out
This shit actually worked. Been tryn to get rid of that shit for years.
Humming problem in my pioneer subwoofer. ,my setup is crown amplifier xti 4002 , pioneer 709bt, XLR to rca cable , Rockford fosgate to play punch components but hummm sound in my subwoofer plz solve my problem.
Bro you’re running so many brands that I can’t keep track lol. Idk if that has anything to do with it, might be compatibility issues, but not too likely. I’d say check your ground for the sub amp (ground wire noce and short, securely connected to the amp, bolted down to the chassis of your car to bare metal and absolutely no exceptions), check your rca cable connections (and also make sure the rca cables you’re running are good quality and not some cheap stuff from Walmart, otherwise you could have crosstalk) , and I’m not entirely sure on what xlr is and why you have it, but I’d suspect something could potentially be wrong at the xlr cable to rca cable connection. The less adapters you’re running in between 2 components, the less problems you’ll have. Try some of these things, or at least double check everything I said because sometimes you think you have everything done properly, but overlook one small thing and it’ll mess up your sound. And definitely let me know if any of these things solved it for you.
@@_N_B_0496 thanks you so much for your support 🙏🙏
@@manjeetsolanki3160 no problem man, did any of what I suggested help? Lmk cuz I’d love to know cuz I’m still learning everyday lol
My taramps md 5k is doing that I think the rca ports on amp are going bad bc when I mess with where the rca plug into the amp it fixes it for awhile do you think there loose or something inside the amp I definitely would like to get amp with tiffany style rca
RCA’s on the amp rarely do that, I rather suspect your RCA cable connectors. Unless you can see the actual RCA port on the amp wiggle when you touch the connector.
@@_N_B_0496 yeah it wiggles and that how I fix it just wiggle it a little I'm sure that will only fix it so long before it finally totally breaks I have zero experience fixing amps should I just send it in to be repaired?
@@_N_B_0496 I have am rca tester and tested the rca they seem good they are sky high rca
@@basscaddy1449YOUR ALTERNATOR
Your video saved me, thought it was the engine or sth like that.
noob here..am really fedup of this noise since i changed my stereo and used a jbl a6004 amp..what exactly should i do? in layman terms...will replacing the rca cable to a better quality one do the trick? coz i m not able to understand how to ground my amp :(
Since I’ve posted this vid I found that there may be more causes to this. The easiest to do is to make sure all your grounds have a clean contact to the metal. Then you can go the quality rca route and make sure you don’t run them close to other cables to avoid crosstalk as much as possible. If that doesn’t fix it then it’s probably the head unit. Cheap head units tend to do that. Sometimes even more expensive headunits can have internal component failure which causes whining.
@@_N_B_0496 thx..i will show your msg to the car mechanic..hopefully he gets it :')..coz sometimes i want to burn my car down..its so damn irritating
@@tigerfighter8921 lol, I know what you mean. But being a mechanic myself, we don’t usually deal with electronic stuff like this. I work on semi trucks and I scan them with a computer and if I have to, fix electrical faults in the truck, replace bad electrical components, but mostly I deal with mechanical side of the vehicle. I think you’d be better off going to some kind of audio shop, I’m sure they deal a lot with stuff like this. Hope this helps!
@@_N_B_0496 yes it solved my issue :)..thx for helping me out :)..the mechanic kept checking my amp and stereo..ultimately it was a faulty and cheap quality rca cable :')..changed and hissing noise gone..not burning my car down anymore :)
@@tigerfighter8921 bro, sorry for the late reply! For some reason not all replies go into my notifications. But I just wanted to thank you for replying and letting me know what fixed your problem, that means a lot to me as I’m a problem solver and always wanna know what exactly fixes it.
hello I tried to do it only for one rca will it work or should I wrap all?
Hey, I’d do it on all rca’s that are plugged in, that’ll probably be your best bet
@@_N_B_0496 Thank you very much... will try that soon..
@@akshaydwarku5477 let me know if that help.
@@_N_B_0496 For sure..
Hi what could cause whine to come out of the rear speaker when I press the gas. Also 1 channel on my 4 channel doesn't work . Bad ground or bad amp. Any help would be appreciated
I just got a 4 channel high level amp.
Stock radio equinox. I believe this will work will try tomorrow am
It helped me thank you and by the way I'm a paraplegic
I have a similar issue but in my case I am using a 1000w PSU to power my speakers and sub and I am getting the faint hissing despite grounding out the head unit. I believe it is an issue with the power supply. Are there any easy solutions to this?
Move the key on switch wire to another spot that still turns on when u tryin the key. Anywhere at the fuse panel
Ive tried both ways, high level input and RCA's. I'm still getting the wine I've tried everything! Bad alternator maybe? Please help
Since the time I posted this video I’ve learned some other things that might cause this. If ur running rca’s make sure they’re located separate from the power wires as they can crosstalk. Also, what kind of head unit r u running? It’s been a while since I’ve looked into head unit problems, but I’ve read that there are some kind of chips inside that keep the head unit from making all kinds of unwanted sounds and those can burn up. And r u running an amp to power ur door speakers? If so, make sure ur getting the proper ground to the amp and the speakers r properly connected.
Hey thanks for replying. I'm running a brand-new kenwood ddx26bt double din to my brand-new skar sk-m4004d 4 channel. I've tried all the tricks with RCA's and high level. I've given the Hu it's own power n ground straight to the battery. No luck. I've separated power, turn on, speaker wire, RCA's a few times. No luck. I've tried to ground the RCA's I've grounded the high level. Still no luck. It's driving me crazy man any help would be appreciated!
@@joescott5558 do you have any problems with ur battery being charged by any chance?
@@_N_B_0496 I just checked my battery voltage. 12.65 car off. 12.85 car on.. I've read when ur alternator is bad that it puts out ac voltage into the charging system and that's the noise ur amp is amplifying (the whine). I think I just found the $200 problem
@@joescott5558 did you ever get it fixed?
Personally all this video did for me was make it so I'm wasting my time taking the casing of an after-market deck off now because it's driving me nuts and I want to know where the other end of the ground inside of a factory aftermarket deck goes to because in my mind all you did was add another ground for your amp I don't see how you helped the head unit whatsoever unless the other end of the ground inside of the cave somewhere goes somewhere right to the metal there are the casing if that's the case then I guess you did probably strengthen the ground
Sorry for the late reply, but yeah, I didn’t ground the amp, I provided a better ground for the RCA preamps. If rca’s don’t have a good ground you’ll have static.
It could be a bad ground but sounds like the amp gain is set too high to me.
your head unit looks like it is still in demo mode
They have subs on a short bus? 🚌
Thank you so much dude.. I'm going to try next weekend and let you know the results.
Results?
@@ManuelCrazy18 I think he died
@@MrTherandomvidsguy🤔 results update ?
You good bro?
Hello?
Do I put the ground just on the radio. By tying the ground to the rca and then to the radio?
Or is it from the amp ground to the radio metal?
U can try either or both. If I remember correctly they both do the same thing
My problem is only the tweeter has a staric sound when i turn on the ACC. When i adjust the amp gain the static noise will increase.
Same 😔
Same
Bro I almost blew my dome off listening to this fml thanks for the info
Not sure if that’s a good thing, but you’re welcome.
So I have a 2019 ram 1500 I installed the subs to the stock head unit using a low output adaptor. For some reason I can hear the this loud rumble while driving or when the truck is at idle I’ve tried EVERYTHING! Could you please help me out ?
Ok, so what headunit do you have? Which methods have you tried already? Send me some pics of how you have it wired, and maybe some kind of wiring diagram that you’ve been following maybe? Here’s my email nikitos260496@gmail.com
I have same issues did u figure it out?
Years later I’m having this same issue after installing a taramps, alternator noises, and this ZZZZZZZZZZ at volume zero.
What part of the head unit did you actually earth?
Just find any screw on the metal body of the headunit, loosen it a little, wrap around it and tighten the screw. Then connect to ground.
Need Super Fat grounds Bruh, more (ohms dissipation) for the station. 🤙
I put this exact amp in a buddies car and it is loud with engine noise. Must be a brand issues with Boss these are very cheap.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure. I’ve heard other people have problems with them as well.
Wow why in the absolute fucking hell would you go through the trouble of using high level inputs and ripping apart your wiring harness when you have the literal one thing that prevents you from having to use them: AN AFTERMARKET HEADUNIT! Low level input will always be cleaner and simpler than tapping into an already amplified signal!!
I've bought a vehicle from someone who ended up doing this. I wanted to shoot myself in the face. The wiring harness had all sorts of bad spots after he was done.
Alot of people want to retain stock look a climate control features with oem headunit. It's not that difficult. Cut your harness and wire high level to a line output converter like an lci7 where you can amplify the input signal to match the amp rca input voltage. Just label everything if you plan on putting back together to resell.
static is coming for amp mostly go around rca on amp and stick it in ground side on amp ...
Why does everyone do this work in the dark?
Those that do usually have jobs and can’t do it in the light, only after work when it’s dark.
I’ve gone to a stereo shop multiple times and they just can’t seem to do the job right installing a system in my car. Just when I thought everything was all good, this hissing sound comes on. I’m not taking it back there anymore. Shitty work
Bro Can u do video about how to install pre amplifier in car pls
That makes the most sense.
The night i put my sub in me and my friend went out and when my car would he around 2000 rpm while accelerating you would hear a sound similar to if you had an aftermarket exhaust or cut off the exhaust and i had tricked her for a few minutes till it got annoying and i told her the amp wasn’t grounded good enough 😂😂
Thanks! Helped so much
I got away with buck converter. I start the car, connect buck converter to battery and set it to 12v-ish to power the stereo.
I use relay with the coil connected to ignition cable from the car and to chasis. The battery goes to buck input then to relay. NO pin on relay connect to both the stereo battery and ignition. This stop engine whine, but still got small noise. To make it dead silent, I use 4700uf parallel with 100n capacitor on buck output connection.
What I suspect here is that the noise injected from ignition wire to the stereo. Try to connect ignition wire to the stereo through buck converter set to 12v, you do need relay in this case. Buck converter deliver constant voltage and there is also output filter on it, adding capacitor on the output act as another filter stages. If you connect battery through buck converter you need bigger module, which is more expensive. If its just ignition you could made it with micro buck converter under a buck.
Good work man! You're so sweet 😁👍
How did you do bro?
The same problem had my carbut only one speaker
How many marijuanas were smoked before filming. Good advice in the vid but we can definitely tell.
Man I have this very same problem. My amps is in the booth. There is no point in running a wire from my head unit too the ground of the amp. The ground of the amp is going to a screw in the chasis. So I think is more than enough to run a wire from the metal case of the HU to another screw on the chasis in the front. Whre? I don't know yet. I have a mercedes and there is ton of other matterials till the metal. I shall see. About your setup, man you took it all wrong. Using RCA's is more efficient. I have 3 pairs. One for the sub, one for the front speakers and one for the back speakers. I don't use anymore the amp from my head unit so as you can imagine is quite cold. The main reason is the quality. Instead of using signal from your preamp, you are using your player amp to rise it (add some artefacts) then you take it down again with the high-level inputs of your amp and then again rise it with the BOSS amp and add more artects this time from it's own circuits. The results is desaster. I always disagree with this solutions. I will rather have no amp, the quality is very very bad, you loose the briliance and the result is muddy. So fucking muddy is hateful.
Why don’t Manufactures make good ground
So u can buy a next one from them
Thanks for sharing
Sorry for the quality and the length, but hope this helps.
Hey man ! Thanks a lot for this helpful video. I will try out your recommended fix. However, for this audio whining problem with engine speed, I tried replacing my RCA cables and it worked fine for a while. I never started my car engine after that. After a few days, when I restarted my car engine. There was a static crack sound in my speakers followed by whining when hitting the gas. What could be the problem? It’s weird cause I replaced 2 RCAs already but whenever I start my car engine after some time, the problem returns
Im not an expert but simply replacing the RCA's wouldnt solve that issue. They still arent grounded properly its a problem with how the car is built/ how the head unit is built. If people didnt use such cheap bullshit in their products we probably wouldnt have these issues.
Make sure the ground is grounded correct but before that fully sand the area where the ground will be grounded make sure terminals and connectors are fully crimped not half ass and loose make sure all components match the rest of the equipment installed don't buy knock off products especially shit from china
Bruh. 60% of this video is you not talking about how to solve the issue lol. I’ll give it a shot tho.
Careful made my radio start to smoke. Turned off ignition as quick as I could.
the ground wire carries no power . its not that burning .
Wow I got so lucky the first thing I tried was taking out my antenna and that was it haha. CHECK THAT FIRST PEOPLE.
yeah and now you don’t have radio signal. congratulations!
@@tda0016 Well i dont use the radio, so for me it works. But either way its a quick way to diagnose the problem.
I get some interference through my speakers and can make out voices etc sometimes. I might try this
Keep Rca and speaker wire separate
I love how these videos never get to the fucking point 🤦♂️🤦♂️
It’s weird how you love these videos
Thanks dude ❤
Good job, thanks
This is about as easy as watching that trucker showing everyone how to shift all 18 gears on a semi truck.
I tried this and I’m still having noise, and all my grounds are solid, this is when I installed my new amp
What amp is it?
@@_N_B_0496 pioneer GM-E360x4
@@hunterstevens8036 hey man, sorry it’s so late, didn’t see your reply. Did you ever figure out your problem?
If u wanna use rca then use line out converter
Umm no 😂😂that’s for stock radio setups his isn’t stock
my truck sounds like its pushing 1500 horse power with a 20 foot blower under the hood.
I just unplug speaker stack sound gone way
Holy shit spit it out dude
That is the alternator creating interference
My car is doing this after I bought a cheap head unit
Great idea
Bc its boss
Bro need to clean up your wires
guy sinclair looks like he’s mid project
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
That amp is trash. i had that same amp
Get rid of that BOSS crap.
Lol, did you see how old this video is? You don’t actually think BOSS amps run that long, do you? But yeah, that amp was trash pretty much from the beginning so I got rid of it only a few months after I got it.
Didn’t hear shit lol
Its the flux capacitor silly.
I just installed speakers, amp and sub to my factory head unit with an LOC in a 2016 Canyon and had 2 noises. One rpm related and the other just a constant buzz. I moved the amp ground and the rpm noise went away but the constant buzz is still there. Do you have Any idea what I should check now?
I have the same issue but with a 2019 GMC Sierra makes really loud static coming from tweeters
@@angelgaytan2332 One thing I have noticed it is a lot worse in gear than in park. But it buzzes even with the radio off.
Your tweeter is to sensitive, gain down the amp and adjust the eq.
Cheap LOC are almost always the cause, there are only a few brands that make clean cheap LOC