Weird Noise Problem

[skipppy]

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JVC double din dvd unit

Clarion 6.5 " splits

Clarion 2 channel

Clarion Mono

Clarion Dual voice coil 12 inch

My problem isnt engine noise (hum/buzz) but more a (tick) not all the time maybe once every 2-3 minutes like the noise you make with your tounge on edge of teeth.

Any ideas?

[DRD-00F]

hmmm thats pretty weird... does it happen on CD's AND radio?

does it happen with the engine both on and off?

anymore details would be handy... though im sure one of those guys that works in a car audio shop will just come in, blitz me, and give you the fix in about 10 seconds

[danielr34]

Is this with the engine running? Or can you hear it when the engine is off and the volume low?

If it is with engine running it may be a DC electrical spike which doesn't affect the engine or the cars computer but can affect audio and alarms. Check all main power connections from battery to amps are tight and battery to chassis and battery to alternator and ignition coil connections, also battery power is another main cause for bizzare audio problems the best car audio performers always look for where they are going to install all the batteries before they look at where the subs are going. A stiffening cap might absorb the ticking noise. If the noise is heard with engine off and low volume it could be the noise floor that your listening to which means your amps are turned up to full position which means they are too small, the higher the gains are on an amp the greater the reduction in optimum audio range.

First you should see which speakers you get the noise from by just removing rca's one at a time it will narrow the problem down, if it is all speakers then you know your amps are good, then try 2 30amp or higher ground loop isolators in line before each amp remembering there is no guarantee on resolving noise problems over the internet, unless I can hear it, so you need to experiment a little.

[skipppy]

Leon thanks for your tips and yes it is only when the car is running and seems to be the same at any volume. I recently changed to a larger amplifier and now found the ticking is worse. The ticking does not change as the car revs though

Is this gunna help?

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/40-AMP-CAR-NOISE-FI...1QQcmdZViewItem

Is this with the engine running? Or can you hear it when the engine is off and the volume low?

If it is with engine running it may be a DC electrical spike which doesn't affect the engine or the cars computer but can affect audio and alarms. Check all main power connections from battery to amps are tight and battery to chassis and battery to alternator and ignition coil connections, also battery power is another main cause for bizzare audio problems the best car audio performers always look for where they are going to install all the batteries before they look at where the subs are going. A stiffening cap might absorb the ticking noise. If the noise is heard with engine off and low volume it could be the noise floor that your listening to which means your amps are turned up to full position which means they are too small, the higher the gains are on an amp the greater the reduction in optimum audio range.

First you should see which speakers you get the noise from by just removing rca's one at a time it will narrow the problem down, if it is all speakers then you know your amps are good, then try 2 30amp or higher ground loop isolators in line before each amp remembering there is no guarantee on resolving noise problems over the internet, unless I can hear it, so you need to experiment a little.

Edited February 23, 2007 by skipppy

[DRD-00F]

turn the gains on the amp down and see if that helps... I had a noise problem the other day, turned the gains all the way down, readjusted my levels on the head unit, now its clean... dunno why the gains were up so hi, i think one of my mates must have been fiddling...

If it does help, youve got a leak somewhere... could be the RCA's or a miriad of other things... but it could also fix the problem to a point where it doesnt play the noise anymore...

also, you didnt answer my question about CD's or radio... it sounds like the cd player... when the laser moves and performs and action, that will leak through the RCA's as a DC signal into the amp, into the sub... turn the gains down, get new RCAs if that doesnt work...