Hello all, just registered after seeing this thread and would like some advice before I try the rca ground mod.
First i'll describe my problem. I have a slight clicking/ticking noise from my front right tweet and mid. It is not present when running system on battery power, it only starts when engine is running and it is about 3 or 4 clicks a second at idle and increases in tempo with acceleration. So it is rev dependant. It is only audible when HU volume is turned completely down and is drowned out after 6 on the HU volume. My rear right tweet has no click but has an audible distortion compared to the rear left tweet which is working perfectly. The components on the left hand side of the car are all perfect and i'm very happy with the quality on the left side of the car (which unfortunately is the passenger side over here) but the components on the right hand side are doing my head in.
Please don't tell me to get my right ear checked out....
All the rca's are run together which leads me to believe its not an induced noise problem, as all speakers should have it then. Rca's are of course run opposite sides from all other cables. Another thing I noticed while checking over cabling for the 10th time was that fiddling (just manipulating them not plugging them in and out) with the rca plugs on the front channel on the amp made the clicking/ticking noise temporarlily dissappear?????????
I did the install myself and am a professional engineer but would probably call myself a novice audio installer. I had the battery disconnected when installing and was very careful in this respect. I must have disconnected and reconnected the battery 100 times while trying to troubleshoot this problem.
Does anyone who had a noise problem and fixed it with this rca ground mod know if my problem sounds like it might be fixed by doing the mod? Did all your speakers have noise before you did the mod? Or just some like me?
I'm ready to pull my hair out with this clicking. After reading this thread i'm also half thinking of just chucking the Pioneer in the bin. Pioneer have a rock solid reputation over here, along with alpine.
Can anyone explain why just the right hand side of the system is experiencing problems and not the left?
I have a pioneer DEH-7300BT, DLS UP5i front comps, DLS R5A rear comps, JL sub and a DLS RA50 amplifier which I just installed about 2 weeks ago. I'm using Audison RCA's. All my power and speaker wiring is well oversized for its application. Big 3 upgrade with 2ga cable. In short no expense was spared for cabling.
First i'll describe my problem. I have a slight clicking/ticking noise from my front right tweet and mid. It is not present when running system on battery power, it only starts when engine is running and it is about 3 or 4 clicks a second at idle and increases in tempo with acceleration. So it is rev dependant. It is only audible when HU volume is turned completely down and is drowned out after 6 on the HU volume. My rear right tweet has no click but has an audible distortion compared to the rear left tweet which is working perfectly. The components on the left hand side of the car are all perfect and i'm very happy with the quality on the left side of the car (which unfortunately is the passenger side over here) but the components on the right hand side are doing my head in.
Please don't tell me to get my right ear checked out....
All the rca's are run together which leads me to believe its not an induced noise problem, as all speakers should have it then. Rca's are of course run opposite sides from all other cables. Another thing I noticed while checking over cabling for the 10th time was that fiddling (just manipulating them not plugging them in and out) with the rca plugs on the front channel on the amp made the clicking/ticking noise temporarlily dissappear?????????
I did the install myself and am a professional engineer but would probably call myself a novice audio installer. I had the battery disconnected when installing and was very careful in this respect. I must have disconnected and reconnected the battery 100 times while trying to troubleshoot this problem.
Does anyone who had a noise problem and fixed it with this rca ground mod know if my problem sounds like it might be fixed by doing the mod? Did all your speakers have noise before you did the mod? Or just some like me?
I'm ready to pull my hair out with this clicking. After reading this thread i'm also half thinking of just chucking the Pioneer in the bin. Pioneer have a rock solid reputation over here, along with alpine.
Can anyone explain why just the right hand side of the system is experiencing problems and not the left?
I have a pioneer DEH-7300BT, DLS UP5i front comps, DLS R5A rear comps, JL sub and a DLS RA50 amplifier which I just installed about 2 weeks ago. I'm using Audison RCA's. All my power and speaker wiring is well oversized for its application. Big 3 upgrade with 2ga cable. In short no expense was spared for cabling.