Hiya! Is there anyone out there that can shed some light on my situation! I am having problems with my stereo & I took the advise I got from here & went to see someone at Motorspares they were very un-helpfull & looked at me like I was speaking foreign haha! They just said my head unit could be faulty & tried to sell me another one?! Its when you rev the car, think it might have something to do with the alternator, just an annoying whirring noise?! They could be right I might need another head unit but thought I would just check it out incase they were trying to rip me off cus I am female haha! Any ideas?..........................xx

 

Whats actually wrong with the stereo?

 

Borrow someone elses if you can (possibly being cynical here but i would expect it is cos you're female)

 

Sounds like you need an inline atenuator (I think they're called). Used to be all the rage in the old days before stereos got better. Any decent car audio place should be able to help.

Essentially the alternator is causing electrical interference to the stereo and it needs something to block/remove that interference, so unlikely to be anything wrong with the stereo unit itself.

 

my car use to do that to, my mate that fits alarms put a little in line cap thing on the live line into the radio.
that was it all fixed it was only 7 quid or so ,,, where are you ?
the amount of females that do get the wee wee taken out of them an get told buy sopposed genuine traders, "ooooh thats expesive " "tut tut tut you need to get some os these"

 

Yeah its sounds to me like you have feedback coming through. You need to get one of those mentioned above. Its a case of plugging it in and that should sort it. Inline attennuator sounds about right. Basically a feedback loop thingy. lol

Do you have an amp etc in your car? If so are the power cables and the phono cables tracked together? This can be the cause as well.

Andy

 

As above really, keep power and phonos running down different sides, then you can get an alternator supressor from Halfrauds for £5 or so (takes 2 mins to fit)

 

I know this is a thick question haha but what are the phono & power cables, which one is which?!! I do have a punch amp & sub woofer. The stereo has some sort of feed back noise that you can here when you rev the engine & stuff. You cant listen to your music quiet cus the noise does your head in haha! I have fitted a little supressor from Halfords onto the alternator but it made nooooo difference!! I'm from Suffolk, anyone no any good places to take it round here? Females always get the wee wee taken out of them but I dont mind its part of the fun of being female haha!! xx

 

West Suffolk? then nip into Cambridge for Cambridge Car Audio

 

Sounds like a bloody milk float doesn't it. Some of my mates have had this problem many times. The main culpret is when the power cable (big red one from your battery) for your amp are led on the same side of the car next to the phono leads (red and white audio from stereo). So the audio leads are getting interference from the power. Could be a number of other things too though.

If it's something you don't think you can investigate yourself take it to somewhere that specialises in car audio. Definitely not some idiot from Halfrauds who has probably never fitted a stereo in his life

 

You'd be better of getting this query moved to the ICE part of the forum.

As a general comment: If a place seems unhelpful, take your custom elsewhere; just because you're female dosn't mean you should not be taken seriously as a consumer!!
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BTW Tee, hee. You said "head" !!

I know, blokes are so immature!!

Best of luck getting it sorted!

Ns04

 

Its not just because your female, its A) because you have a subaru and they see £££££££ when you turn up and B) because your a female in a subaru and they see even more £££££££££££££ when you turn up.

its taken me 3 years of subaru ownership to understand its mainly the subaru that causes people to try and flog you things you dont really need or to sell you stuff at a marked up price 'because its for a subaru' its think of a price and put a few 0000 on the end!
(sorry rant over! )

 

You don't need a stereo - I'll sit in the passenger seat and sing !

 

In stereo that's quite a feat!

 

Just don't ask how he produces the bass rumble!!!!

Good ventilation a must!!!

 

apparently if you post up pics, that might help solve the problem...!!!

 

 

This can sometimes happen when there is a difference between the earths of the head unit and the amp.
1st check the head unit is earted properly (usually there's an earth going into the back with the other cables, but there should also be one on the chasis of the head unit).
If the head unit is earthed then you might need to move the earth from it to the same location as the amp, this will make them the same potential and stop the noise.
Attenuator might sort this too though.

Cheers

 

Hehe! I have got a major grin on now! You guys are sooo funny! I dont wana do any work, just wana talk to you guys all day haha!! I do appreciate all your help! DEC14N your are soooo right that they see a scooby & try to blag ya & when your female it makes it worse haha! Andythejock how are you going to sing to me & make bass? Just cos I did put HEAD haha, didn't think anything of it, being so innocent!......................

 

Pete???

 

Wots Pete?!

 

People are very suspicious of members they dont know at the moment. They think its a recently banned member (pslewis) logging in under different user accounts.

It's obvious you're not... New_scooby_04 was just joking

 

Oh I see!! Woz confused for a moment there! Oh pslewis! He responded to a thread I posted not that long ago & I woz warned by someone not to take any notice of him hehe!! I thought Pete was some technical thing I didnt understand (Blonde moment!) Haha!

 

Sorry, I was just joking....your head unit isn't malfunctioning again!

 

Wheres the pic of all you guys then?! Haha!

 

Haha! Yeah it does that a lot!! Gona change my name to ScoobyHEAD I think hehe!

 

Yeah as already said defo needs a supressor just a crappy small box thing that goes on the live wire

 

How come some of you guys have got all symbol thingys & a location on your user name? I feel left out haha!

 

Click on 'control panel' at the top of the page.. think its under something like 'edit profile' in there

 

One of the speaker wires could be touching earth. This will give the same type of sound, check thay havent been trapped when the speakers were installed