Noise in Stereo??

[icacha]

Sounds like Phil is right, Peeinyourear have a fuse (SMD) on the ground track of the RCA's and if that blows you will get a tonne of noise, easy fix, have done plenty of them for customers who aren't careful with their installs

[Mr ©harisma]

Hmmm you no likey the Pioneer?

Most importantly though, have you got it fixed yet

[The_Hawk]

Hmmm you no likey the Pioneer?

Most importantly though, have you got it fixed yet

yesI like Pioneer and yes I have it fixed now... although I biught a new one while waiting so the old (fixed) one is sitting on my desk at home, soon to be relegated to the cupboard with the other few decks I have

[The_Hawk]

The new unit seems to be have developed the same problem. Which leads to the next questions.

How common is this fault?
- Is it something I am causing?
(wierd since it was fine for sooo long, then with no change to the system, one deck went, then another... or is it just bad luck)

Should there be a filter on the power before the unit?
Should there be a filter on the RCA's?

Finally, is the Track fuse an easily changed out part? Can you buy them? From the point of view that if it's a quick solder job then away you go I would rather fix it myself and be back together in 10 minutes than 3 weeks of waiting.

Any ideas are appreciated.

Aaron

[Mr ©harisma]

Far out dude, your not having much luck.

Who installed your harness? Are they soldered and heatshrink?

I have had heaps of Pionner decks and never managed to blow the fuse. One ex-demo off a board I got had it though, that was over 2 years ago now.

Definately don't go attacking your deck just yet. If you crack it open and stuff something, by by warranty.

[The_Hawk]

I did all the wiring myself, and yes it should all be together right. Power and earth are soldered and heat shrunk, speakers have electrical tape. There isn't a lot of slack in the unit so it's possible it's not 100%, although I am reasonably sure it is.

I keep planning on ripping it all out and re-wiring in another plug so it goes:

Stock wires -> generic plug -> Pioneer plug

That way if (when) I change decks to something thats not pioneer I can just unplug and do the wiring outside the car.

Looks like I have another small project for tomorrow. On the upside it also means I can paint the mounting frame black so you don't see the hint of silver round the edges (if you look closely enough )

[Mr ©harisma]

Yeah it seems very strange. An easy way to blow the fuse is to have the deck on and hooked up and then connect the RCA. Sometimes people do that and it can blow the fuse, but if it is hooked up for a long period of time, it would be doubtful that your RCA will move.

What RCA's are you using?

[The_Hawk]

Yeah it seems very strange. An easy way to blow the fuse is to have the deck on and hooked up and then connect the RCA. Sometimes people do that and it can blow the fuse, but if it is hooked up for a long period of time, it would be doubtful that your RCA will move.

What RCA's are you using?

Ahhhh.... possibly, the deck had new RCA's added and although I'm reasonably confident it was off, it has been pulled out a few times so it's possible it was on when the RCA's were plugged in.

As for what are they, one set is a Sony set one is whatever the installer used the first time round.