Monday, 26 August 2013

Car Audio Noise Troubleshooting

By Ludwig Wylde


Noise in your car radio can come from many places within the car and under the hood. The sounds can be whines, clicks, rumbles or merely plain old static. Is the noise on your AM radio or in the FM stereo? Would it be heard whenever you are playing a tape or CD? What form does this take? These are just some of the many questions that you can answer with a few easy checks. There are lots of products to the market made to suppress noise in your car radio. Most will not be required as well as a doit-yourself car audio checkup can most likely locate the problem.

Assess the antenna. It's out in the elements, in case your car antenna is mounted to the chassis. Wind, rain, snow and sleet can cause a connection problem. Do you have a flag, blossom or other item mounted to the antenna? Wind stress to the item could cause unwanted vibrations that may loosen the antenna connection.

Attempt to turn the antenna to determine whether it is free. Using the radio playing as well as the engine off move the antenna slowly back and forth. Tighten the link, in case it creates static.

AM radio is Amplitude Modulated and will pick up engine noise in the event the radio is poorly grounded or if new spark plug wires are desired. Make sure the ground wire to the rear of the radio is tightly linked to the chassis.

A high-pitched whine could suggest a badly grounded alternator.

Turn the radio on using the motor turned off and make use of the turn signals and brakes. Clicking sounds could signal a bad ground in the radio.

Fix most car audio problems by checking the integrity of the ground connections to the noise producers like spark plugs, alternator, heater and air conditioner motors within the automobile. Connections for many parts of your vehicle's electrical system must certanly be great and the integrity of each one must be checked until the supply of your sound noise is located.

When possible, follow the engineer's onehand rule when working with electric wiring. Keep one-hand in your own pocket when working with any wire carrying an electric charge. This will help you avoid electrical shock. Use caution when checking any electric wiring. Don't run the engine within an enclosed space while doing your sound assess.




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