Need help with White noise/static
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Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
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From: Somerset MA
Need help with White noise/static
2006 Z06 with a Kenwood radio. The radio was in the car when I bought it. The wife bought me a new Kenwood touch screen for Christmas so I figured now would be a good time to fix the issue. The car has Bose from the factory, no steering wheel controls,and onstar is not used. As far as I know only the headunit was replaced.
What I know about the problem.
No static when radio is off.
Does not seem to increase with volume.
Is present with the new headunit also.
No change when using the balance or fade function.
Any info is appreciated.
Steve
What I know about the problem.
No static when radio is off.
Does not seem to increase with volume.
Is present with the new headunit also.
No change when using the balance or fade function.
Any info is appreciated.
Steve
Last edited by turbo1k; Jan 6, 2018 at 05:01 PM.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 364
Likes: 9
From: Somerset MA
After reading all night on wiring and possible cause I figured I'd play around with it this morning.
First thing I noticed is the 12v was run outside the harness and it looked like the radio harness was wired into the factory connector. I also noticed there were no door chimes. Since I was limited to options on a Sunday I headed over to Walmart and picked up a Scosche GM2000A hoping this would restore my door chime and fix the static sound.
The door chime was fix but I still have my static. If I leave the Blue with a white strip( P.CONT) disconnected I have no sound or static. From reading it looks like the PAC harness is the way to go. Not sure if that will fix my problem.
I also read in the stickies that a ground loop isolater will help. All the ones I see have RCA jacks on them so I'm not sure how that would work.
I added a few pic of the original harness and the new Scosche one.
Forgot to mention this is with ACC on, the car isn't running.
Steve
First thing I noticed is the 12v was run outside the harness and it looked like the radio harness was wired into the factory connector. I also noticed there were no door chimes. Since I was limited to options on a Sunday I headed over to Walmart and picked up a Scosche GM2000A hoping this would restore my door chime and fix the static sound.
The door chime was fix but I still have my static. If I leave the Blue with a white strip( P.CONT) disconnected I have no sound or static. From reading it looks like the PAC harness is the way to go. Not sure if that will fix my problem.
I also read in the stickies that a ground loop isolater will help. All the ones I see have RCA jacks on them so I'm not sure how that would work.
I added a few pic of the original harness and the new Scosche one.
Forgot to mention this is with ACC on, the car isn't running.
Steve
Last edited by turbo1k; Jan 7, 2018 at 11:04 AM.
Thread Starter
Racer
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 364
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From: Somerset MA
After speaking with tech support over at PAC he recommended one of his harnesses (RP3-GM11)that used rca outputs instead of the speaker wire. I ordered one yesterday and hopefully it fixes my problems. Walmart also took my my Scosche unit that didn't work without any questions.
Steve
Steve
Racer
Joined: May 2017
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From: Diamond Bar Ca.
I just installed a new HU in my 2010 GS over the weekend. Upon initial hookup I had a very faint static coming from my rt. front speaker. I simply re-wired the two speaker wires in the PAC adapter and it cleared it up perfectly. However my Chime module is not working so I have that issue to deal with.
