Buzzing / Humming with Sony CDX-GT660US

acbc

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Dear All,

I just purchased the above and have installed it in my car yesterday. Everything went well except some humming noise on engine start or accelerating.

I've also installed a pair of ground loop isolators from the pre-amp output but this only reduce the problem a little. There is still some humming noise when listening to classical scores (with plenty of silence).

Anyway to overcome this annoying problem?

BTW, I hook up the HU this way:

Red - to vehicle's ACC +12V
Yellow - to vehicle's battery + terminal
Black - to vehicle's body ground

Some accessory shop told me to connect both Red and Yellow together to battery direct but this will not turn off the HU (sapping battery power).
 

oldskolboyz

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U can try add another 1 or 2 ground cable for your HU & connect direct to chasis.. use 10Awg cable cost around <RM1.50 ft (Jln Pasar).... this should help U but not 100% coz the noise could be due to others equipment grounding like Pre-Amp, X/Over & Amp...
 

acbc

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Thanks a lot... I replaced the stock ground wire with a thicker 10AWG one and this cured the problem. No more alternator whine!
 

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installation problem, not the HU faulty....
 

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