rivierakid55 Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 the first major mod i've performed on my 06 SS was a total stereo upgrade. no alpine door speakers all around with built in tweeters up front. two 10 inch jl audio ws3 subs with stealth box under seat. two amps, both alpine...one powering door speakers and deck and one power only subs. (note: i did not change factory deck as i wanted a clean cabin look) oh the other thing is i have some deal im not familiar with called a jl audio cleansweep wich is supposed to be the shit but i dont even know what it does. my problem is this....at very low sound levels there is a constant buzzing and is very noticeable if i use the onstar button for phone or what not. my installer said that this is because there is a seperate amp power factory speakers/sub and that it does not interface with other amps. he says if i put in a new deck it will be a non issue. anyone else run across this problem or similar? i really don't want to gall up the display area. if necessary i guess ill will shell out the $1500.00 or so to get a touch screen display but that is a last resort. help me please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 The installer either did not want to spend the time identifying the component introducing the system noise, did not know how, or wanted to sell you more equipment. Installing a different head unit will only cure the problem *if* the internal design/assembly of the Bose unit was flawed in the first place (this is common in Pioneer decks btw). First try to isolate the component introducing the noise - unplug the RCA inputs from the sub amp, then the front stage amp and determine if the noise is in the sub amp or front amp or both. Another idea is to construct a set of 'muting plugs', take an old RCA cable and cut in half, strip and twist ALL the wires together and tape (insulate), then plug your new RCAs into the amp - this guarantees that the amp is getting zero signal on the primary/signal side, and if you still have noise emmanating from the amp it tells you that the noise is being introduced into the power cables not the signal cables. That'll get you started - point is, narrow down the component(s) introducing the noise, then determine if the noise is coming in through the signal or the power cables. And welcome to the forum Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8rs4lf Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 The installer either did not want to spend the time identifying the component introducing the system noise, did not know how, or wanted to sell you more equipment. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had a similar problem when I installed all of my aftermarket audio. I had this buzzing noise which would get worse as I stepped on the accelerator. Sound pretty simple huh, probably a bad ground? Uh no. It ended up being an amp I bought. I found that out by doing excactly what Mr. P said, isolate the problem. What I did was bypass the amp by hooking those speakers to the HU itself and the noise went away. Keep bypassing everything one at a time and you'll find the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BmanSS Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Or go by a filter at Radio shack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r8rs4lf Posted September 16, 2006 Report Share Posted September 16, 2006 Or go by a filter at Radio shack <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Band aid for a bigger problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivierakid55 Posted September 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 problem fixed. cleansweep was not synchor'd with factory amp. im happy again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted September 19, 2006 Report Share Posted September 19, 2006 Killer. That happens a lot with the Bose interface units, a lot of people have had extra system noise with them. Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faceliftedss Posted September 26, 2006 Report Share Posted September 26, 2006 i had this same thing happen and because of the wiring **** up this happened my amp fried and ruined my entire set up and the bastards who installed it would not cover it even though i have a life time warranty on their work. it almost killed me because it melted while i was driving adn the fumes and smoke were crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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