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Sound cutting out on slow / turning / braking
Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:26 PM
I'm having a somewhat unusual problem. If I have my stereo up to a good listening volume, and slow down the car, the speakers are intermittent for a few seconds. It seems to go away once I speed up again. So far I haven't done the Big 3 but I put in one of them (Battery > Frame ground wire, 4 GA). Here's my audio set-up:

2x 150W RMS Amp for subs
4x 60W RMS Amp for speakers

It used to also cut out when I would turn the engine off, but now that I put in the big fat ground wire, that doesn't seem to happen anymore. Should I go for the nex "Big" and wire a ground from the block / alt, or could this be the battery? (Battery is a 5-year Delco that came with the car, and the car is now 5 years old)

Maybe something different altogether? I was thinking if it's not the main grounds than maybe the ground to the HU? Still have to work out what seems to be a ground look (hissing if I turn the amp gains up more than ~25% so i'm running them very low)

Re: Sound cutting out on slow / turning / braking
Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:27 PM
Forgot to mention -- seems to happen more often if I am braking or turning hard.
Re: Sound cutting out on slow / turning / braking
Saturday, May 21, 2005 12:39 PM
Def Sounds like a loose connection somewhere to me.





Re: Sound cutting out on slow / turning / braking
Saturday, May 21, 2005 1:06 PM
im 90% sure its just a loose wire. That would explain why it cuts on turns.



Re: Sound cutting out on slow / turning / braking
Sunday, May 22, 2005 4:57 AM
its most likely your RCA wires, Are they cheap one?
Re: Sound cutting out on slow / turning / braking
Monday, May 23, 2005 9:16 PM
Looks like loose wire was the answer. The battery terminal was loose. The one I have is like a regular battery terminal, with a smaller terminal on top. The main terminal was tight so the rest of the car worked fine but the "sub-terminal" was a little loose and there was some dirt that got between the terminal and the ring on the end of the wire. I cleaned them both and made it nice and tight with a wrench and it's no longer cutting out.

As far as the RCA's go, i have Radio Shack RCA's on the subs and Scosche RCA's on the speakers. I have some noise on the line but i'm fairly certain it's a ground loop (I know the wiring harness on the HU is a little loose -- haven't had time to take apart the dash and fix it, as well as run another ground wire)
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