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Old 12-11-2010, 05:30 PM
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what causes this?

when i push and let go of any of my power window buttons my sub hits. what causes this? its a shallow mount pioneer in stock box with a mtx amp pushing it
Old 12-11-2010, 05:31 PM
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hhaha thats funny
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Bad electrical grounding usually. If it's just your window switch, start there.
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Double check all the grounds related to the head unit and the amp.
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Thats gangster....
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ground loop. bad ground or bad rcas somewhere along the line
Old 12-29-2010, 12:33 PM
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i was trying to narrow it down today. when i unplug my antenna from the back of the radio my sub makes a pulsating tone. i double checked the grounding of the radio and it seems fine. i checked the grounding of the sub. everything seems fine so im gonna check my rcas next
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your car has a mind of its own lol
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nope the ground for the radio is fucked and its getting a "better" ground from the antenna. re run a good ground and you should be fine
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Originally Posted by EmperorJJ1
nope the ground for the radio is fucked and its getting a "better" ground from the antenna. re run a good ground and you should be fine
re ran a ground to a better spot and it is still doing this.
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what hu do u have?
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pioneer x910bt
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try running a ground from the deck chassis to the rca inputs.

google pioneer pico fuse
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yea those RCA pigtails have shitty grounds from pioneer. just ground the outer part of the rcas to the deck chassis
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case closed. thanks for the help emperor. it ended up being the ground from the radio. i dont know why but i ran another wire and it fixed it.




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