Rca to a ground screw? So u put the rca into the ground and the amp input?

No problem, glad you’re one of those who it helped!

steve dental pretty much, I guess it doesn’t make a difference if you connect it to the ground on the amp or the chassis

@@_N_B_0496 can i put the ring terminal & wire at the amp end of the RCA and the either put the other end of the wire into the ground of the amp or use a screw on the amp ?

c0uchsl0uch00 hey, not entirely sure what you’re asking. Could you describe in detail what you mean?

@@_N_B_0496 instead of the RCA at the head unit end, do this same thing but at the other end where the RCA goes INTO the amp. Put the little ground wire at the amp end and then ground that little wire to a screw on the amp instead of the stereo. It would be easier to get to that than have to pull out the radio

c0uchsl0uch00 oh I see what you mean, yes that would probably be easier, but when I made the video I was working on my system anyway and had the head unit already out. Plus, all that extra little wiring wouldn’t be exposed and visible when the head unit was installed back in its place

Lol, I loved pretending at first too, but I could never convince myself enough to believe that my 05 grand caravan was turbocharged

How did you do bro?

Hello! this ground you connected to screw of amp? or terminal ground amp?

Sometimes that’s also caused by using cheap quality rca cables that crosstalk and cause a whine, but what happened with my boss amp that is in this video is the whine came back a few months later and I was trying to figure out why, but couldn’t. After postponing that for a while I got a different, more powerful amp and that actually fixed the whine. Moral of the story is don’t buy cheap amps like this.

It worked?

Did it work?

Well your subs can not play that frequencies because it’s to high so you will never hear it out of the subs only speakers with higher frequencies

Holy run on sentence

@@kylejacobs9716 Holy one year late.

@@spreaddeezhazelnutz7511 I guess fixing a whine in my speakers is out of style now

Results?

@@ManuelCrazy18 I think he died

@@MrTherandomvidsguy🤔 results update ?

You good bro?

Hello?

Good luck!

I feel like a jet ski is a different type of setup, I’m not familiar with marine audio equipment. I’d assume if changing RCA’s doesn’t help, maybe see if all your grounds are good. If you have the amp grounded to the chassis, see if grounding to the battery changes that. Also, sometimes a bad am or head unit can cause that, but doesn’t sound likely from what you’ve described.

@@_N_B_0496 when I unplug the RCA’s the buzzing stops. If I turn down the gain on the amp the hum/buzzing sound lowers in volume if that makes sense

I did what you said and still have that whine/static, I’ve tried many things and nothing seems to work, I need help

Sounds like same issue I have. In the shop to figure out...

Did it fix it?

Sorry for the quality and the length, but hope this helps.

Move the key on switch wire to another spot that still turns on when u tryin the key. Anywhere at the fuse panel

Not sure if that’s a good thing, but you’re welcome.

What happens if you unplug your RCA’s? What rca’s are you running?

outside of a simple grounding issue, if you have rca's & power cables running to the amp try to make sure theyre not running right alongside each other because it can cause hissing and issues, depending on how much power and quality of cables. it could also be a struggling alternator adding to hissing as that is what provides the power when the cars running. that could be why when you hit the gas it can change the hissing/sound, more rpm means the alternators doing more, more power is moving around to fuel injectors, etc. which could worsen hissing. maybe check to see if the hissing is there when the engine isnt running which should mean power is direct from the battery to start troubleshooting. i had to setup a second battery in my car back in the day (a deep cycle marine battery meant for a trolling motor) to help level things out because my stereo was drawing too much power and causing all sorts of problems like my lights would all dim, nearly shutting off and i killed an alternator or two from pushing them past their specs and all sorts of hissing. i also ran all power cables down one side of the car and all rca/speaker wires down the other with basically no crossing of wires (a massive pain in the ass involving removing seats/carpet/panels) and bought a nicer aftermarket alternator to handle the extra power draw on it. no hissing at all regardless of how much power was being used afterwards. it also helps to have high quality equipment. not sure what you have but that can def be a factor. generally speaking cheaper stuff just isnt going to perform as well because its made with cheaper parts and built with profit in mind more than performance. my kicker zr amps and eclipse aluminum subs were good stuff back then, higher end way back in the 90s... cause im old, but same principal still applies. higher end brands will use higher end parts that just perform better. most people dont need 140db of bass though so can probably find a better balance of $$ for performance than what i had.

I know it’s a bit of a long video and since then I’ve thought of ways to make it a lot shorter and straight to the point, but all I did pretty much was loop one side of a wire around the RCA preamps on the headunit and loosen a screw on the chassis of the headunit and loop the other end of that wire around it, then just tighten the screw. Back then what I was trying to explain was my thought process on how I came up with that idea so that threw off a few people lol. So those ground wires on the amp were for the high inputs on the amp and technically had little to do with the problem solution

What is a good ground area?

I have the same issue but with a 2019 GMC Sierra makes really loud static coming from tweeters

@@angelgaytan2332 One thing I have noticed it is a lot worse in gear than in park. But it buzzes even with the radio off.

Your tweeter is to sensitive, gain down the amp and adjust the eq.

Cheap LOC are almost always the cause, there are only a few brands that make clean cheap LOC

What amp do you have? Sometimes amps may fail and make speakers screech

Since I’ve posted this vid I found that there may be more causes to this. The easiest to do is to make sure all your grounds have a clean contact to the metal. Then you can go the quality rca route and make sure you don’t run them close to other cables to avoid crosstalk as much as possible. If that doesn’t fix it then it’s probably the head unit. Cheap head units tend to do that. Sometimes even more expensive headunits can have internal component failure which causes whining.

@@_N_B_0496 thx..i will show your msg to the car mechanic..hopefully he gets it :')..coz sometimes i want to burn my car down..its so damn irritating

@@tigerfighter8921 lol, I know what you mean. But being a mechanic myself, we don’t usually deal with electronic stuff like this. I work on semi trucks and I scan them with a computer and if I have to, fix electrical faults in the truck, replace bad electrical components, but mostly I deal with mechanical side of the vehicle. I think you’d be better off going to some kind of audio shop, I’m sure they deal a lot with stuff like this. Hope this helps!

@@_N_B_0496 yes it solved my issue :)..thx for helping me out :)..the mechanic kept checking my amp and stereo..ultimately it was a faulty and cheap quality rca cable :')..changed and hissing noise gone..not burning my car down anymore :)

@@tigerfighter8921 bro, sorry for the late reply! For some reason not all replies go into my notifications. But I just wanted to thank you for replying and letting me know what fixed your problem, that means a lot to me as I’m a problem solver and always wanna know what exactly fixes it.

Or is it from the amp ground to the radio metal?

U can try either or both. If I remember correctly they both do the same thing

Since the time I posted this video I’ve learned some other things that might cause this. If ur running rca’s make sure they’re located separate from the power wires as they can crosstalk. Also, what kind of head unit r u running? It’s been a while since I’ve looked into head unit problems, but I’ve read that there are some kind of chips inside that keep the head unit from making all kinds of unwanted sounds and those can burn up. And r u running an amp to power ur door speakers? If so, make sure ur getting the proper ground to the amp and the speakers r properly connected.

Hey thanks for replying. I'm running a brand-new kenwood ddx26bt double din to my brand-new skar sk-m4004d 4 channel. I've tried all the tricks with RCA's and high level. I've given the Hu it's own power n ground straight to the battery. No luck. I've separated power, turn on, speaker wire, RCA's a few times. No luck. I've tried to ground the RCA's I've grounded the high level. Still no luck. It's driving me crazy man any help would be appreciated!

@@joescott5558 do you have any problems with ur battery being charged by any chance?

@@_N_B_0496 I just checked my battery voltage. 12.65 car off. 12.85 car on.. I've read when ur alternator is bad that it puts out ac voltage into the charging system and that's the noise ur amp is amplifying (the whine). I think I just found the $200 problem

@@joescott5558 did you ever get it fixed?

RCA’s on the amp rarely do that, I rather suspect your RCA cable connectors. Unless you can see the actual RCA port on the amp wiggle when you touch the connector.

@@_N_B_0496 yeah it wiggles and that how I fix it just wiggle it a little I'm sure that will only fix it so long before it finally totally breaks I have zero experience fixing amps should I just send it in to be repaired?

@@_N_B_0496 I have am rca tester and tested the rca they seem good they are sky high rca

​@@basscaddy1449YOUR ALTERNATOR

Are you running a line output converter? That might cause a problem if it’s kinda cheap. Same thing goes for the RCA cables if you have them (get good quality ones so they don’t cause cross-talk, which can also cause weird noises). Make sure your grounds are properly and securely connected (best ground is if you crimp copper cable lugs on the grounds) and bolt them to the chassis and make sure you remove any paint and oily residues from the ground surface (it’s a must!) and also have a proper connection on your power cables. If you’re running your signal wires from the speakers (instead of using RCA’s and a line output converter), make sure they’re connected to the right wires (negative to negative and positive to positive) and try to solder them or use good connectors instead of just twisting them together. Let me know if you’ve tried all this and it solved your problem, or if not, still let me know and I’ll try to narrow it down more and see if we can get rid of it. Good luck!

@@_N_B_0496 thank you buddy I'm going to try that but I have the Lc 2 converter and I was thinking maybe it was that. But I don't know I'm going crazy with this noise

@@walteralvarado3640 I feel ya man

Ok, so what headunit do you have? Which methods have you tried already? Send me some pics of how you have it wired, and maybe some kind of wiring diagram that you’ve been following maybe? Here’s my email nikitos260496@gmail.com

I have same issues did u figure it out?

Sorry for the late reply, but yeah, I didn’t ground the amp, I provided a better ground for the RCA preamps. If rca’s don’t have a good ground you’ll have static.

Those that do usually have jobs and can’t do it in the light, only after work when it’s dark.

Hey, I’d do it on all rca’s that are plugged in, that’ll probably be your best bet

@@_N_B_0496 Thank you very much... will try that soon..

@@akshaydwarku5477 let me know if that help.

@@_N_B_0496 For sure..

No it doesnt, amps have a ground wire for that reason

Just find any screw on the metal body of the headunit, loosen it a little, wrap around it and tighten the screw. Then connect to ground.

Same 😔

Same

Bro you’re running so many brands that I can’t keep track lol. Idk if that has anything to do with it, might be compatibility issues, but not too likely. I’d say check your ground for the sub amp (ground wire noce and short, securely connected to the amp, bolted down to the chassis of your car to bare metal and absolutely no exceptions), check your rca cable connections (and also make sure the rca cables you’re running are good quality and not some cheap stuff from Walmart, otherwise you could have crosstalk) , and I’m not entirely sure on what xlr is and why you have it, but I’d suspect something could potentially be wrong at the xlr cable to rca cable connection. The less adapters you’re running in between 2 components, the less problems you’ll have. Try some of these things, or at least double check everything I said because sometimes you think you have everything done properly, but overlook one small thing and it’ll mess up your sound. And definitely let me know if any of these things solved it for you.

@@_N_B_0496 thanks you so much for your support 🙏🙏

@@manjeetsolanki3160 no problem man, did any of what I suggested help? Lmk cuz I’d love to know cuz I’m still learning everyday lol

I've bought a vehicle from someone who ended up doing this. I wanted to shoot myself in the face. The wiring harness had all sorts of bad spots after he was done.

If you mean you don’t have your RCA’s hooked up, but your power and ground are hooked up them you most likely have a weak ground. Make sure your ground point is free of paint (scuff it up with an 80 grit sandpaper or with wire wheel) and make sure you bolt it tight to the chassis. I’d suggest using a bolt that bolts directly into the chassis, likely bolts that hold the seats down. Same goes for the power cable, make sure it has a clean connection to the battery or the alternator, depending on where you hook it up to. Also, it’s critical that both your power and ground wires are properly crimped and properly installed into the amp, I’ve done that many times where I’d try to hook everything up fast to test and forget to install properly and have bad contact that causes all kindles of issues.

@@_N_B_0496 so I have a 98 camry and I hooked up a boss head unit. Cd/radio/bluetooth. The only ground wires I have (green wires) are the 1 wire coming from each of the plug clip attachments from the back of the radio that I then each connect to a ground coming from the car. So two total ground wires each attached. Is that enough ground? Should I also use another ground wire say attached from the case of the radio to a metal point in the console opening? As far as my amp goes I dont think anything is coming from it other than the wires I join together from the back of the head unit wires. There isnt any rca jacks

@@Dibran9mm ​ hey, I know it’s a hella late reply, but I’d think it’s that Boss HU, unfortunately. Since I made that video, I’ve realized that the Boss amp was pretty trash and a few months after that video it made the noise come back and at that point no grounds would fix that. Replaced the amp and everything was cool. But I might be wrong. And if you’ve fixed the problem, please lmk how and what the problem was so I can pass the word to others. Thanks!

@@_N_B_0496 can I show u what I bought and see if it would work in taking the noise out

Yeah, I’m pretty sure. I’ve heard other people have problems with them as well.

Im not an expert but simply replacing the RCA's wouldnt solve that issue. They still arent grounded properly its a problem with how the car is built/ how the head unit is built. If people didnt use such cheap bullshit in their products we probably wouldnt have these issues.

Make sure the ground is grounded correct but before that fully sand the area where the ground will be grounded make sure terminals and connectors are fully crimped not half ass and loose make sure all components match the rest of the equipment installed don't buy knock off products especially shit from china

yeah and now you don’t have radio signal. congratulations!

@@tda0016 Well i dont use the radio, so for me it works. But either way its a quick way to diagnose the problem.

Well, you can just run a longer (2 foot) wire around rca's and find a good grounding spot inside the dash. Usually when you take the radio out you’ll see a metal frame that supports the whole dash and that all kinds of modules mount to. That frame mounts to the chassis, so there’s good ground there and you can unscrew any bolt or screw that you find there and attach that wire to it

the ground wire carries no power . its not that burning .

What amp is it?

@@_N_B_0496 pioneer GM-E360x4

@@hunterstevens8036 hey man, sorry it’s so late, didn’t see your reply. Did you ever figure out your problem?

So u can buy a next one from them

Umm no 😂😂that’s for stock radio setups his isn’t stock

It’s weird how you love these videos

guy sinclair looks like he’s mid project

Lol, did you see how old this video is? You don’t actually think BOSS amps run that long, do you? But yeah, that amp was trash pretty much from the beginning so I got rid of it only a few months after I got it.