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RE: Audio questions

Before you do any cutting... check your grounds. Are all electrical items
on the same circuit grounded in the same place? If not, sometimes grounding
them together will help eliminate background whine.

- --michael

>From: Steve Bellaire <sbellaire@domain.elided>
>Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 16:00:26 -0700
>Subject: Audio questions
>
>I am trying to insolate the alternator whine coming from my radio in my
>'88 325is.  I tried noise supressors on all power/ground lines to the
>head unit, no real effect.  I have moved onto the amplifier, which was
>hiding in the trunk.  I could trace the power/speaker wires that attach
>to the amp via a block connector, but I was wondering if anyone had a
>pinout for the connector attaching to the amp.  i just want to make sure
>before I start cutting wires.  Alternately, I would remove the amp from
>the system, and want to know which wires into the amp I should connect
>to bypass.  Is there any tech info on such a procedure, or has anyone
>done it?  Just looking for more helpful suggestions like the one I got
>when I started this "little" project.  Thanks for any help.
>- --
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