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Nodrog · 03-23-2011, 01:01 AM

So, spent about 7 hours on my birthday today installing aftermarket front and rear speakers, and an amp.
Got the speakers hooked up to the HU, and tested each one for sound as I went. All good.
Connected the amp, ran the RCA in/outs and then connected the speaker wires from the factory harness area. Now all I get is a warbly chirping whining noise out of the speakers.
I won't be able to tear back into it until tomorrow night, meanwhile, any ideas of what might have gone wrong?
Thanks!

Nodrog

bzinn 1 · 03-23-2011, 01:58 PM

Did you hook the speakers up to the deck or the amp.....turn down all gains on amp,and check your connections.

sqcomp · 03-23-2011, 02:55 PM

Give us a picture of the amplifier and grounds...

Nodrog · 03-23-2011, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bzinn 1

Did you hook the speakers up to the deck or the amp.....turn down all gains on amp,and check your connections.

The lines from the deck to the factory harness were cut, and the speaker wires were then connected to the factory harness from the amp.

Nodrog · 03-23-2011, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sqcomp

Give us a picture of the amplifier and grounds...

Can't at the moment, as it is mounted under the passenger seat and I am at work...

Nodrog · 03-23-2011, 09:48 PM

Yay! Easy fix, stupid ground wire had come outta the crimp at the amp....

Revsson · 03-24-2011, 09:24 PM

Sometimes these things turn out to be simple fixes.
Congratulations!

03-23-2011, 01:01 AM	#1
Nodrog Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sacramento Posts: 43	what went wrong? So, spent about 7 hours on my birthday today installing aftermarket front and rear speakers, and an amp. Got the speakers hooked up to the HU, and tested each one for sound as I went. All good. Connected the amp, ran the RCA in/outs and then connected the speaker wires from the factory harness area. Now all I get is a warbly chirping whining noise out of the speakers. I won't be able to tear back into it until tomorrow night, meanwhile, any ideas of what might have gone wrong? Thanks! Nodrog __________________ If it aint fixed, don't broke it.

03-23-2011, 02:55 PM	#3
sqcomp Roadrunner Jr. View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Back at home Posts: 2,609	Give us a picture of the amplifier and grounds... __________________ “To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” ― Thomas Paine

03-23-2011, 09:48 PM	#6
Nodrog Drives: 2007 Yaris S Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sacramento Posts: 43	Yay! Easy fix, stupid ground wire had come outta the crimp at the amp.... __________________ If it aint fixed, don't broke it.

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03-23-2011, 01:58 PM	#2
bzinn 1 Drives: 2008 Yaris HB Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: University Place,WA Posts: 828	Did you hook the speakers up to the deck or the amp.....turn down all gains on amp,and check your connections.

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