Shogen

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craziness!!!

No caps. Def upgrade front battery and big 3. If needed second battery of equal or more size. Also you have to be careful on gain and volume knobs if you're voltage isn't stable.

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You really dont even have to run them if your limited on time, just take plug them in headunit then run the rca's over the seats and plug them into amp. This will see if rca wire is the problem or not, so you dont have to rip your car apart taking the old rca wires out if there not the problem. that's what I meant... lol ... will see about the connections being loose but they're inset into the amplifier with only enough room to plug the RCAs in ... but will try Thank you fellas... very helpful

So I've had my setup for a bit now... I am currently powering my front stage with a Boston Acoustics GT2-125 ... Sounds great and strong... Only issue is that when I set the gain between the 8v and 4v setting (closer to the 4v setting) the speakers seem to emit a static/hiss noise when paused or during quiet segments past the volume of 30 which I'm almost always at ... I've pretty much noticed if the amplifier gain setting is at 8v it is perfect but very very low.... Not sure if this has anything to do with it but I have this tweeter set in the dash and this 6x9 set in the doors ... So the amplifier is currently seeing a 2 ohm load.... Should I ditch that setup and get a decent 2-way component set ? Is the amplifier an issue or is it my particular choice/setup causing this hiss? Should I disconnect the tweeters and see what happens as far as the hissing noise? Just looking for some direction here....

It definitely does play a role now, thought it could be a simple fix. The pico fuse is usually the #1 problem solver with the Pioneer units, more or better grounds can help as well. Check out this thread as well: Noise Troubleshooting Guide I followed that guide with Lance for my "whine" that I had previously... grounded RCas and noise gone but noticed the hiss/static later on... might actually be the pico caca

will try running a new set of RCAs first when I have some time....

lol jay.. Just did the phone method and tested with Alton... So no his or sound at all from any speakers at any volume or gain setting ... sooooo this puts RCAs and HU into the circle.... correct???

yea... I was looking at your other response... My tweeter reads 4ohms and so does my Alpine coaxial.... I'll see about the pico soldering...

alot of times I see guys on here recommend using saw dust and wood glue to fill in some gaps... not sure how big but hopefully you aren't off by more than 1/8 of an inch or so....

kinda cool if you ask me

good luck... keep the pics coming sir!!!

sucks fool..

Huntsville here too! You in high school? he is gonna ask you to prom!!! how cute... !!! anyway, welcome sir!!!

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SO today I finished up adding the HC800 to the rear of my car... I have an issue... Before I did this work my system consisted of a JL 500/1 and BA GT2-125 and a 2 farad capacitor.. Knowing that it wasn't really helping I had been planning since late last year to remove it and either put a battery or just go straight to the amps through the distro block... So... I removed the capacitor yesterday and finished off the wiring today.... I now have a static/whine/ somewhat gets more defined and higher in pitch when going from idle to actually driving.. It does not increase with music volume which is good but it is there when paused or playing or even 0 volume so I know it wasn't the HU especially since I did not touch it... Possible issues that I can think of: 1. Using the 0gauge wire and shaving it in to fit a 4gauge input was not a great idea but my reducer actually didn't fit into my BA amplifier... 2. The wiring on the battery is possibly touching something or ground is not good enough... That's all I can think of... I will take pictures of it and post it... Also, the job was originally done by Best Buy.. It was fine before I meddled with it... The distro block area seems weird to me... I'll have to take a picture to explain that part better... Any ideas on what could've gone wrong here??? Thanks guys.....

nice!!!

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OK... gotta see if I can run ground from front battery to rear battery... I think I have enough wire.

okay... good to know...

just to make sure... before disconnecting any power/ground wires, I should disconnect the RCAs first.... ???

I just recently grounded the RCAs .. Basically I did this as instructed by Lance to get rid of the whining I got after taking out my capacitor and adding a battery in the rear... Should I do more? Where else can I ground to?? the cage holding the HU in?? or a random bolt in the dash??? Both??? I somewhat think I didn't notice this hissing soo much before I installed the tweeters... Could maybe the tweeters themselves be emitting this static?