Subwoofer Pop

[mbarber25 29]

Ok i've heard of this problem before: everytime my amp gets power and turns on (when i turn my key to acc or further) my subwoofer makes a small popping sound. I saw that installing an inline remote switch on the remote wire would do the trick. Will this work and can anyone give me a link to a nice and simple one please?

And also is this a threat to the integrity to my subwoofer because if it is i have to make sure i do this ASAP.?

Thanks

[ncacoates 104]

Ok i've heard of this problem before: everytime my amp gets power and turns on (when i turn my key to acc or further) my subwoofer makes a small popping sound. I saw that installing an inline remote switch on the remote wire would do the trick. Will this work and can anyone give me a link to a nice and simple one please?

And also is this a threat to the integrity to my subwoofer because if it is i have to make sure i do this ASAP.?

Thanks

From my experience its when your head units outputs are starting to go bad but there are other possible problems im sure i haven't herd of. Get yourself a remote turn on delay should solve the problem.

[mbarber25 29]

Ok i've heard of this problem before: everytime my amp gets power and turns on (when i turn my key to acc or further) my subwoofer makes a small popping sound. I saw that installing an inline remote switch on the remote wire would do the trick. Will this work and can anyone give me a link to a nice and simple one please?

And also is this a threat to the integrity to my subwoofer because if it is i have to make sure i do this ASAP.?

Thanks

From my experience its when your head units outputs are starting to go bad but there are other possible problems im sure i haven't herd of. Get yourself a remote turn on delay should solve the problem.

outputs as in settings?

i was thinking of something like this

http://www.oznium.com/led-tipped-toggle

Edited July 24, 2009 by mbarber25

[KU40 173]

You're going to forget that sometime and leave it on, thus draining your battery overnight. The best solution is to solve the problem.

Sometimes this pop can be fixed by regrounding the head unit and/or amplifier.

What head unit do you have? If it's a Pioneer, you probably blew the fuse inside of it, which leads to this problem. There are fixes to that.

[mbarber25 29]

You're going to forget that sometime and leave it on, thus draining your battery overnight. The best solution is to solve the problem.

Sometimes this pop can be fixed by regrounding the head unit and/or amplifier.

What head unit do you have? If it's a Pioneer, you probably blew the fuse inside of it, which leads to this problem. There are fixes to that.

yea that could happen.

but HU is Apline CDA-9886

the amp ground is pretty good but now that i think of it.. it could probably be sanded.. hmmm

i didn't put in the deck so i don't know how good the ground is but its probably the same on used for the factory deck so it's probably a good ground

how do u feel?

thanks

[ncacoates 104]

You're going to forget that sometime and leave it on, thus draining your battery overnight. The best solution is to solve the problem.

Sometimes this pop can be fixed by regrounding the head unit and/or amplifier.

What head unit do you have? If it's a Pioneer, you probably blew the fuse inside of it, which leads to this problem. There are fixes to that.

smart man id try his fixes first

[KU40 173]

Actually factory grounds aren't always that good.

You didn't sand the paint under your amplifier's ground? Do that!

[jcarter1885 995]

did any of those suggestions help, if so what was causing the subwoofer to pop?

[mbarber25 29]

did any of those suggestions help, if so what was causing the subwoofer to pop?

never got around to sanding it because i thought it stopped.. but then i heard it again last night.. so i'm definately gunna try it out asap

[jcarter1885 995]

usually any whining or pops coming from speakers is a ground problem (usually it seems like its gone or just comes and goes). Sanding paint from metals chassis and even covering the ground wires with plastic tubing will help also (especially for a situation I had for over three years considering saturn makes horrible grounds for their vehicles.

[mbarber25 29]

definately gunna get my ass out there after work

[jcarter1885 995]

another thing to think about is what system did you have in there before (amp, head unit, wires, rcas and subs). If same amp but different subs and u moved the amp around or did something different when hooking it up (by accident), then go back a retrace your steps.

[mbarber25 29]

umm everything is the same besides the sub. and another thing different is that i tapped into the remote wire and attached the remote wire for my voltmeter to it.. other than that.. same same

[Kanaworm$ 292]

Look at re-grounding your head unit ground. Factory radio grounds have other items grounded to the same point and can create ground loops.

[mbarber25 29]

Look at re-grounding your head unit ground. Factory radio grounds have other items grounded to the same point and can create ground loops.

yea that's the second step if sanding my amp ground doesn't work.. i really hope i don;t have to do that, taking my deck out is annoying