posted
I have recently had some problems with my head unit. The it keeps lossing power, but all my connections are fine. I did find, however that my head unit is grounding to the antenna. How can I prevent this from happening?
------------------
Posts: 72 | From: Fraser, MI | Registered: Feb 2000
| IP: Logged |
posted
I dont think I follow... You believe that your head unit problem is that it's grounding through the antenna? This can be corrected with an antenna de-coupler, but I seriously doubt that it'll fix your problem. I feel it lies elsewhere, like in the battery wire.... or simply a bad deck.
------------------ Ron Hawkins
Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
Use your ears to judge components, NOT your wallet! K.I.S.S.
posted
I re-did all my wires and checked all of my connections. i don't think the 2 are related either. After I put my car back together the problem stop, at least for now. But right now I want to unground my head unit.
------------------
Posts: 72 | From: Fraser, MI | Registered: Feb 2000
| IP: Logged |
quote:Originally posted by Dvoigt: i don't think the 2 are related either. After I put my car back together the problem stop, at least for now. But right now I want to unground my head unit.
?????????????????????
Unground your head unit? How is it to work? Do you mean keep it from finding ground through it's steel chassis to the dash, AND the antenna? Depends on what kind of car, some are easy, you can do it with a plastic dash kit on some cars, others you have to be creative.
------------------ Ron Hawkins
Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side.
Use your ears to judge components, NOT your wallet! K.I.S.S.
posted
If you think the deck's problems are caused from the antenna, disconnect the antenna for a day and see if it helps. Then when you continue to have problems, you'll be able to rule that out. What kind of car is it? Does the problem occur at random? When you hit bumps? Do you need to reset the time & presets, etc each time?
------------------ So I says to him, I said, "get your own monkey." --Rusty Grizwold (a.k.a. - Nick Pappagiorgio; National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation)
Posts: 394 | From: Jacksonville AR | Registered: Nov 1999
| IP: Logged |
Printer-friendly view of this topic