bloody annoying noise

[andygolf]

there is a noise that comes from all my speakers at all times but you can here it most when the radio is turned down.does any one else have/had this problem

 

[cupraNCS]

I can still here music coming from my speakers when i have the volume at 0, lol

 

[andygolf]

any one

 

[truCido]

what sort of noise? angels singing? dogs barking? static possibly?

 

[snipaz]

is it like you can hear the engine as you pull off through the speakers? like feedback?

 

[truCido]

sounds like a bad earth somewhere, has it always done it? or have you done anything recently and then it started happening

 

[AaronM]

That would be as said above poor grounding, and the noise you are getting is alternator whine through the speakers. You can get a grouind supressor (i think thats the correct name) for about £12 that plugs into the back of the HU from halfords or similar

 

[truCido]

yeah but for it to happen in the first place there must be a bad earth so using a ground supressor might fix the stereo however there is a earth problem which will cause trouble with other things. So buying it is just masking another problem...

 

[AaronM]

I know thats why i said there is a bad ground as you mentioned above and the noise would be the alternator whining and giving feedback through the stereo. So the poor ground is more than likely on the alternator.

 

[hoops]

iv got that as well bloody annoying

 

[Damo]

I had a similar issue once (sounded like the engine note was being played through the speakers but more of a buzzing sound) and apparently a loose spark plug was the cause.

I can't understand that myself but that's what they (dealership) told me.
A bad earth sounds more likely.

 

[andygolf]

whats the best way to find out where this bad earth is then

 

[Black TDI Turbo]

It will be the ariel lead from the radio unit to the ariel base and also a mast, ive had the same fault at work (FORD's).

 

[andygolf]

so what can i do to sort this mate help as its driving me mad

 

[stevegti6]

mine crackles really bad when i brake hard for some reason