Radio gets messed up when i turn on the car.

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Jan 6, 2002

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Radio gets messed up when i turn on the car.

does anybody know why this happens? im listening to the radio just fine but once i start the engine, the music gets static in the background! help?

Jan 6, 2002

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You listening to AM? if so it's alternator Whine.

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bad ground wire or ground

Jan 7, 2002

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no theres static in the background of the music i listen to.
and its am, fm and cd, its everything

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Prob. feed back from the alt. Do you still have the stock HU in or did you upgrade? Do you have an amp? And if so, make sure the power and speaker cables run on opposite sides of the car.

Jan 8, 2002

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<< Prob. feed back from the alt. Do you still have the stock HU in or did you upgrade? Do you have an amp? And if so, make sure the power and speaker cables run on opposite sides of the car. >>

can you that in english? or just e-mail me