Author Topic: Bad sound distortion on stock stereo  (Read 1833 times)

Offline shinkle

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Bad sound distortion on stock stereo
« on: April 10, 2021, 11:27:00 AM »
My stock radio has a digital clock with cassett player. It works great except for a bad distortion on the left side speakers. Mainly the rear speaker on the bass sound. The beat beat beat rythm of songs is badly distorted. I replaced the rear stock speakers with no luck. It does it on both antenna and cassette tapes.

Any suggestions?
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Re: Bad sound distortion on stock stereo
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2021, 12:48:49 PM »
Try thoroughly cleaning and verifying all of the connections between the head unit and the speakers.  Validate the ground connection for the head unit.
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Re: Bad sound distortion on stock stereo
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2021, 04:21:27 PM »
Try reversing the left and right connections at the radio. If the distortion moves to the other side, the radio output may be bad...

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Re: Bad sound distortion on stock stereo
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2021, 10:12:24 PM »
Where would the ground for the head unit be located? 

I'll try the left right swap and see if the distortion follows it
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Re: Bad sound distortion on stock stereo
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2021, 11:18:52 PM »
Where would the ground for the head unit be located? 

If it follows the factory location, the radio grounds to the left kick panel area or the e-brake pedal frame.  Switching the left rear and right rear feeds is a good idea.
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Re: Bad sound distortion on stock stereo
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2021, 08:38:49 PM »
I sprayed the shafts of my stock ETR radio with Deoxit and it improved the sound immediately.   I took the radio out to do it. 


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Re: Bad sound distortion on stock stereo
« Reply #6 on: October 16, 2021, 09:33:37 PM »
That stuff is phenomenal! D5 for general purposes, F5 made the same but is good on faders.

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Re: Bad sound distortion on stock stereo
« Reply #7 on: October 16, 2021, 11:34:00 PM »
(funny- spell check doesn't recognize "fader") ::)

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