Bose whine/CD

[Mike Arman]

>Message: 15
>Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 20:36:13 -0400
>From: David Head <dave.head at worldnet.att.net>
>To: Audi V8 quattro list <v8q at u.washington.edu>, qlist <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: Bose whine/CD
>
>In my new to me V8, I have no right channel, front or rear. I also get a
>whine, almost like a capacitor charging up from the other channel at
>turn on - it quiets down but can still be heard. I pulled a rear speaker
>from my 'down' v8 and connected it - still nothing. I also swapped head
>units (its great having 2 V8s!) with no change. Has anyone troubleshot
>this kind of wiring problem? The manual doesn't show any other
>connectors.

Gawd - two of em! Your lovely wife must indeed love you . . . ! (Say hello
for me.)

The whine (left side) sounds to me like an open filter capacitor in one of
the sub-amplifiers.

For the right side (nobody at all home), what's common on that side?

Possibly an open ground?

Best Regards,

Mike Arman