More Stereo Stuff!

[STEADIRIC@aol.com]

Well I too have just completed upgrading my head unit (A Dennon 
DCT-950R), And I've come across some strange things..... Well it IS an 
Audi!

Weirdness #1  The CD player section is pretty much noise free.....  The 
Radio section has the dreaded Alt. Whine.  FM has more noise than AM..... 
 I'm going to change where I'm getting my power from. I'm getting it now 
from the stock radio power wire and I'm going to change it to directly 
off of the battery, just like the Amp.

Weirdness #2 I was still getting NO AM....  I checked the resistance 
between the Ant ground and the chassis ground and that's reading 0 ohms.  
When I checked the Shield to ground (With the ant. connected) again I got 
0 ohms (No ground loop) but no AM.  Now I live in St. Louis, MO and we 
have KMOX radio a 50,000 watt clear channel station, and I can't get the 
freaking hockey game!!  So I decide to do something unconventional (What? 
Who Me??) and I decide to lift the sheild on the ant. lead at the ant.  I 
wrap the outer terminals on the ant lead with electrical tape.  I then 
reconnect the lead and PRESTO!  I've got AM radio!!  WooHoo!!  I change 
down the dial to 890AM which is WLS in Chicago and I'm finding out about 
a accident on the Kennedy Expressway!!  So if your having AM problem try 
lifting the sheild.


Later!


Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B

STEADIRIC@aol.com