| Hello Jerry,
Having installed different systems in my car, I did have
similar problems, particularilyy when trying to match
different brands of HI-FI together.
1- Usually, the major problem is grounding. Have you used REALLY
the same ground to connect your CD-Player? The ground of the
Cigarette lighter is NOT the same. Connect the player ground
onto the SAME wire which connects the radio ground. Also, the
"+" wire of the cigarette lighter may be more noisy then the
one of the radio.
2- If your CD player is not connected through the cigarrette
lighter, connecting the CD ground with the radio ground may
help. The reason for that is that the cassette magnetic head
has a very low signal output, and the preamplifier is very
sensitive.
Introducing your dummy cassette, is like connecting an antenna
to the preamd/head, picking up noise.
3- If your CD-Player is connected through the cigarette lighter,
this may bring car noise (ex: ignition) to your CD player. To
identify the problem, power your CD with batteries. If now the
problem disappears, you need a filter between your CD and
lighter (It might be expensive (~20$) has 3 wires and is heavy.
Filters with 2 wires are light and less expensive (~5$), but
most of the time not enough efficient. You may experience the
same problem although you did following advice 1-.
4) Sell your dummy cassette (it may work very well with another car
and/or Radio, indipendently of the $ paid for one of these) and
connect the CD player directly to radio/amp.
I hope it helps,
Toni.
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| Ahhhhh
Have you tried the cassette both ways around ??????
I had exactly the same problem but found that by "dressing" the cable
such that I put the cassette in the other way around (confused ? what I
mean is imagine the cassette you are playing ends and you turn it over
- like that). Mine is a sony and the plastin insert in the top can be
removed, the cable trailed the other way, then the whole thing inserted
again.
Also try the line and or headphone socket, which ever you are'nt
currently using. I think line gives better results, but you may find
that using the headphone socket you can maximise the CD player volume,
whilst minimising the cassette deck volume, thus hopefully reducing the
noticable hum level. Watch it though as the CD player will CLIP if you
go too loud.
My main problem is where to place the player that minimises the jumping
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