Is it possible my factory stereo has some kind of noise-sensing volume control? There's no mention of it in the manual, but I swear it goes up and down by itself.

 

Yes it does. I find it really annoying. There's a wire on the harness you can cut and it will get rid of it.

 

yes, its speed-sensitive volume, meaning as you go faster, it incrementally increases in modulation.

http://www.club202.com/forums/showth...=&threadid=367

 

No, NO, NOOOOO, dont cut any wires!!!! I had the dealer turn my volume control off when I took my car in for maintenance......it takes 5 min.

 

yeah, but I'd have to go to the stealership, where that 5 minutes might cost $200

 

a little OT:

nice ride, I see your sig works now

 

I was not charged a dime, but even for $200 its worth it NOT to cut your wires! Why would you want to do that?

 

I find the auto-volume annoying, but I wouldn't cut the wires...I'll just live with it. Thanks for the sig help GDawg...that's how I spent my weekend!

 

You really do not know how annoying it is until they turn that ******* off. I used to hate that thing, its all solved now. They plug a machine into your computer and turn it off.......as I have said it takes 5min. They would probably do it for free.....I would call and ask. If they charge by the hour for service and it takes 5 min. ......how much could it be to turn that pain in tha azz off.

 

hey, what's RF? an amp brand?

 

RF=Rockford Fosgate amplifier

I had it patched into my bose system......Now I have that awesome BASS my system was lacking.....I also had a remote subwoofer volume knob installed on my console so I can back off the bass or add to it depending on the song. Had the amp, sub and installation done for about $500 total.

 

cool; like to see pics of the car. do you have the factory phone?

 

I have picts of exterior and interior, but this silly board says I can only download pics that are ONE byte in size. I dont know what the heck is wrong with it.

 

I will give this a shot......

http://imghost.messiahsoft.net/AMPSUB2.JPG