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Hello,

Just got my Connects2 aux adapter. Plugged it all in. Sounds great......

Until you turn the engine on. A fair bit of engine whine in the background.

Any ideas how to fix it?

Dan

Is the cable earth correctly? it's the most likely cause of interference

Well, I assumed that on the back of the stereo, there's the ISO connectors on the one side, the aerial on the opposite side and the an earth cable/connector just next to that.

I've attached the cable there......

Is this right?

Dan

The case of the head unit should be grounded so guess that's OK, but I would have connected it to the ground wire on the ISO power connector.

They must have sent mine out on the same day!!!, fitted it on Sunday.

I have done exactly the same thing, earth on the small lead with the spade connector like you and no noise on mine.

I took the power from the switched power line to the changer, it is the (black/white i think?) wire next to the input wires fron the connects2, means it is powered only when you select CD, dunno why they didn't do that from the factory?

I put the switch in the top of the small cubby space near the drivers right knee below the steering wheel, there is already a hole in it the right size!!!

So I can't help except to confirm that earth is fine. I was surprised the cables werent screened though as it's low level audio.

What a great mod btw, superb, I should have done it months ago, I had one of those crappy tape pickup things till now.

Nigel.

Found out what the problem was. My connects2 is the just the inline RCA adapter one (doesn't use the power/data connector underneath the Ipod).

My Ipod charger was causing interference - so I'll need to get a ground isolator.

A few quid spend will confirm this though

Still, the sound now is much better than the ITrip

DAn