PIE adapter troubles

[pagluy]

Wondering if anyone has some ideas about my issue. Sometime the past few months my ipod/PIE adapter developed static whenever it was on (even when an ipod isn't hooked up - constant static). I figured it was a loose wire. Pulled it all apart tonight and checked all the connections and everything was good. Now I'm wondering if my PIE adapter went bad (probably). Any protips from LVC?

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

Wondering if anyone has some ideas about my issue. Sometime the past few months my ipod/PIE adapter developed static whenever it was on (even when an ipod isn't hooked up - constant static). I figured it was a loose wire. Pulled it all apart tonight and checked all the connections and everything was good. Now I'm wondering if my PIE adapter went bad (probably). Any protips from LVC?

that happens to me all the time too, do you live near water? i live near a lake and theres like no reception at all, just static!!

 

[joegr]

that happens to me all the time too, do you live near water? i live near a lake and theres like no reception at all, just static!!

The PIE is a direct wire in, not a modulator. There is no use of the radio, so reception isn't the issue. It's not static that pagluy is hearing, it's white or pink noise. (Yes, it sounds the same, but it is different.)

 

[Lincoln Jealous]

The PIE is a direct wire in, not a modulator. There is no use of the radio, so reception isn't the issue. It's not static that pagluy is hearing, it's white or pink noise. (Yes, it sounds the same, but it is different.)

the rca cables maybe?

 

[Alax7]

Prob not the problem in your case, but in my girlfriend's car, toyota by the way, if you have the radio on and turn the rear defrost, you get static. Guess it interferes with it, my ls doesn't do that.

 

[pagluy]

the rca cables maybe?

I thought cables, but the static starts as soon as I plug the PIE module into the radio. I have a factory installed satellite hookup that I use to interface with the PIE.

 

[joegr]

I thought cables, but the static starts as soon as I plug the PIE module into the radio. I have a factory installed satellite hookup that I use to interface with the PIE.

It seems likely that you are correct and the PIE module has a defect. Unless you have and oscilloscope and know how to use it, it is unlikely that you can do more to diagnose this than to replace the PIE module.

 

[rainjacks]

+1

 

[pagluy]

It seems likely that you are correct and the PIE module has a defect. Unless you have and oscilloscope and know how to use it, it is unlikely that you can do more to diagnose this than to replace the PIE module.

Thanks for your input joegr. Appreciate it.