TVs making a racket

[Paulm]

Remember the old days when the radio whinned along with the engine revs well my new 7" screens r very bad. any suggestions would be good.

can i put an inline suppresor or some thing like that.

even with the engine off I get lines moving accross the screen.

I have the power leads to the dvd on the oposite side of the car to the screen leads. I have a big strong good earth. my radio does not show any sign of this. If i plug the earphones into the dvd its self the noise very nearly goes.

the screen leads r a strange set up, if u have ever looked at the mouse connection to ur computer it looks the same as that.

cheers

Paul

[S2central.net]

Some electronic specialists can sell you a range of donut shaped coils/toroids that can be used to effectively remove interference from all manner of cables. Check Maplin and RS for starters. Haven't you noticed that many new electrical applicances have these odd shaped bumps near the cable ends ?

It is these 'bumps' which reduce EMC interference and emissions on cables in accordance with newest EU & ITU guidelines. I could quote you some specs but that would be sadder than sad.

Try the toroids on the power and video cables for any improvements.

Also the general rule on cables is to make sure you are using decent quality coax or cabling. The shielding should of course make its way to chassis earth via the equipment. The cable you are describing sounds like a component cable (Y-C) so you want a decent quality S-Video cable for that.

[Paulm]

cheers Paul, found some of that kind of stuff on Maplin site. I will give it a try

Paul

[Paulm]

got the suppressors but made no diff

used jump leads from my battery to wire it up and guess what no noise at all, so will wire the whole lot direct to the battery

If any1 is thinking of buying this system I would say it was very good value for money and the picture is ace now i have wired it direct.

Paul

[Fat Audi 80]

got the suppressors but made no diff

used jump leads from my battery to wire it up and guess what no noise at all, so will wire the whole lot direct to the battery

If any1 is thinking of buying this system I would say it was very good value for money and the picture is ace now i have wired it direct.

Paul

Just out of interest, where had you wired it to previously before you wired it direct to the battery?

Cheers,

Steve.

[Paulm]

Steve

Direct feed from wire that feeds Radio

Switched feed from Hazard light switch

Ground to screw beside altitude sensor

cheers

Paul

[Fat Audi 80]

Thanks Paul, I will make a note of that for future reference.

Cheers,

Steve.

[S2 Ant]

Seems a strange way to wire something in.... Esp as on the ABY the battery is in the car.

Im always very picky on my wiring tho.

[Paulm]

only wired it that way as it was easy and I wanted a switched feed. Lazy git really

Paul

[Paulm]

what do you think, this was diy

[Fat Audi 80]

what do you think, this was diy

Very nice, what does the front look like though

Well done sir!

Cheers,

Steve.

[Paulm]

you really don't want to see the front. I have not figured out what to do there yet

Paul

[Paulm]

pic of front

[Beetie]

See what you mean! Id rather see the back!

[Fat Audi 80]

If I were you, I would cut a thin piece of MDF to a couple of mm oversize for the hole, cover it in the material of your choice to match and push it in. (Or will it just fall out again? )

Steve.