ruberbanman126

I have the delco bose gold series speakers. I was driving down the street tonight listening to the radio and all of a sudden my speakers go crazy and start to humm and buzz real bad, i turned off the radio and it still kept doing it, i tried turning down the volume and nothing worked. Does any one know what might be going on?

ruberbanman126

hey can anyone help me with this?

travishenry

i wold rip it out and get a new system.

naf

iTrader: (7)

There's a relay that powers the amps. It may have gone bad.

ruberbanman126

you can also hear the sound of the engine in the speakers, like the humm of the engine or alternator.

zact1024

Try hooking your radio and speakers up in another car and see what happens. My old ones did the same thing but i just tossed them. I should have done that anyways (roadmasters)

RS Reaper

Sounds funny but if you had a cell phone near it it could be the cell phone the waves do something to speakers even if there's no power. Just a thoght before you start ripping out stuff.

ruberbanman126

my cell phone does that all the time on my computer speakers, i never thought of that though, when i get it out of storage i'll have to try and see if that was the problem, thanks

btk342003

it sounds to me that the factory amp went out on it. is there still music coming out and just makin funny noises or is it just noises.if theres music with it too then it might be interference if its just noise then its a bad amp

naf

iTrader: (7)

The Bose system has amps for each speaker. They're powered through a common relay though. I'd look there.

ruberbanman126

when it happen i was listening to the radio, but as it was happening i turned the radio off and it didnt quit, after i got to where i was going i shut the car off and it quit, after that i didnt use it again

mjwadams

My crappy Nextel phone I use for work does that all of the time. Alarm clocks, computer speakers, my car stereo, it doesn't matter. It even messes up the mouse and computer screen. I now keep it away from all electronic equipment (and my body)

BigBadJohn

iTrader: (4)

See about swapping things out to test, but one at a time only
Like bypass the amp and see if it plays normal.
If it still persists, it could be in the head unit or the wiring itself

camarodrew

is this system actually bose or is it just wat they called it

green92

A few years ago mine in my car started this. GM does not reapiar or carry any replacements for the speakers. I called a local stereo cahop they advised me that they can get them rebuilt not new adn the cost best to my memory was 180-290 range per speaker. They told me that the amps are built onto the speaker that is why they are so expensive. I left all mine in and put 2 speakers int he dash two in the sail panel area and 2 6x9 in the trunk well with an amp on them. By the way bose cant help you either. Hopefully this helps you out.

Rayzor32

iTrader: (1)

my dad has a 91 corvette with the exact same problem!! i thought the amp was bad but the bose has an amp for each speaker so its gotta be that relay

abray1

I got rid of the bose in my iroc and my corvette and went with a kenwood KDC-X990 and infinity kappa speakers in the factory bose enclosures and it ROCKS. Infinity rules.

Rayzor32

iTrader: (1)

or actually it could be the head unit but im not messin with it till spring tell me if u figure out what it was

anvrsyz28

I have the same issue with mine but have no idea who to have fix it. My car has 6k orig miles and not willing to go aftermarket. Anxious for a solution for this.

ruberbanman126

mine only has 36k and im deffinitly not wanting to go aftermarket

brentb

If you have an nextel phone it will cause some interferance in your speakers it does on mine ever when the radio is on or off.

anvrsyz28

while driving about 7 yrs ago mine went nuts--loud as hell high pitched sound and humming--volume **** had no effect on sound. turning it off stopped it but when you turn it on it went to max noise-has nothing to do with my cell etc as I have had it in 2 parts of the country and at 4 different locations. Local shops just want to sell me a new system and mechanics say not their speciality dunno

Ben92

Hearing the engine in the speakers is called "EMI". You need to check your wiring and make sure its correct. In my grandam when i got my new radio, when i turned the lights on, i had steady bass untill i turned the car off and restarted it.

Rayzor32

iTrader: (1)

cell dont matter, engine dont matter, mine just does a loud *** high pitched squel the entire time, and volume **** doesnt change the volume of the squeel only when u turn it off it goes off

anvrsyz28

^^^^ what he said..exactly me too.

naf

iTrader: (7)

Pull your Bose radio out and, with power still connected, hook up an alternate speaker to each of the output leads. This will tell you whether it's the radio or not.

anvrsyz28

Naf: does the Bose unit have power or are the speakers self powered? I was thinking that they were self amped..so I need another bose speaker to try this? Definately a starting point and will try this very soon.

IROCZ28KevinZ

iTrader: (2)

the radio in a bose system sends out a preamp signal to the individual amps, which amplify the sound going through the speaker. if you hook it up to normal speakers, you will get very faint and barely audible sound out of it. what could have happened, as mentioned before, is the relay under the dash that powers the amps went bad. or, your head unit went bad. or all 4 of your amps crapped out all at once, which is hard to believe but knowing the system, it can happen. back when gm and bose started this joint venture, bose had no experience building amps for a car. car amps are special because they endure bumps in the road, running nearly every second the car is on, and have to endure sub-zero temps and 100-plus degrees temps. this can wear them out. the most common problem with the amps i have heard of is one of the resistors on the board cracks open, and stuff oozes out. this causes a short, and the board goes bad. there are many places out there that can rebuild bose amps, as well as the radio. a quick google search will reveal this. bose will rebuild them, but they cost a small fortune. if need be, find a reputable aftermarket place and have them do it.

Rayzor32

iTrader: (1)

so where exactly is this relay??

IROCZ28KevinZ

iTrader: (2)

it should be up underneath the dash. i don't know exactly where it would be on a car that came factory with the bose system; i put mine in my car so i plugged the wiring into the connector that was behind the HVAC controls on the center console. the relay may be around that area, perhaps by the block under the dash that has the buzzer and some relays, and that is on the driver's side, under the dash, next to the center console.

Mitch91Z28

its a demon radio...