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Static thru speakers at mid-high volume all the time

I just installed this in my 79 Toyota Corona. The car is prewired for four speakers. I have the two front speakers installed, and the head unit. The speakers share a common ground, and the head unit has its own. I'm getting a terrible static when I turn up the volume either with the tuner or iPod. Help!

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Your head unit may not have a common ground for the speakers. If you have two wires for each speaker coming from the head unit, rewire the speakers for a floating ground, that means two wires per speaker, or use a floating ground adaptor. These radios now a days are NOT like the radios in the hay days of care audio. If you already did not cause any damage to your unit, you certainly will if you continue to use it the way it is hooked up now. Good Luck

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When i turn up my radio it keeps switching setting on its own so i took the radio out and now it wont even turn on. I just unplug it and plug it back in. Help what should i do.

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