Aux jack sound issues

[tjc712]

Love playing my Ipod in my '07. I do notice a significant amount of speaker distortion on some Ipod tunes (but not all). Seems to come mainly from the front center speaker. I realize that these are only stock speakers, but they sound fine when I play cd's. Has anybody else experienced similar issues? Anybody have any insight here? Most of the tunes are direct from Itunes (legal downloads).

[Jack66]

No problems in the 08, but it doesn't seem to have the center speaker either.

[tjc712]

If you have the JBL 6 disc CD changer, there's a speaker mounted right above the center display.

[gatsby_88]

Try turning down the volume from the iPod, and turning up the volume of the stereo instead. Your iPod could be overdriving the audio input.

[Slartibartfast]

Originally Posted by tjc712

Love playing my Ipod in my '07. I do notice a significant amount of speaker distortion on some Ipod tunes (but not all). Seems to come mainly from the front center speaker. I realize that these are only stock speakers, but they sound fine when I play cd's. Has anybody else experienced similar issues? Anybody have any insight here? Most of the tunes are direct from Itunes (legal downloads).

I've had problems with distortion, but it had to do with the patch cable running from the ipod to the Aux jack. The ones I have bought from RadioShack are cheap and don't hold up to very much abuse; after a few months, they break down and tend to only send sound to one side because the plug and jack do not conduct properly.

Check if it's your cable or something on your ipod by wiggling and moving the cable around while it is playing. If the distortion changes, there's your problem. If it happens in the same place in the song(s) then check your ipod and computer on a good set of speakers outside the car.

[Presto]

Disconnect the center speaker too. It just muddies things up.

[BIGGDOGG]

It's most likely what Gatsby said.
I do notice though, to play my music through the ipod at a loud level I have to turn my volume all the way up on the car and even at full capacity it isn't that loud. I keep my ipod volume 3/4 up otherwise turned up anymore would distort the sound and make it seem like my speakers blew. Does anybody else get that problem? I get that problem in all cars with an AUX plug maybe it is the AUX wire I am using or maybe it is just how they work. Can anybody tell me if they get the same results?
Thanks

[Husker4theSpurs]

Originally Posted by BIGGDOGG

It's most likely what Gatsby said.
I do notice though, to play my music through the ipod at a loud level I have to turn my volume all the way up on the car and even at full capacity it isn't that loud. I keep my ipod volume 3/4 up otherwise turned up anymore would distort the sound and make it seem like my speakers blew. Does anybody else get that problem? I get that problem in all cars with an AUX plug maybe it is the AUX wire I am using or maybe it is just how they work. Can anybody tell me if they get the same results?
Thanks

You can turn up the max volume on your iPod as well by going into its settings ... you may just have the max volume on the iPod set low.

[BIGGDOGG]

you mean going into the individual song setting or there is actually a nother setting for the sound output in the ipod other that just regularly turning it up?

[Jack66]

I think it is because the headphone-out signal is an audio signal. Audio signals have a signal strength that can be dimmed or amplified. A digital signal (like from the dock) is ones and zeros so signal strength isn't that important.