K Tried this before and got nothing, so I'll try again since theres more folks with HID's now.
A while back I had a 92 XJ which I installed HID's into. Whenever I had the headlights on, the radio(not CD) has an incredible amount of static/noise. I got rid of that truck and bought my 2000 XJ. Installed my lights and everything was fine and dandy since May. However, the noise has just recently come to the 2000.
I have no idea how the HID's are causing noise on only the radio. I'm assuming the antenna is picking up noise from the frequency(ies) of the ballasts?
Is there any way to ditch this noise? I have satelite radio, so radio is pretty much my main source of sound...Could I wrap the ballasts with tin foil or something? LOL.
Any help or ideas are appreciated. My thoughts were that the headlight and radio were somehow on the same ground, but then it would affect CDs also, so it must have something to do with the antenna? The noise doesnt change with RPM or speed or anything, but disappears as soon as the lights are off. I have installed a noise eliminator thing on the radio before(one that spliced into all the +12, memory and ground wires) and that didn't do anything either.
Again...thoughts and ideas are welcome and apprciated...can't deal with the sound anymore
A while back I had a 92 XJ which I installed HID's into. Whenever I had the headlights on, the radio(not CD) has an incredible amount of static/noise. I got rid of that truck and bought my 2000 XJ. Installed my lights and everything was fine and dandy since May. However, the noise has just recently come to the 2000.
I have no idea how the HID's are causing noise on only the radio. I'm assuming the antenna is picking up noise from the frequency(ies) of the ballasts?
Is there any way to ditch this noise? I have satelite radio, so radio is pretty much my main source of sound...Could I wrap the ballasts with tin foil or something? LOL.
Any help or ideas are appreciated. My thoughts were that the headlight and radio were somehow on the same ground, but then it would affect CDs also, so it must have something to do with the antenna? The noise doesnt change with RPM or speed or anything, but disappears as soon as the lights are off. I have installed a noise eliminator thing on the radio before(one that spliced into all the +12, memory and ground wires) and that didn't do anything either.
Again...thoughts and ideas are welcome and apprciated...can't deal with the sound anymore