Car stereo question

Kinja'd!!! "sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
05/12/2016 at 21:05 • Filed to: None

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Why is it that whenever I plug my phone into an aux cord to play music in my car the bass gets heavily distorted? The speakers don’t do it while playing the radio or CD, just when playing music from the aux cord. It also doesn’t seem to matter which aux cord I use, the type of distortion will change but there is always some sort of distortion on the bass. If it helps my car is set up so that I have to use a double-ended aux cord, meaning that one and plugs into the phone and the other end plugs into an AUX port in the car. Should I just go out and buy a really nice aux cord, if there is such a thing, and hope that works?

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DISCUSSION (24)


Kinja'd!!! MUSASHI66 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:10

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My car drops the volume by half on aux or usb input. No solution from what's on forums.


Kinja'd!!! TheHondaBro > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:13

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Something about touching yourself at night... idk


Kinja'd!!! -this space for rent- > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:13

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If you decrease volume on your phone does it change?


Kinja'd!!! Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:13

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Get a pre-amp


Kinja'd!!! Alfalfa > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:13

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Have you tried playing with the phone volume in relation to the stereo volume? That can solve a lot of distorted audio issues.


Kinja'd!!! BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:17

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Is there separate equalizer settings per input? Like one for radio, one for CDs, one for aux input?


Kinja'd!!! d15b > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:27

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Turn down your phone, let the speakers do the work.


Kinja'd!!! JR1 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:36

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I have said it a million times but damn you live in a nice area if you always see cars like that


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > -this space for rent-
05/12/2016 at 21:45

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Let me try it and get back to you.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
05/12/2016 at 21:45

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A what?


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Alfalfa
05/12/2016 at 21:45

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No but I will.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
05/12/2016 at 21:45

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No, I don’t believe so. It’s not that new.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > d15b
05/12/2016 at 21:46

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I’ll try that.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > JR1
05/12/2016 at 21:46

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That’s true, but I also know where to look for them. For example, I don’t golf, but there is one country club near my house that always has cool stuff in the lot.

Also, this was leaving Cars and Coffee.


Kinja'd!!! -this space for rent- > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:53

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If your stereo has an adjustment for the aux level, try dialing it back too.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > -this space for rent-
05/12/2016 at 21:54

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I don’t think it does but I’ll check.


Kinja'd!!! If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 21:59

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Try turning your phone’s volume down a few clicks below maximum.


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
05/12/2016 at 22:06

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That’s being suggested a lot, might be it.


Kinja'd!!! d15b > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/12/2016 at 22:14

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It should work!


Kinja'd!!! Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/13/2016 at 19:58

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A lot of people are suggesting the volume thing, which i would too.

what phone are you using, and what app are you using to play music?


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud
05/13/2016 at 20:34

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HTC One M8 with Pandora


Kinja'd!!! Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/16/2016 at 20:17

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hmmm not to familiar with pandora (weird, i know) so maybe lower the in app volume as well as the phone volume.

you might want to try Google Music app, it has a built in EQ. And it streams too.

What car/stereo are you using?


Kinja'd!!! sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud
05/16/2016 at 20:22

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It’s the Bose system in an old Audi, I lowered the in-app volume and it seems to have done the trick.


Kinja'd!!! Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
05/17/2016 at 12:53

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awesome.

I use google music because i had a bunch of songs on my laptop and it was able to import everything. much better than itunes!