Finally got around to hooking up my Cobra 25 GTL WX cb radio in my 2009 Jeep wrangler this past weekend and have already ran into (2) problems.
Problem #1)
I have the cb POS and NEG hooked directly to my jeep battery, with a 2amp fuse placed in series with the POS up by the cb. Noticed driving down the road with the radio on or off, the cb gets like a voltage spike or surge, spiking the audio output and the light output. It lasts each time for literally a split second.
Even noticed last night in the garage, with the Jeep turned off, it would still do it. Seems to do it maybe once a minute if that; it seems sporadic at best. After realizing it would not stop, I unplugged the power supply from the CB. It is a fairly new battery, that reads 14.2V, not sure if that plays any part or not.
Problem#2)
Not really a major problem, but rather confusion. My jeep has an AUX output jack on the AM/FM in dash radio for ipods, etc. I got creative and plugged a cord from that AUX jack to my CB speaker output jack (on rear of CB), hoping I could listen to the CB audio this way over my Jeep factory speakers. With AUX cord unplugged, the audio on my CB sounds fine, with or without the Jeep cranked and running up and down the road does not seem to make a difference on the audio output from the CB speaker itself.
But I am getting some sort of "static" in my Jeep speakers when I try to run the CB speaker output (on rear of CB) through my Jeep AUX jack. Could I possibly put a filter of some type in line with this AUX cord or are my Jeep factory speakers no where near the impedance they need to be for my CB?
These problems may be obvious to some, so please keep in mind, I'm fairly new to radio hobby.
Thanks!
Problem #1)
I have the cb POS and NEG hooked directly to my jeep battery, with a 2amp fuse placed in series with the POS up by the cb. Noticed driving down the road with the radio on or off, the cb gets like a voltage spike or surge, spiking the audio output and the light output. It lasts each time for literally a split second.
Even noticed last night in the garage, with the Jeep turned off, it would still do it. Seems to do it maybe once a minute if that; it seems sporadic at best. After realizing it would not stop, I unplugged the power supply from the CB. It is a fairly new battery, that reads 14.2V, not sure if that plays any part or not.
Problem#2)
Not really a major problem, but rather confusion. My jeep has an AUX output jack on the AM/FM in dash radio for ipods, etc. I got creative and plugged a cord from that AUX jack to my CB speaker output jack (on rear of CB), hoping I could listen to the CB audio this way over my Jeep factory speakers. With AUX cord unplugged, the audio on my CB sounds fine, with or without the Jeep cranked and running up and down the road does not seem to make a difference on the audio output from the CB speaker itself.
But I am getting some sort of "static" in my Jeep speakers when I try to run the CB speaker output (on rear of CB) through my Jeep AUX jack. Could I possibly put a filter of some type in line with this AUX cord or are my Jeep factory speakers no where near the impedance they need to be for my CB?
These problems may be obvious to some, so please keep in mind, I'm fairly new to radio hobby.
Thanks!