Car Stereo Auxiliary Input Humming Buzzing Whining Hissing Noise Sound

I made a YouTube video showing how to fix humming, buzzing, whining, and hissing noises when using your auxiliary audio input on your car stereo. This is caused by a common ground between the audio source, and the radio in the car. It’s called a ground loop, and you can buy a ground loop isolator to easily fix this problem. The isolator shown in this video was purchased at a Micro Center retail store but they can also be purchased on-line. I included a link under the video to the item on the Micro Center website, and to a similar unit that can found on Amazon.

In the video I demonstrate the ground loop noise with an aviation radio scanner (I am an aviation nerd, lol) but the problem can happen with any audio source like your cell phone or MP3 player (do they still sell MP3 players? lol) that you might have plugged into your 12 volt power port inside your car. Anytime your car radio and your external audio source share the same ground, you could possibly experience “ground loop” noise. Sure, you could just unplug the 12 volt power cord from your phone but then you wouldn’t be able to charge and listen to your music at the same time without listening to that hideous noise. These simple and inexpensive ground loop isolators fix that problem.

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Bleed ABS Brakes Like A Pro With an Affordable Scan Tool

I made a youtube video to show how an affordable ABS scan tool can auto bleed ABS brake systems and ABS module just like a pro scanner. You don’t need a 5 or 10 thousand dollar GM Tech2 or Snap On diagnostic scanner (or any other high end vehicle manufacturer specific diagnostic scan tool) to preform an auto bleed on an ABS brake system. https://youtu.be/fUqmBqYIEAE

While searching online to find this affordable solution, I also found a few other low priced ABS scan tools that are supposed to also do an auto bleed. They are, The Foxwell NT630 Plus: And the OTC 3210: Please do your own research to be sure these scanners will work with your vehicle. The Foxwell seemed to be the cheapest, and the OTC was the most expensive. TO ME, the Autel seemed to be the best decision because it wasn’t the most expensive, but at least it was from a company that I had heard of before. OTC is a good, well known brand (Originally from my home state) but because of that, it seems that you are somewhat paying for the name. The Autel MaxiCheck Pro was middle ground for me. After using it to bleed my brakes, I can say that I am very happy with my purchase. I’m sure there are others out there but at the time of my YouTube video, these seemed to be the cheapest three (that I could find) with auto bleed capability.

It’s important to keep in mind that not every make and model of vehicle is capable of performing an auto bleed. The vehicle must have that function programmed into the ECM to begin with. It is the computer (ECM) in the vehicle that is actually performing the function, the Autel MaxiCheck Pro OBDII scan tool (or any other brand of scan tool) is only commanding the vehicle’s computer to run the auto bleed. The Scan tool itself is not doing anything other than commanding the auto bleed function that is programmed into the vehicle’s ECM from the factory. I suggest doing a google search for your make and model to see if your vehicle has the ability to auto bleed the ABS brake system before you buy a scanner.

And just to be clear…. I manually bled fluid from all four wheels before AND after performing an auto bleed with the scan tool. Once the air is moved out of the ABS module, (with scan tool) it must then be physically bled out of the system at each wheel. I did this entire process twice. And another side note: I use the Motive Products Power Bleeder to bleed my brakes. All other forms of bleeding may work eventually, but using a power bleeder (any brand) is absolutely the quickest, easiest and most reliable way to remove air from the brake system…. Your mileage may vary.

Check out my video below on YouTube to see how easy it was to perform an auto bleed on my 2006 GMC Sierra 1500.