Sound system prob. in cold weather

[jaxson]

I live in NJ and for the past month or so I have noticed that
on some very cold mornings my sound system sounds
staticcy. Sounding almost as if a speaker is torn. then after
driving for 4 min. or so it all clears up. This only happens on Cold days.
I will have this checked out during my scheduled oil change next
week. Hope they can find the prob. with car warmed up. Any1 else
had this prob?

[LWOOD]

Mine sounds like S$*t all the time, I live in Jersey, too. Some of it may be the horrid reception I get, some is the fact that either a couple speakers are blown, oe rattling around in their mounts, or rattling something near the mounts. I will wait until sprin and tear it apart and see what I can do.
BTW, there are other posts on this, too...Search the Dealer probs section under audio or sound system. It was very early on (June/July 04), so it may be gone, but FYI, there was some good info!

[HaTaX]

Do you guys both have the C with the stock system or do you have the SG2 upgrade?

[05 300c]

Originally Posted by HaTaX

Do you guys both have the C with the stock system or do you have the SG2 upgrade?

Good question

[II kings 9:20]

I have SG 1 and replaced the front dash spkrs with eclipse,the stocks were paper whizzer cones, very cheap, same as SGII. I suspect this is where the noise is coming from. The rear deck speakers sound like horse sh!t and I plan to replace them, only thing is I am using the stock amp and it may not be worth it given they only sound bad when I fade to the rear.

[jaxson]

I have the C with the SGII. My prob. is not reception
due to it happening with the CD player or radio until warmup (about 4min.).

[HaTaX]

I actually think the sound system in this car is pretty good for a factory system, I would like better imaging from the fronts, but all in all it sounds solid for a factory system, it's not a LS430 after all. =)

That said, here in MN when it sat out in -12 weather during the day, the radio sounded fine, but then again, when speakers are that cold, I don't push them hard as it can be bad on them.

[LWOOD]

jaxson, there was also a thread I started a while back (called Cracklin' rosie, I think) about a rattle in the dash area by passenger side speaker. It would just rattle incessantly until the car warmed up. It did this for the first time when it got cold. I was told by one forum member not to have the dealer look for it, because his dealer made it worse! So, I sat on it and realized the other day, hey! that damn noise stopped! I can't explain it, but it sounded like a blown speaker to me, too. But sound was still there when radio was off. BTW to answer the questions, I have crappy worthless SG1. Definitely shopping new speakers and will jump on the full iPod integration when it arrives. Who needs CDs?

[tekhen]

sounds like one of two things. speakers or wiring??

null out the system, turn down the volume and slowly increase it and listen to what happens.

good luck