Another way to get rid of the whine is to get a filter...basically it installs on the power wire to your radio/amp and filters out the whine so I've heard. Never had to use one tho so I don't know... Nick '01 Jetta VR6 '86 Scirocco 16v (Money Pit) Pic of 16v: http://mabbott.dhs.org/~eluzion/DCP_0198.jpg