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Digital Puer wrote:
> Jer wrote:
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>>Steve wrote:
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>>>The noise coming through the speakers is due to the GSM signalling,
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>>>particularly on 850mhz systems. When the phone is transmitting,
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> your
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>>>speakers act as an antenna of sorts and pick up the buzz.
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>>>Just keep your phone farther away from the speakers. Nothing wrong
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>>>phone or speakers.
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>>It ain't the speakers - it's the wires connecting the speakers to the
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>>amp equipment that pick up the interference. My remedy was to use
>>coaxial cables for the speaker wires. Aside from that, the only
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>>thing that can be done is physical separation of more than a few
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> feet.
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>>Most cell phone wired headsets have a filter circuit embedded in the
>>headset jack and blue tooth headsets don't need it.
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>>--
>>jer
>>email reply - I am not a 'ten'
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> Jer - you are absolutely right, it's the unshielded
> audio wire that's causing the problem. I have a thick
> cable coming from my subwoofer up the front side of my
> desk to the satellite speakers. Last night when I
> put down my new cell phone prior to going to bed, I
> positioned it right next to the cable. Thanks for the
> insight. Interestingly, the cable is shielded enough
> such that I don't get any usual interference from
> my CPU case. Guess the GSM signal must be stronger.
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I don't know if it's stronger or what, but it's certainly different
enough to be noticable. Like you said, the PC speakers are shielded due
to the magnets inside, so I figured it wasn't the speakers themselves.
My PC though was the most aggravating, so I replaced the typical speaker
wiring with 2-wire w/coaxial shield, and connected the shield to a screw
on the PC case, and the PC has been happy since. I got the new cable
from Rad Shack. I get this same interactance (my word) in other places,
too, like in the car. The car has speaker wiring all over the place,
often hidden behind metal body panels, so I'm not certain where the
exposure points are. However, modifying all the car wiring would be a
major pain, so I'll live with the minor annoyance there.
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jer
email reply - I am not a 'ten'