Thread: Noise Troubleshooting

The quickest but certainly not the cheapest way is to buy a usb sound adapter $50-$150 you can try M-Audio http://www.midiman.net SoundBlaster Extigy or Adigy 2 NX http://www.americas.creative.com/pro...incategory=462 or maybe Edirol http://www.edirol.com/ all of theese will give you audiophile quality sound with 0 injected noise (Granted you use good RCA cables)

Originally Posted by the_wombat

The quickest but certainly not the cheapest way is to buy a usb sound adapter $50-$150 you can try M-Audio http://www.midiman.net SoundBlaster Extigy or Adigy 2 NX http://www.americas.creative.com/pro...incategory=462 or maybe Edirol http://www.edirol.com/ all of theese will give you audiophile quality sound with 0 injected noise (Granted you use good RCA cables)

But why would It be quiet when running off the battery, and then static when plugged in?? I am using excellent shielded twisted pair RCA's. It's almost like I need a noise filter installed on the Power cord..

There could be quite a few reasons your getting noise. What do you mean by static? Does it only happen with the engine running? have you tried a ground loop isolator? It could be a bad ground in your lighter outlet, try hard wiring in a diffrent location.

Originally Posted by Tribalvision

But why would It be quiet when running off the battery, and then static when plugged in?? I am using excellent shielded twisted pair RCA's. It's almost like I need a noise filter installed on the Power cord..

Originally Posted by the_wombat

There could be quite a few reasons your getting noise. What do you mean by static? Does it only happen with the engine running? have you tried a ground loop isolator? It could be a bad ground in your lighter outlet, try hard wiring in a diffrent location.

Ok, I hard wired the laptop power in. noise is still there. I then Wired a temp wire right to the battery pos and neg. noise is still there. the noise is present with the truck running or not. you can actually hear the hard drive working thru my speakers. I am thinking the interference is being picked up internally, then amplified by my amplifiers... Would this USB sound card cure this problem? Or would there still be some line noise from the internal signal??

Thanks
Steve

USB Will fix it because the sound is processed outside of the PC. Try a Creative Labs Extigy or Extigy mp3, I personally like the Extigy better than Mp3 because of the added remote control.

Originally Posted by Tribalvision

Ok, I hard wired the laptop power in. noise is still there. I then Wired a temp wire right to the battery pos and neg. noise is still there. the noise is present with the truck running or not. you can actually hear the hard drive working thru my speakers. I am thinking the interference is being picked up internally, then amplified by my amplifiers... Would this USB sound card cure this problem? Or would there still be some line noise from the internal signal??

Thanks
Steve

your noise mught possibly being generated inside your charger, what sort of charger is it?

Also try grounding your laptop chassis, i removed a little bit of noise in my car by connecting a loop from a screw touching the earth on the laptop to earth on the head unit/body.
I put a little loop connector on the screw that holds the VGA connector.

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You should be able to run your laptop without the charger circuit, by this i mean run the lappy on unregulated voltage off the back of the alternator, =]. Its a little butcherous, but it works for me (no problems in 3 months). It also removes one more thing to go wrong. Laptops have fairly good power regs inside them because they are designed to run on batteries which can vary from say 20v to 9v. Give it a go and see if it works. but don't come to me if you plow up your brand new P4 thinkpad. =]
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GL

Originally Posted by SOBIL

your noise mught possibly being generated inside your charger, what sort of charger is it?

Also try grounding your laptop chassis, i removed a little bit of noise in my car by connecting a loop from a screw touching the earth on the laptop to earth on the head unit/body.
I put a little loop connector on the screw that holds the VGA connector.

GL

I'm using The Factory IBM charger..... I guess I'll have to try the USB....
thanks guys..

your laptop charger is enclosed in plastic. little or no RFI shielding. wrap it in tinfoil and see if it helps. worked on my NEC Versa LX to remove noise from system while plugged in.