I hear radio station as interference in speakers

2004-06-08 Thread Matthew Bullis
Hello, it's extremely annoying that I can hear a local radio station at low volume when I use my computer speakers. The speakers are the amplified kind with a subwoofer, and so they must be plugged in to operate. I've got them plugged into a power strip, but switching them to another outlet

Re: I hear radio station as interference in speakers

2004-06-08 Thread Tom
Matthew, Does the interference disappear if you unplug the speakers from the sound card of the computer? If so, you might be able to eliminate it by running the cable from the speakers through a toroid a couple of times right at the plug. You often see this done with monitor cables and with

Re: I hear radio station as interference in speakers

2004-06-08 Thread Peter Scanlon
Hello, able to eliminate it by running the cable from the speakers through a toroid a couple of times right at the plug. You What is a toroid and where does one get one? Peter S. often see this done with monitor cables and with other peripherals. ** Original Message From: Matthew Bullis **

Re: I hear radio station as interference in speakers

2004-06-08 Thread Tom
A good place to get toroid cores and ferrite beads is, http://www.amidoncorp.com/ I think Radio Shack also sells a limited number of types and sizes. When a cable carrying audio is passed through a ferrite bead or wrapped around a toroid core, RF and electronic noise can be filtered out of

Re: I hear radio station as interference in speakers

2004-06-08 Thread hank smith
can 60 cycle hum or 160 hum be fixed this way to? - Original Message - From: Tom [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:34 PM Subject: Re: I hear radio station as interference in speakers A good place to get toroid cores and ferrite beads is, http