Fifer Wrote: > I'm not sure if this is a general problem or if the electrics in my > house are unusually noisy, but I occasionally suffer 'drop-outs' when > switching lights on or off, if an outside PIR controlled light comes > on, from the central heating controller and various other mains powered > equipment. The effect is just a momentary loss of sound. I'm wondering > why the effect is instantaneous? If the data stream is being > interrupted by mains-borne or (more likely, I suspect) RF interference, > shouldn't the data already in the buffer cover the gap? > > It's not a big problem but I am curious about this effect and also any > potential solutions?
I assume you're using coax digital, right? What kind of receiver? How long is the drop? I've heard of this sort of thing with s/pdif equipment before, but this is the first time anyone's seen it with a squeezebox setup. I think what happens is there's a strong enough electrical transient in the house as to cause a small spike to go across the s/pdif cable - at that moment the receiver loses sync with the data and it takes a second or so to lock on to the stream again. So it's not RF and it's not a buffer underrun. Some things to try: - put squeezebox and the receiver on the same power strip - try a different s/pdif cable - try optical instead of coax -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18030 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
