Cell Phone/ Speakers

[Aaron]

Has anyone noticed that speakers make a beeping noise when you walk by them with a cell phone? I have this problem when I listen to my iPod, and when I'm watching watching TV. Every type of speaker, to my knowledge, does this. What causes this interference?

[buckshot]

ya its normal. but annoying. its when the phone is sending or receiving info. which is good sometimes like when I leave my ringer off.

[X-Ninja]

do you have wireless speakers? if you do, then it could be the signal messing it up.

If your speakers are wired then... well, that wouldnt make sence. Unless your cellphone were to have a wire and be attatched to your speakers- which is doughtful.

Yeah... EVERY type of speaker huh? Damn.

you have 2 options.

1. Buy i new phone
2. Dont listen to music while listening to music. dont know why you would, but you know... whever. Honestly though... wouldnt that annoy the person on the other line?

I mean... if sombody were to call me and all i heard i the background was music in the background, i would prob just hang up.

and if i were YOU and I was talking on the phone, i wouldnt be able to hear the guy on the other end.

Glad i could help. Did i fix your problem yet?

....no? k. Thanks.

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by X-Ninja

do you have wireless speakers? if you do, then it could be the signal messing it up.

If your speakers are wired then... well, that wouldnt make sence. Unless your cellphone were to have a wire and be attatched to your speakers- which is doughtful.

Yeah... EVERY type of speaker huh? Damn.

you have 2 options.

1. Buy i new phone
2. Dont listen to music while listening to music. dont know why you would, but you know... whever. Honestly though... wouldnt that annoy the person on the other line?

I mean... if sombody were to call me and all i heard i the background was music in the background, i would prob just hang up.

and if i were YOU and I was talking on the phone, i wouldnt be able to hear the guy on the other end.

Glad i could help. Did i fix your problem yet?

....no? k. Thanks.

Nope, it has nothing to do with wireless speakers.

Nextel phones are the worst. 10sec before you get a text msg your tv starts to blink and speakers hum and pop. Most phones do this but not any of my Sprint phones. My iPhone gives our projector some static but doesn't effect my tv.

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by Footloose301

Nope, it has nothing to do with wireless speakers.

Nextel phones are the worst. 10sec before you get a text msg your tv starts to blink and speakers hum and pop. Most phones do this but not any of my Sprint phones. My iPhone gives our projector some static but doesn't effect my tv.

My BlackJack seems to do it bad! When I'm in class trying to disguise myself when I'm texting, I always get caught because of the intercom system!

[X-Ninja]

oh! text messages as well huh?

well, hmmm... that kind of sucks.
damn you have alot of phones...


My cell phone doesnt mess up my speakers. Although my house phone loves to cut out my PS3s internet. Hurray!

Yeah. I have no idea how to help. buy a new phone. Oh! and make it a walkman phone... supporting sony > All.

although... that would be a stupid idea, and a pain to do.

is it just like, one beep? or does it continually beep at you as you talk?
If it continually beeps... that would suck.

EDIT: According to all the posts now, its impossible to fix. oh well... :/ Sorry.

[Aaron]

Originally Posted by X-Ninja

oh! text messages as well huh?

well, hmmm... that kind of sucks.
damn you have alot of phones...


My cell phone doesnt mess up my speakers. Although my house phone loves to cut out my PS3s internet. Hurray!

Yeah. I have no idea how to help. buy a new phone. Oh! and make it a walkman phone... supporting sony > All.

although... that would be a stupid idea, and a pain to do.

is it just like, one beep? or does it continually beep at you as you talk?
If it continually beeps... that would suck.

It's not just my phone, every cell phone does it.

[MouseRider]

What you are hearing is the interference to the analog audio caused by the mobile signals being sent by your phone.

It happens most obviously to speakers that are self-powered or if the interference is happening before the amplification stage.

Blackberries are one of the most notorious because of their near-continuous data connections. Some phones generate more interference than others depending on their signal strength and transmission characteristics.

If you've seen those little "magic" blinking light charms they sell that blink when a call is coming in, the reason why they blink is the same reason you hear the noise from your speakers.

I actually had a pair of speakers once that picked up radio signals, drove me nuts, everything would be off and I would hear faint sounds of a radio channel.

You can actually reduce or remove these interference by getting a ferrous filter and clamping it around your speaker cables near the speaker end or if it is happening to you prior to amplification, clamp before it goes into the amp.

You can usually buy them from Radio Shack or a electronics hobby place.

These are basically small magnets can clamp around your cables, you'll probably see them around some of your DC adapter cords, some serial cables and other signal cables.

They look like this:

[Footloose301]

Originally Posted by MouseRider

These are basically small magnets can clamp around your cables, you'll probably see them around some of your DC adapter cords, some serial cables and other signal cables.

The look like this:

Thats cool. I've got a bag of about 10 of them and didn't know what they were for. They came with my Pioneer AVH-P7600DVD. Hmm.

[MouseRider]

Originally Posted by Footloose301

Thats cool. I've got a bag of about 10 of them and didn't know what they were for. They came with my Pioneer AVH-P7600DVD. Hmm.

Wow, that's generous of them.

These are useful for your analog signal cables if you have lots of interference where your equipment is located.

[kevinbr100]

Originally Posted by Aaron

It's not just my phone, every cell phone does it.

it is not based on the phone, its based on the frequencies and protocols your phone is using, gsm/edge in the USA seems to cause interference to any speaker near by, or tv/monitor, when sending and receiving data between it and the cell site. your phone does this periodically whether or not you are actively using it. 3g though doesnt seem to have a problem

[buckshot]

what's really cool is what my phone does to my crt monitor at work. when my phone is loading webpages or what have you the screen get all jittery and funny. like my monitor is having a seizure.

[fronn]

I've never had it happen around higher quality speakers -- only the cheap ones in TVs and lower end Stereo/HT speakers, it seems.

I often leave my Blackberry charging on one of my speakers (as it's the easiest place to set it while charging) and never hear a peep -- they aren't even necessarily high end speakers, just mid range. My girlfriend's phone causes her stereo system to go nuts, but never my HT setup (hers is some off brand system she got years ago).

It's not all speakers that it happens to and, as stated previously, it only seems to be GRPS/EDGE modes that cause it.

[DrinkMore]

Originally Posted by buckshot

what's really cool is what my phone does to my crt monitor at work. when my phone is loading webpages or what have you the screen get all jittery and funny. like my monitor is having a seizure.

And you put that same device up to your head?

[pedigree]

its normal dont sweat it

[buckshot]

Originally Posted by DrinkMore

And you put that same device up to your head?

nope. bluetooth baby. I keep it in my pocket. I hoped it would be biirth control. but my soon to arrive daughter proves that didn't work.

[DrinkMore]

Originally Posted by buckshot

nope. bluetooth baby. I keep it in my pocket. I hoped it would be biirth control. but my soon to arrive daughter proves that didn't work.

Lol, I was going to say there go your nads :P

Yeah, I used to like bluetooth. Until every freaking person in the world started walking around with a headset attached to their fast like they were super DUPER important! Sorry, but after I saw that, I ditched mine. It just drove me crazy to see it. People also got worse when they talked on them - louder and more obnoxious.

Congrats on the youngun