Radio transmission

[arclar123]

I have a LAN connection at home. I have a problem of recieving radio signals on my computer. My speaker is an in-built one.When I unplug my lan cable the signal is stopped. When I plug it in I recieve the radio signals. Can you help me out???

 

[Guest]

Where is the speaker ?
What happens if you plug in headphones into the motherboard sound output socket ?

Try going to Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices, Advanced and at the Mixer mute the Microphone input and then the Line input.

 

[arclar123]

The speaker is attached with the Dell Desktop itself.

When I Plug my headphones to the CPU i still get the signals from my desktop speaker. When I plug it to desktop, i hear them again.

Even when I mute my cd player and sw synth menu i still recieve them..
Whats the problem??

 

[arclar123]

The speaker is attached with the Dell Desktop itself.

When I Plug my headphones to the CPU i still get the signals from my desktop speaker. When I plug it to desktop, i hear them again.

Even when I mute my cd player and sw synth menu i still recieve them..
Whats the problem??

 

[Guest]

From your replies so far I'd have to guess there's a problem with sound circuitry on the motherboard.

But your answer is slightly ambiguous as to whether you can hear wireless thru the headphones when plugged into the CPU (by which I assume you mean motherboard). And what happens if you mute the mike input in the mixer ?

My point being that these issues mostly arise at the amplifier stage due to poor design, bad solder joints or poor screening -- very common for example with cheap amplified external PC speakers that are in common use. And mike input is the most sensistive so if that's not perfect it can cause problems (that can be solved by muting in the mixer).

When you say LAN -- do you mean literally a local connection to other computers in the building or do you mean the internet feed (WAN) ? Because connecting to the phone system or cable feed may have a bearing on the issue.

 

[arclar123]

If its the problem with the motherboard, i hear good quality of music when i play my song.

But I hear the radio signals as well, its very feeble.

Its a local connection to other computers in a building. How come those signals are not heard when I unplug my cable if its related to bad circuit board...

Is the cable real problem???

 

[Guest]

The LAN cabling may be acting as an antenna rather than being the cause of the problem.

 

[arclar123]

What to do to avoid those signals??

Change my speakers? or try changing the cable?

 

[Guest]

This sort of problem is very hard to nail down. There was a thread running for about a year on this before. It comes down to badly designed or badly made audio circuits.

Have another look at this from my earlier post : "your answer is slightly ambiguous as to whether you can hear wireless thru the headphones when plugged into the CPU (by which I assume you mean motherboard)."

If you can't hear any wireless interference when using headphone DIRECTLY plugged into the motherboard audio output, the problem may lie with the amplifier/speaker unit you are using.

A likely solution then is to try adding some new amplified speakers plugged into the outlet you just tested.

 

[arclar123]

When I plug in my head phone to my mother board, I do get some interference, but it is not as disturbing as i get in my desktop speaker.

The problem does not lie in the circuit board, As I have checked my computer in another location with a different ISP.

But the lan cable comes from a different building which is of 50 mts. The cable acts as an antenna...

 

[Guest]

Make sure the network cable feeding your computer has a ferrite choke on it -- this is easily identifiable as a lump in the cable (similar ones are used on monitor cables and some USB cables.

A choke may help reduce the spurious radio signal. Beyond that, you probably need more technical help. In most countries there is an authority responsible for governing the airwaves (in US the FCC) and their technical types would be expert at this type of problem.

Have a look at their website or try calling. I had problems like this some years ago with local taxicab firm radio interfering with my hifi -- and the UK authority guys were slightly helpful.