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So I recently noticed that my computer speakers are picking up some religious radio station and it is becoming increasingly annoying. It is fairly faint but still noticeable unless I am listening to music at the same time. I have tried repositioning the speakers, moving the cords around but still I continue to hear this radio station. My speakers aren't exactly expensive and high end but they aren't cheap and crappy. They are the logitech x240 speakers. How can I get rid of this? Or am I going to have to buy better speakers? I don't really want to go that route just yet.

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I have been having the same problem with my logitech x-530 speakers, its very irratible but can only be heard when the volume is down on the speakers; though when turned up they produce white noise.. only bought them yesterday so they couldnt have broke; help!!

Reply to Anonymous

I have been having the same problem. I have tried many suggestions in different forums but nothing worked. Today I ran the Abexo free registry cleaner for another issue and surprise, surprise the radio problem in my speakers has stopped. I can only guess that it removed whatever was doing it from my registry. Hope this helps!!!

Reply to bizzy335

so ... that registry cleaner helped avoiding interference with a religious radio station, allright...
Would it flash the toilet and walk my dog too, do you think?

Reply to uncle_ben
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Try to remove any connection to the computer and connect your speaker to and MP3 player. It would be more likely that the PC has the issue and not the speaker.

Another is to move the speaker wires and the Sub away from any power line and away from a TV/Monitor. Try unplugging the sub power for two days (clearing any voltage reside on the capacitors).

I'm 90 percent sure that the problem comes from the PC, speaker wires and connections, not the speakers or the speaker amplifier.

Reply to rexter

I have been reading the posts on this site about speakers picking up radio stations. However, as far as I can tell, they are all about external speakers. I have an HP Pavilion dv9610us with Vista Home Premium that I purchased around 16 months ago (I don't know if any of that matters but just in case...) Yesterday I started hearing a radio station. Today I realized it was coming from my computer speakers. It doesn't matter how low or high I have the volume, or even if it is on mute its faint but is still there.
Also, I don't know if this is related to this issue or not but, when I turned my computer on this morning, there was no speaker icon in the notification area. I tried the fixes in the help sectionI and they did nothing. I actually had to disable all 3 sets of speakers I have registered on the computer and then enable the internal speakers alone in order to get the icon back up there and working again....Any thoughts?

Reply to ItsMyTurn00
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You can enable the speaker icon back thru Control Panel/Sound. As far as the station pickup, Completely shutdown PC and any unit connected to it. unplug all power cord. for at least a whole day to discharge any charge components.


Message edited by rexter on 05-05-2009 at 06:20:55 AM
Reply to rexter

Wow this is weird. I am having the same problem and it seems to be the SAME religious radio station you are hearing... My speakers aren't even connected to a computer, but an external monitor playing audio for a ps3. I don't have the problem using the speakers with my laptop, same location just changing what the speakers are connected too.

I thought this was weird to begin with but its so strange that we are both getting to same religious radio station?? any explanations?

Reply to Matthew596
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PS3 is connected to monitor is a specific none office application computer that your speakers is connected to. Aside from its usages, there's really no difference to you PC or Laptop.

As far as the religious station, it's probably low bandwidth signals that carried through your internet connections. So it’s easy to say, a bad combination of equipment can produce such interference. To minimize the interference is to use filters and/or remove the transformers and the unit with battery.

This is why company like Monster created filtered power protection unit.

http://www.monstercable.com/power/Monster_Power.asp

Reply to rexter

Hi - I've got these same speakers and am experiencing the same exact problems - especially at night. Faint religious station coming thru. My old speakers (cyberacoustics) never did them and they had a subwoofer attached to them as well. Is it possible it's an isolated issue with the Logitech set? Though I could never find anything in their forums suggesting so.

Reply to robbieb73
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The problem is not the speakers but the component and designed use with the amplifiers, to cut cost the amplifier have to be simple and not really that filtered.

Try unplugging the audio source and try increasing the volume if you can hear any beside from hiss. Then try to connect an MP3 player then check if the voices still exist.

Most common problem on these occurrences is when audio system is connected to computers. With all the things that computers have; the "Switching Power Supply" is the biggest contributor with this anomaly.

Most poeple don't know that the most crucial component on any electronics is power supply.

To reduce this interference you need to:
Re-locate audio wires away from power line – separate power line from anything else
Use ferrite if possible – it may not fix your problem but one less thing from your check list
Avoid too many tangled wires – use tie wraps for long wires
Use a good UPS if you can but basic UPS is better than nothing - more features like surge, auto voltage and regulator, auto shutdown, power filtering protection, etc of course is better

Know how RFI/EMI works, it'll helps you understand how your electronic devices affect each others.

Reply to rexter

hi all, I also have logitech speakers and am also getting some sort of Indian/muslim radio station through. how freaky is this lol !?

Reply to Anonymous

Hi, I had the same problem you seem to be describing with my edifier speakers. The problem was only noticed when I plugged the speakers to my laptop. When unplugged no noise was heard. Also if I passed the cable near the top of the subbuffer the noise got higher. I found a solution in this page,

http://www.stevelarkins.freeuk.com [...] erence.htm

The ferrite rings wheren't needed for me, just had to bunch the cables with cable ties to reduce their length. Hope it works for you.

Reply to joeman42
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I recently moved, and while hooking up my computer I noticed a buzzing and a local radio station coming in through my Labtec subwoofer. This subwoofer is rather ancient, but I have never had this problem before in the past two places I have lived.

The volume of the buzz and radio station does not depend on the volume or bass control on the subwoofer, and the signal persists when I unplug from the computer. If I change the location of the power supply, or move the cable running from supply to subwoofer, the volume of the buzz and radio signal varies. I originally had the power supply plugged into a surge protector, and tried moving it directly to the wall. This did not change anything.

My guess is that the power supply and cord are acting like an antenna, picking up the radio waves directly from the air. I don't think it's coming from the wiring in this place, since the effect varies when I move the power supply or cable.

I will look into shielding the power supply and cable, in case it is acting as an antenna. If I have any success, I'll post again.

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