[feeboo]

So I have my Blackberry Bold hooked up to my car via 1/8" jack stereo cable and I noticed a buzzing noise coming from the speakers. When I put the car in neutral and costed, to hear it better, it stopped buzzing. So I put it back in gear and revved it and that's when I noticed that the buzzing from the speakers increases as the RPMs increase, from 1500-4000.

WTF is going on?! Is something not grounded properly? Do the Aux jacks have this fault? It was driving me nuts earlier today.

 

[feeboo]

coAsted

 

[hoosieraccent]

Did you have a charger plugged in at the same time?  That's been known to add interference for some...

 

[Leprakong]

A friend of mine had that same problem with his Jetta.  The sound was coming from his subwoofers.  I think he said it was a ground.  I'll have to ask him.

 

[StripedCoupe]

Blackberries sucked on the stock system. I could never find one that would play properly... whether my 8800, my friends 8900 you name it - there would always be some problem.

As soon as i switched to iPhone it was fine. Music, phone, etc. all crystal clear. I don't even bother to use a bluetooth anymore, with the phone plugged into the aux I just talk to people through the speakers.

JMTC

 

[bloodninja]

Droid + Bluetooth streaming music through my JVC headunit = major win. Crystal clear, no interference.

 

[feeboo]

I think it was because it was also charging. I was listening to it today and it was fine and I didn't have it charging.

Well that's irritating.

Eventually I'll be making my own carputer but for now my bold is all I have. I suppose I should start burning some MP3 cds.

Thanks for the replies, especially to hoosieraccent.

 

[Pilx]

Sounds like a ground loop. You can pick up a ground loop isolator at Radio Shack for under $20. Usually they are RCA plugs though meaning you'll need a few converters to get that inline, and it adds a lot of bulk to what was just a simple wire...but they do work.

 

[omg grip]

Looks like you already figured it out. But yea for me the 1 time I experienced this, It was because I was charging the device.

It is kind of annoying that it happens but I have experienced it in other cars too.