Foreign Radio Station Waves Coming Through My Speakers??

Guys, I just bought a set of PC Works 4 Point Surround Sound Speakers to go with my new SB Live card. When I sat down to my computer I heard a faint noise in the background. I thought it was the TV or radio in another room but all the TV's and radios where off in the house. I listened closer trying to figure out what it was and found out the noise was coming from my new speakers. Some guy speaking a foreign language had some how made his way into them. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?!? I live in the mountains of ***ia and have never heard of a radio station near by that speaks some foreign language. Could someone please explain this to me?? Thanks, Aaron Markham *Kart44* Element Motorsports [link lost in import] rgm3.vcf < 1K Download

That's what you get for buying them damn Taiwanese speakers!! Looks like a defector is in your bass speaker shell. LMAO

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> Guys, > I just bought a set of PC Works 4 Point Surround Sound Speakers to > go with my new SB Live card. When I sat down to my computer I heard a > faint noise in the background. I thought it was the TV or radio in > another room but all the TV's and radios where off in the house. I > listened closer trying to figure out what it was and found out the noise > was coming from my new speakers. Some guy speaking a foreign language > had some how made his way into them. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?!? I > live in the mountains of ***ia and have never heard of a radio > station near by that speaks some foreign language. Could someone please > explain this to me?? > Thanks, > Aaron Markham *Kart44* > Element Motorsports > [link lost in import] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: rgm3.vcf > rgm3.vcf Type: VCard (text/x-vcard) > Encoding: 7bit > Description: Card for A. Markham *Kart44*

-- Chuck Kandler #70 K&S Racing http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195 The box said "Windows 95 or better", so I installed LINUX!

It's God. He's talking to you. Kill them Aaron, kill them all............ Actually, the wires in the speakers can sometimes act as an antenna which picks up radio waves which are then played through the speakers. Chances are you've got some sort of shortwave station which is why you've got the foreign voices. This is a known problem with the old FPS1000 speakers. I don't think theres too much you can do as the speaker wires were not detachable on this model(?). If you _can_ change the wires, get better quality cabling. Gavan -- There can be only one............. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

I have the same problem, even with the computer off I hear it :) Andre

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>That's what you get for buying them damn Taiwanese speakers!! Looks like a >defector is in your bass speaker shell. LMAO >> Guys, >> I just bought a set of PC Works 4 Point Surround Sound Speakers to >> go with my new SB Live card. When I sat down to my computer I heard a >> faint noise in the background. I thought it was the TV or radio in >> another room but all the TV's and radios where off in the house. I >> listened closer trying to figure out what it was and found out the noise >> was coming from my new speakers. Some guy speaking a foreign language >> had some how made his way into them. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?!? I >> live in the mountains of ***ia and have never heard of a radio >> station near by that speaks some foreign language. Could someone please >> explain this to me?? >> Thanks, >> Aaron Markham *Kart44* >> Element Motorsports >> [link lost in import] >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Name: rgm3.vcf >> rgm3.vcf Type: VCard (text/x-vcard) >> Encoding: 7bit >> Description: Card for A. Markham *Kart44* >-- >Chuck Kandler #70 >K&S Racing >http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195 >The box said "Windows 95 or better", so I installed LINUX!

> was coming from my new speakers. Some guy speaking a foreign language > had some how made his way into them. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?!? Probably your friendly neighborhood spy calling home. :) Cheers, /ft

It sure reads like these speakers are receiving RF interference. Try wrapping aluminum foil around the speaker cables, connected to ground at the PC end. Just wait till some CBer comes near, you might get blown out of your chair. Keith.

This seems to be a fairly common problem with the PCWorks 4-Point speakers. Apparently the cure is to go to your local Radio Shack and ask them for a 'ferrous rod' to block out the interference. They should know what to give you. You should also check out the creative.products.speakers newsgroup on the news.soundblaster.com news server. They might be able to give you more insight. Good luck! --------------- Doug

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>Guys, > I just bought a set of PC Works 4 Point Surround Sound Speakers to >go with my new SB Live card. When I sat down to my computer I heard a >faint noise in the background. I thought it was the TV or radio in >another room but all the TV's and radios where off in the house. I >listened closer trying to figure out what it was and found out the noise >was coming from my new speakers. Some guy speaking a foreign language >had some how made his way into them. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?!? I >live in the mountains of ***ia and have never heard of a radio >station near by that speaks some foreign language. Could someone please >explain this to me?? >Thanks, >Aaron Markham *Kart44* >Element Motorsports >[link lost in import]

You obviously suffer from Radio Frequency interference, please check if the speakers you bought were approved by FCC, if they are, in theory they should be able to block unwanted RF. I am a amateur radio (not much active anymore). But I know what it is. You probably pick up SPURS emission or harmonics emission of a foreign station. If this problem happens during daytime, it's definitly a foreign station emiting on HF (High Frequency) in the 49 meter band and up. With current sunspot activity, I presume it should be more likely to be in the 25,21,19 or 16 Meter band. If your problem appears only at night, most likely it comes from Central or South American station emitting on 49m, 60 meter band. So how to get rid of this ? Well you can go to a local amateur radio shop and tell them what is your problem. They could sell you little metalic "donuts" (called toroid) and you wrap the speaker wire around. But you'll have to be precise about when you hear those Radio Frequency Interference,and explain to the local ham shop. Another trick, is reach the local amateur radio club, and explain them the problem. It's very likely someone in the club wil help you for free, most of them just enjoy chassing down the "ghost" and find a solution for it. You can always try to replace those speakers and see what's going on. Good luck, and if the signal is loud enough, try to get the callsign (radio station identification) and then you could easily know where's the source. I could also be in the "left field" and basically you could pick up a amateur radio talking in a foreign language in your community, if it was the case. He would need to clean his emission. Anyway you have to get the source, then make the adjustments. Ham radio local club can help you and for free, i'm sure Good luck Eric [link lost in import]

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> Guys, > I just bought a set of PC Works 4 Point Surround Sound Speakers to > go with my new SB Live card. When I sat down to my computer I heard a > faint noise in the background. I thought it was the TV or radio in > another room but all the TV's and radios where off in the house. I > listened closer trying to figure out what it was and found out the noise > was coming from my new speakers. Some guy speaking a foreign language > had some how made his way into them. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?!? I > live in the mountains of ***ia and have never heard of a radio > station near by that speaks some foreign language. Could someone please > explain this to me?? > Thanks, > Aaron Markham *Kart44* > Element Motorsports > [link lost in import] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: rgm3.vcf > rgm3.vcf Type: VCard (text/x-vcard) > Encoding: 7bit > Description: Card for A. Markham *Kart44*

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Eric You are indeed the most knowledgeable person in the RAS/GPL community.... What colour is you anorak?.......<g> SteveG

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> You obviously suffer from Radio Frequency interference, please check if > the speakers you bought were approved by FCC, if they are, in theory > they should be able to block unwanted RF. I am a amateur radio (not much > active anymore). But I know what it is. You probably pick up SPURS > emission or > harmonics emission of a foreign station. If this problem happens during > daytime, it's definitly a foreign station emiting on HF (High Frequency) > in the 49 meter band and up. With current sunspot activity, I presume > it should be more likely to be in the 25,21,19 or 16 Meter band. If your > problem appears only at night, most likely it comes from Central or > South American station emitting on 49m, 60 meter band. > So how to get rid of this ? Well you can go to a local amateur radio > shop > and tell them what is your problem. They could sell you little metalic > "donuts" (called toroid) and you wrap the speaker wire around. But > you'll have to be precise about when you hear those Radio Frequency > Interference,and explain to the local ham shop. Another trick, is reach > the local amateur radio club, and explain them the problem. It's very > likely someone in the club wil help you for free, most of them just > enjoy > chassing down the "ghost" and find a solution for it. > You can always try to replace those speakers and see what's going on. > Good luck, and if the signal is loud enough, try to get the callsign > (radio station identification) and then you could easily know where's > the source. I could also be in the "left field" and basically you could > pick up a amateur radio talking in a foreign language in your community, > if it was the case. He would need to clean his emission. Anyway you have > to get the source, then make the adjustments. Ham radio local club can > help > you and for free, i'm sure > Good luck > Eric > [link lost in import] > > Guys, > > I just bought a set of PC Works 4 Point Surround Sound Speakers to > > go with my new SB Live card. When I sat down to my computer I heard a > > faint noise in the background. I thought it was the TV or radio in > > another room but all the TV's and radios where off in the house. I > > listened closer trying to figure out what it was and found out the noise > > was coming from my new speakers. Some guy speaking a foreign language > > had some how made his way into them. WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?!?!? I > > live in the mountains of ***ia and have never heard of a radio > > station near by that speaks some foreign language. Could someone please > > explain this to me?? > > Thanks, > > Aaron Markham *Kart44* > > Element Motorsports > > [link lost in import]

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