On Monday 10 November 2003 02:07 pm, crak600 wrote:
> I'm on cable. occasionally, i'll get an e-mail, or i'll open a web
> page or whatever, internet related sounds, and i'll get sounds from
> cable TV coming out of my computer speakers. The other day it went
> on for maybe 30 seconds until i switched web pages, i thought it
> was something related to the web page, but due to the page's
> contents and the nature of the TV program's audio, they couldn't of
> been related. the strangest thing is that my cable line for the
> computer is completely separate from the TV line. the cable
> company ran a separate line into my house for the computer. i
> don't even know if i can run a TV off of this line. they said it
> was a dedicated line for the computer.
>
> anyone else ever have this happen? it's not troubling, just odd.
> really odd. and i can't make it happen, it just happens on it's
> own. very strange. just very strange.
>
> any input? thanks.
>
> Mike
Not all that odd at all. A classic case of TVI ( TV interference )
And there could be a number of causes. Do you have any kind of a
large plastic window cut into your computer like a lot of folks do
for game machines, that could be a factor. What you have is a signal
escaping from your computer and probably mixing with an other signal
producing a sum and difference frequency that is in the reception
range of your TV or cable box. If you want to stop this signal
leakage go to Radio Shack or a good electronics suppler and get some
ferrite beads to go around any cables coming out of your computer.
Power cord speakers, printer cable etc. Put the ferrite beads on the
cables as close to the computer as possible and the problem will
probably dissapear. This is the short quick explanation. Whole books
have been written about this sort of problem so needless to say I
don't have the space to go into all the detail here.
Marc
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