hearing voices from computer speaker. computer is turned OFF!

[Red Squirrel]

Speaking of radio, how do the newer car radios work where it actually shows information like the song playing? How is that information sent?

 

[TwiceOver]

In the early days of wireless guitar systems, i had one that picked up my neighbor's baby monitor. It made for funny moments.

 

[herm0016]

this happens. i remember an old set doing this also.

 

[who?]

The movie "Frequency" was based on this but with a 30 year time shift added and the guy was hearing his father in the static from 30 years difference.
I wonder if someone is using wireless headphones near you.

 

[lozina]

Lot of thread necro going on lately. Zombie thread apocalypse?

Song in honor of OP going crazy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg22DJS4CWY

 

[OutHouse]

sandeagle? when did you get unbanned?

damn, necro!

 

[skyking]

It's cool. I too have a funny radio story. Truckers and trucker wannabes will put huge illegal amps on CB's. These things are dirty as hell, transmitting across a big swath of frequencies.
We HAD a clock radio that picked it up every once and a while. I tossed it in the trash the next morning after it blared out some crap at about 80 decibels right above my head at midnight

 

[SlitheryDee]

I hear the CB radios of passing truckers all the time at work through my PC speakers. If something has a powerful enough transmitter it'll come through even if the speakers are completely turned off.

 

[mikeymikec]

When I saw this thread title, my mind immediately started playing the Dr Who theme

A customer's computer I built back in 2005 has a bizarre issue (on more than one set of speakers) that when the computer is switched on (and the speakers are on), a noise comes through the speakers momentarily that sounds distinctly like a heart beat. It even happened with a sound card in that machine (we were using on-board audio until the customer wanted to upgrade it). I didn't figure out why, and since it wasn't causing a problem otherwise... just odd.

 

[rudeguy]

Awwe...I miss Sandy

Where has he been?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Before I switched to optical cabling everywhere, my speakers/headphones would pick up the local ESPN station (an AM station.)

 

[JTsyo]

It's in your head, sand.

<music>
Your head is running wild again
My dear, WE still have everything
And it's all in your MIND.
You've been having real bad dreams
</music>

 

[Sheep221]

It's electromagnetic interference. With so many radio/TV broadcasts, cell networks, wifi networks and all the data they are transmitting randomly through the environment it will be common problem soon on everything electronic that is not shielded some way.
Quite alot of electronic noise is also caused by widespread use of computers and electronized machines and vehicles.
Digital cameras do sometimes capture something that wasn't physically in the scene because of coincidence of image sensor hitting interference at the time of capture.