Journal Inexile2002's Journal: Is there a cure for cancer 3
Whoa nelly.
So I move to Europe a while back, and finally am getting my life in order. Job, girl (and man, these Madrid girls...), place to stay. It's cool. So, I finally got a cel phone since you really can't have a social life in Spain (or probably the whole world) without one. So it's all good.
For the phone, I decided to spluge a little and get myself a Sony Ericsson T-610. Last year's top of the line, this year's really cool phone that I could actually afford. So I have it, it works well, good sound and generally I'm happy with it. Except...
I didn't really figure it out until just now but when it rings or I get a text and it's sitting near the computer the speakers go crazy. I just spent a couple of minutes testing it, and if it's ringing and within a foot of the speakers they go balistic. Loud hissing, crackling, popping and buzzing. The effect is noticable if the phone is as close as four feet and really pronounced if it's closer than two feet.
I've had these speakers for a while and they're work horses. Nothing wrong with them, nothing like this ever happened before and they only wonk out when the phone is ringing. I'm going to borrow another phone and test it out, but how worried should I be here?
So I move to Europe a while back, and finally am getting my life in order. Job, girl (and man, these Madrid girls...), place to stay. It's cool. So, I finally got a cel phone since you really can't have a social life in Spain (or probably the whole world) without one. So it's all good.
For the phone, I decided to spluge a little and get myself a Sony Ericsson T-610. Last year's top of the line, this year's really cool phone that I could actually afford. So I have it, it works well, good sound and generally I'm happy with it. Except...
I didn't really figure it out until just now but when it rings or I get a text and it's sitting near the computer the speakers go crazy. I just spent a couple of minutes testing it, and if it's ringing and within a foot of the speakers they go balistic. Loud hissing, crackling, popping and buzzing. The effect is noticable if the phone is as close as four feet and really pronounced if it's closer than two feet.
I've had these speakers for a while and they're work horses. Nothing wrong with them, nothing like this ever happened before and they only wonk out when the phone is ringing. I'm going to borrow another phone and test it out, but how worried should I be here?
Not just speakers ... (Score:2)
Great for practical jokes :-)
Mind you, this was pre-hard-disk days (ouch :-)
Not just my phone either (Score:2)
That disk thing reminds me of my old Commodore 64 set up. From thirty feet away, compasses would point towards it instead of North. I was never sure which piece of equipment but my suspicion was the extrenal 5 1/4 floppy drive. Great machine that thing was...
Re:Not just my phone either (Score:2)
You wrote:
I'm in Canada on GSM and never noticed that with my cell. Mind you, I use it between 2000 and 3000 minutes a month, so my brain cells may be affected