The Hobbit
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Hi all, just received our Black Arrow hobbit this week, LOVE it!
One issue i have is audio interference. It starts as soon as you turn the game on and sounds like a high pitched whining which then varies. Its there all the time but not as noticeable when the game sounds are running. Anyone else had this issue?
Cheers.
Quoted from PinMonk:Lots of people have reported audio issues from interference to crackling/static to popping. No concrete solutions yet.
Ok thanks for that dude. Yeah mine is not crackling/popping as such, more like an electrical interference sort of noise. I've emailed JJP, hopefully they are on the case if lots of people are complaining.
Quoted from Biv:Same here, though once fully startet the high pitched sound goes away, or maybe I just can no longer hear it over the crackling or burbling sound/static I get from my machine.
I had a pm from an amazingly helpful Pinsider on this... they suggested the problem was a missing ground loop isolator, I bought this one on Ebay, installed it between the green jack plug at the rear/outside of the metal box and hey presto! the interference has totally gone!!
If this is a common issue why they are not installed at the factory is anyones guess as in my case it was definitely required.
note: I know there has been a lot of audio issues reported but just to be clear mine was a high pitched squeaking/intereference type noise, evident from the moment you switch the machine on and the LCD comes on
Hi, I have an iPad, will it work on that?
Quoted from koops:thewool
If you have an iphone could you install an app called Spectrumview (https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/spectrumview/id472662922?mt=8) and do a screen shot of what it looks like. Try and get the screenshot of before the machine turns on and after. And also with the ground loop isolator installed.
This would be an excellent resource for other users. They just compare and see if it is a similar frequency.
Example.
Large vertical line is the boot noise.Long horizontal line is the fan noise.
If there was a high pitched noise i'd expect to see another higher line right across the screen.
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