James Knott wrote: > Igor Stoppa wrote: > >> On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 22:25 -0400, ext James Knott wrote: >> >> >>> DrFredC.com wrote: >>> >>> >>>> James Knott wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Kurt Brust wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Tried it with 3 devices already... its the unit. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> If that extra push that others mentioned doesn't work, I guess you're in for a warranty repair. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> I'm also returning my 3 week old unit for warranty. Seems it doesn't >>>> take well to walking around in a pocket or day pack. After a few >>>> times of sitting a couple hours on a flat surface, when it rebooted, >>>> now it won't boot at all. Also the FM never worked... Just static. >>>> IMHO, not a big deal -- stuff happens in the first few weeks of some >>>> units. >>>> >>>> >>> Is that static with the N800 headphones? If you use a regular headset, >>> you'll just get static, as the N800 headset includes the FM antenna. >>> >>> >> No, your "antenna" is the wire of the headphones. Ever opened a pocket FM tuner? >> >> Any headphones will do, just keep the wire uncoiled. >> >> >> > When I use regular headphones, I get static on the FM tuner. The N800 > headset plug has an extra connection, which carries the FM signal. When > you use a regular headset, that terminal is shorted to ground, which > means that the wire will not work as an antenna. > > > No, that extra wire is for the headset microphone embedded in the cord bump/switch (which, you will agree, is also not on your regular headphones). Perhaps your regular headphones have a different cord setup that does not allow them to serve the second purpose of an antenna. This is a pretty common way for simple FM tuners to be produced, and it has been done this way for many years. Ryan -- Ryan Pavlik AbiWord Win32 Platform Maintainer, Art Lead: www.abisource.com AbiWord Community Outreach Project: www.cleardefinition.com/oss/abi/blog/ "Optimism is the father that leads to achievement." -- Helen Keller "The folder structure in a modern Linux distribution such as Ubuntu was largely inspired by the original UNIX foundations that were created by men with large beards and sensible jumpers." -- Jono Bacon, The Ubuntu Guide
