On 3/13/08, Luca Olivetti <luca at ventoso.org> wrote: > I connect my nokia n800 to the line input of my car stereo (the factory > one) and I don't hear such a high level of noise. > The sensitivity of the line level is quite low (as reported by many > users on a forum dedicated to my car model, so it's not a tablet > problem), so I have to crank up both the tablet volume and the stereo > volume, this in itself isn't a big problem, the problem is when I switch > to another source (radio or cd) forgetting to turn the volume down ;-). > Once I had a loud thumping noise while charging (with a cheap car > charger) and it turns out the audio jack wasn't fully inserted in the > socket. > > Bye. > -- > > Luca I didn't mention that in so many words, but yes, the output level of the Nokia seems to be significantly less than optimum, and less than my mp3 player. I think that amplifies the problem. When I turn all the volume settings I can find on the Nokia all the way up, the noise seems to lessen, and not just as a matter of perception because the music is louder. Mark