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gix
February 7th 04, 07:43 PM
Hi
i'm an italian student and exuse for my english;as from object i have a
question for the audio line of my panel audio(GMA 340 garmin),exsit a really
advantage to use bipolar shielded wire twisted respect a normal bipolar wire
shielded for reduce the noise in my headphones.
If you have a document on this matter for me is very important
Thank you in advance
Bye Luigi

Don Tuite
February 7th 04, 09:22 PM
On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 19:43:32 GMT, "gix" > wrote:

>Hi
>i'm an italian student and exuse for my english;as from object i have a
>question for the audio line of my panel audio(GMA 340 garmin),exsit a really
>advantage to use bipolar shielded wire twisted respect a normal bipolar wire
>shielded for reduce the noise in my headphones.
>If you have a document on this matter for me is very important
>Thank you in advance
>Bye Luigi
>

Buon Giorno, Luigi.

I will try to write this so it can be translated clearly.

Pairs of wires inside a grounded shield are made for amplifier outputs
that drive the wires in opposite directions at the same time. In
English this is often called "push-pull" or "double-ended." In this
type of design, neither signal is related to ground.

In a cable with only one wire inside the shield, the amplifier output
drives the voltage on the wire with reference to ground. This kind of
design is subject to "common-mode" interference -- the noise is picked
up on the signal wire. Double-ended systems reject this kind of noise
because the noise voltage has the same polarity on both wires, while
the signal has opposite polarities on the two wires. But this is a
result of system design. You can not achieve it by changing headphone
wires.

In fact, I think the noise may be entering the radio very far back in
the chain of amplifiers inside the radio. The noise may even enter on
the positive power wires. If the noise is really bad, you will need
a good technician to remove it.

Ciao,
Don

mikem
February 9th 04, 06:55 PM
Hi Luigi

If the problem you are trying to fix is that you are hearing alternator
whine or strobe squeal in your headphone audio, then shielding the audio
wiring is not likely to get rid of it... It matters not if the shielded
wire has one or two conductors inside...

Ground loops in the audio wiring is a more likely cause.
I have previously written extensively on this topic.

Go to www.google.com

click on "Groups"

click on "Advanced groups search"

type "alternator whine skylane" in the "with all the words" box

type "rec.aviation.*" in the "Return only messages from the newsgroup"
box

click on "Google Search"

Click on the "complete thread" box for any of the "hits"

Write back if you need more info

MikeM
Skylane '1MM
Pacer '00Z


gix wrote:

> Hi
> i'm an italian student and exuse for my english;as from object i have a
> question for the audio line of my panel audio(GMA 340 garmin),exsit a really
> advantage to use bipolar shielded wire twisted respect a normal bipolar wire
> shielded for reduce the noise in my headphones.
> If you have a document on this matter for me is very important
> Thank you in advance
> Bye Luigi
>
>

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