Telephone Line Question

[padronanniversary]

I'm hoping that you gusy might be able to help on this one.

I have this buzz or static on my telephone line. I went and disconnected all my lines to see where it was coming from. I did plug my phone into the demark panel and it was fine. I found the issue was from the directv box and the filter.

So the question I have is, has anyone else had the same issue ? I'm wondering what to do to fix the issue, as I believe direct tv requires me to leave it connected.

 

[bartels_metal_works]

I'm hoping that you gusy might be able to help on this one.

I have this buzz or static on my telephone line. I went and disconnected all my lines to see where it was coming from. I did plug my phone into the demark panel and it was fine. I found the issue was from the directv box and the filter.

So the question I have is, has anyone else had the same issue ? I'm wondering what to do to fix the issue, as I believe direct tv requires me to leave it connected.

Is everything properly grounded?

 

[therealwormey]

mine aint been plugged up for years,thats only for if you buy a bunch of ppv,after a while it wont let you buy using the remote,but you can still buy online

 

[Mattlt]

I've found that DSL filters do go bad. Of course, maybe it's because I buy the 5/$10 specials off ebay. ;-)

It's kind of a fun exercise once in a while to do a speedtest on your internet connection (speedtest.net, for example) while unplugging the DSL filters in your house one at a time. I was able to find some bad filters in my house this way.

 

[rvr6000]

Not sure if this would work for you but a few years ago I replaced all the phone lines in my house with Cat5. Didn't do much of anything for phone quality but it more than doubled the DSL speed for the internet.....of course a year later I got rid of my home phone line and changed to cable internet....haha. But it's there if I ever change back or go with VOIP.

 

[Bill Crowell]

Make sure your phone lines are twisted pairs, not parallel pairs. Phone lines are defined as twisted pairs in the Electrical Code order to minimize RF interference on the line.

The solution depends on whether it is a common mode noise (noise on both lines of the twisty pair) or unilateral mode noise (only on one of the twisty pair lines). First you can try connecting a .001 mfd. capacitor across the phone line pair itself. If that doesn't help, try connecting two such capacitors, one between each line and ground. For a ground you can use the screw on an AC outlet box.

 

[babzog]

Water in the line?

 

[pborg]

Check the route of your phone lines and try to avoid running to close to electric runs.

 

[Garage5.9]

sounds like they are listening in on you

 

[padronanniversary]

I said Hi Obama, and the static went away. I guess they were listening.

I did take the advise of the demark box, plugged a phone in to listen. So then went around and disconnected everything. Also moved all cords away from any other devices. I have alot of wireless devices everywhere. Then lastly, I used much better telephone cords. that made a huge difference.

Thank you everyone for all your help

 

[ddawg16]

FYI.....Cat 5 cable makes excellent phone cord between outlets.

But then again....all mine are wireless...

 

[z28toz06]

static can come from many places in a phone system. if its your direct TV units wire, it very well may be the polarity is reversed going to the dtv unit.

also twisted pair is twisted for a reason. it stops cross talk ane electric inductance. if you are using those satin cords, make sure they are no longer than 6 feet. if they are longer than that they will allow other electric impulses to "jump" on to them and cause issues. silver stain is a flat untwisted wire that makes a great antenna.

 

[Greg-nwo]

I work for a small telco... it's amazing how many times people complain of noisy phone lines... tech shows up at the house and finds those 25ft line cords on all the phones in the house lol