Lots of Static

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Xidus:
Just got my Obi100 and I am getting a lot of static from it. Constant static, even just dialing *** or the **9222222222 echo test. I've tried 3 different phones, different phone cords, and hooking everything up in another room. Is there a setting to fix this? I've read a couple of other posts here about AC adapter hum, but I don't have another AC adapter with the exact same specs to try.

I called a friend (me with google voice, his cell phone) and he said he didn't hear any static, but it was distractingly loud for me. I found a workaround that greatly diminished the static; an old DSL line filter. It gets rid of most of the static.

RonR:
Do you hear the noise after dialing a single digit (like an *) to break dialtone?  It should be perfectly quiet at that point.  If you hear noise and it's not the phone, cord, etc., it just about has to be the OBi.

Xidus:
Yes (without the dsl filter).

RonR:
The DSL filter is not something you should be having to use.

I'd get in contact with the OBi folks and see about a replacement unit.

Xidus:
I got it replaced, the replacement had a different problem so I got that replaced and now I have one with no problems. For all 3 I could hear static from the obi unit itself by putting my ear right up against it. But since it is not loud enough to hear from a distance I don't consider it a problem.

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