Static when listening to music in the car

[silvereagle1988]

I was using the headphone jack and using a cable to the aux input jack in my car.  I connected the phone to the car charger and plugged it into the cigarette lighter/aux charger input.     Whenever I was listening to Pandora or music from SD card while the car was running I was getting static and general noises from the car engine.  If I unhooked the car charger the noise would go away but when plugged back in the noise would return.

I went to my local Verizon store and they said that Verizon did not have a filter for this problem.

I went to Radio Shack and they have a product that costs about $3 to cure this problem.  It is called a "Snap choke Core".   It is a little piece of plastic that snaps over your car charger cable.   Two come in a package.   Two were needed on one car charger cable.   There is no rewiring or anything... just a simple snap of plastic. 

It helps prevent electric magnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI).   It snaps over the coax, audio or AC Cord.

I got a18x29 5x5 5mm ferrite core.

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[silvereagle1988]

I was contacted by a reader and told that the clerk at Radio Shack could not find the part.  So...

Go to the Radio Shack website and search for ferrite core.

It is listed as Snap Choke Core Price: $2.89 

When you locate the item on Radio Shack's website you can either order, or on the right side above "add to cart", you can click "In-Store" and you can enter your zip code and how many miles you want to search from your zip.   It will tell you if they are in stock at that store.  There were 10 stores, near my zip code, that had them in stock.

When you check your zip code, you may notice, that when you order on the website, there is free shipping for in-store pick-up.

BTW...   Another thing I noticed is even with the ferrite core, that if the volume is turned down on my droid, the static returns.   I turn the radio volume down (so I don't get blasted away), turn the Droid volume all the way up, and the static goes away.  I can then turn the radio volume up to the listening level that I want and no static.   I can play my radio with the volume all the way up, if I want to, and I get no static.

I now LOVE my Droid Razr M for listening to music in my car!!!!!

Hope that helps...