• Reviews around whine (1.34 of 5)

    PAC SNI-1/3.5 3.5-mm Ground Loop Noise Isolator Works with iPod/Zune/iRiver and Others

    • As soon as I attached power to my phone through either a USB plug in the console or through the cigarette lighter connection there would be horrible alternator whine in the system
    • I have a samsung galaxy s5 and get terrible whine/hum when using the aux port in my car
    • It gets rid the whine, but im my experience, it degrades my music quality
    • I've had annoying alternator whine in my Lexus IS250 when using AUX IN to stream audio
    • After installing this isolator, the whine was greatly reduced, but still audible in the background.
    • I've been using this for about 2 weeks now and have to say it completely suppressed all the interference/whining, without sacrificing any sound quality
    • So if you have a faint whining sound or maybe even heavy(depending on how loud you play your music i guess) then this does the trick.
    • After purchasing a Grffin iPhone mount for my car I immediately experienced terrible alternator whine
    • Before, I was getting an annoying whine in the background, this cut out the noise without affecting the sound quality.
    • Completely solved the humming / whining noise working great
    • The electrical whine wasn't impeding my ability to hear
    • IS 250 after getting tired of hearing the annoying whine while listening to my iPhone while driving
    • The TV audio works brilliantly, and the audio from the 2nd input works fine on my phone, but there was always an annoying whine when I plugged into my computer
    • There was an irritating whine in the audio that made his 'Droid patch unusable.
    • This device has completely eliminated annoying alternator whine for me
    • The whine was so bad we had to quit using the stereo completely
    • It works great and immediately eliminated a lot of the static, whining, and FM
    • It does what it is supposed to do - and that makes me very happy!I hated hearing that obnoxious whine when trying to play my music on the car stereo through my phone, while also charging the phone.
    • For any of you that have experienced alternator noise in your car radio, it is a horrible whine that increases or decreases in pitch related roughly to the speed you are going
    • My car (2003 Saab 9-3) causes a terrible whine to happen over the speakers if I use the Aux
    • used them to cancel out the stupid whine coming from my EXPENSIVE
    • No more whining noise
    • There MAY be a 10% loss in overall volume as well, but even so, it is more than a reasonable trade-off considering how annoying the whine was.
    • Completely removes irritating alternator whine
    • I would highly recommend this if you have whining noise in your car!.
    • Connecting a portable electronic device to your car's DC power and audio system AUX in can result in a terrible electronic whine that will make your audio un-listenable
    • If I had an iPhone charging and hooked up to the aux, there was an annoying whine/buzzing
    • I have a 2008 Mazda 3 and whenever I plug my phone into the Aux audio port while charging, there is that annoying whine that comes through the speakers that seems to overwhelm whatever I am listening to
    • While I've had the same issue as many where I get that annoying whine that rises/lowers in pitch with the vehicle RPM when playing audio through the AUX port and charging the audio player, this application was a bit different and worked perfectly.
    • After purchasing a Samsung Galaxy S4, I started to experience an annoying background whine and distortion when playing music via the Aux jack in my 2011 BMW.
    • HOWEVER, if I tried to charge my phone at the same time (via the "cigar lighter outlet"; with a USB cable) there was a very loud whine / buzz when the engine is running
    • And since day one it's had this horrible whining noise that changed with the RPM of the engine
    • Have to admit that I was skeptical, but this little box got rid of the annoying whine I was having with the Bluetooth audio adapter in my Toyota RAV4
    • The way it works is its circuitry isolates any ground loops in your stereo (depending upon how it was installed, you may have a bad ground and that can cause an annoying whine).HIGHLY recommended for anyone who wants to listen to their music and charge at the same time.
    • This thing was able to get rid of the nasty whining
    • I have a very loud, annoying whine coming from the auxiliary jack in my van
    • If you have a loud whine while charging your phone and listening
    • The whine would be so annoying at times that I would just turn it off.
    • No more of any type of static or engine whine.
    • I was getting terrible alternator whine on a bluetooth to aux device I was using in my car.
    • It did what it was meant to do - eliminate the nasty whining noise picked up by the Bluetooth receiver
    • With the isolator plugged in the sound quality of music playing from my phone seems about the same but the irritating whining noise is completely gone
    • Got rid of the annoying electrical whining noise I had when multiple devices were plugged into a cigarette lighter charger.
    • The wireless functionality of the receiver was pretty sweet, but the sound took a turn for the worse with unacceptable alternator whine
    • It got absolutely got rid of that annoying high pitched whine when used with my aftermarket bluetooth device and iPhone 5.
    • Installed a aux port to head unit using a plug, massive ground loop noise, plugged this in line, got rid of all the noise, I would recommend this to any one have whining noise when plugging into a aux port.
    • I had a loud whine using the aux input on my boats head unit
    • Solved the annoying whining noise you get when charging and playing music through the car stereo at the same time
    • This little device completely eliminated the quiet but annoyingly persistent whine I was hearing due to engine noise
    • I bought this after plugging in a bluetooth receiver in my car and being blasted with a painful whine and tons of engine noise from the speakers
    • The kit had a pretty bad hiss and whine at higher volumes
    • When playing and charging my I Pod at the same time I had horrible hissing and whining noise.
    • I didn't think this would work because after I read most of the reviews on this product, it seemed like almost everyone was having a "whining" noise issue either relating to acceleration or just simple humming or static
    • The whine is so loud I couldn't hear the music or books-on-tape.
    • I had this horrible whine that would get worse as the engine revved.
    • I have a 2008 Lexus IS250 and when I have my phone plugged in/music playing an awful whine sound would be present
    • Removed the whining noise and no noticeable loss of volume.
    • The problem here is I got the same annoying whine and in this case there was no avoiding it
    • Unfortunately, when my car is running and I have my iPod plugged in, I get a very obnoxious electronic whine (more noticeable during the summer at night, with the headlights on and the ac running...the more electrics running in your car, the louder the whine).
    • I used this to help clean up the alternator whine on my sat radio
    • I get that obnoxious engine whine when I accelerate.
    • Had that annoying whine through the external audio input in my RAV4 when my iPhone was connected and was powered by the car charger.
    • It works well, and i bought one for my car also, the whine isn't as bad but during the in-between song pauses its noticeable.
    • So anytime I had my cell phone powered through the cigarette lighter and playing music through the auxiliary port in my car I would get terrible whine and hissing noise.
    • I've listened to various types of music passing through this device and haven't noticed any sound issues, and it eliminates the annoying whine caused by using a device over my car's auxiliary-in jack while it's also plugged in to the power outlet
    • I had a very irritating whine in my aux-in of my car stereo, no matter if I was using bluetooth adapter or plugged directly in
    • solved whining sound like a charm
    • This works great for the scion tc whining noise issue.
    • Shipped and received very quickly and worked like a charm - annoying high pítched whining noise experienced with Bluetooth adaptor (Kinivo BTC450) was completely abated with this device!
    • Works great to get rid of annoying speaker whine when iphone or iPod is plugged into power jack
    • With every depression of my accelerator, an audible whine is transmitted through the aux port out through my speakers.
    • It did what I needed it to do perfectly, the whine is not audible at idle during silence between tracks, the whine is not audible at 60+ MPH during silence between tracks.2
    • I had a nasty high pitched whine from the PC to my Behringer 1204USB mixer
    • It did exactly what I needed it to do, which was eliminate whine and hiss when charging and playing audio at the same time.
    • I would recommend to get this if you are having the whining noise problem.
    • It works well, and i bought one for my car also, the whine isn't as bad but during the in-between song pauses its noticeable.
    • I HAD a VW rabbit with whining ground noise
    • I get a very loud whine that changes with engine RPM.
    • RPM.This thing did a flawless job solving that issue, no more whining!
    • Other wise I can't hear it during normal use, I highly recommend this product of you need an in line filter for your audio input while you are trying to charge the device.