I have no hiss on my 4705. Here is what I did to see if I had it.
TEST ONE:
a. grabbed out of craddle, plugged in head phones.
b. listened, heard nothing. Played with volume to make sure headphones worked.
c. opened media player 9 and played some Kryptonite (3 doors down).
d. stopped, no hiss.
e. started and moved all around starting and stopping. No hiss.
TEST TWO:
a. did soft reset
b. repeated steps c-e in test one. No hiss.
Looks like I have no hiss unless there is another test you can think of.
It may also depend on the headphones used. However, through two models, several units of each model, and three sets of headphones being revolved through the current-at-any-particular-point-in-time unit, I kinda doubt that.
Looks like I have no hiss unless there is another test you can think of.
That was fine VegasRook. Really appreciate it. I'd be interested in seeing how many people out there have this hiss sound and what devices they own. It would be great to see whether HP have sent out faulty batches of certain devices or whether some models just have this hiss sound as a problem.
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As I (may have) mentioned previously, my digital audio player (Nomad Jukebox 3) does the same thing. Based on that, I would conclude that the hiss is a feature (call it what you will) of the device and I would suspect that it's a result of some form of digital audio processing. And based on my expericne with CarePaqs/Care Packs, I'd say that it's model lines rather than individual units that exhibit the hiss.
One thing I've noticed is that the hiss on a given device is greater or lesser, depending on the headphones I'm using at the time.
An HP rep just called me to ask me to describe the problem again. Apparently they couldn't hear it, but I explained that it was a fairly quiet, but nociable hiss. Hopefully they'll be able to detect it this time and fix it.
An HP rep just called me to ask me to describe the problem again. Apparently they couldn't hear it, but I explained that it was a fairly quiet, but nociable hiss. Hopefully they'll be able to detect it this time and fix it.
They are probably using a set of earphones/headphones that can't really pick it up. I've tried it on my device with (1) the normal earphones you get bundled with MD/CD players - and the hiss is very noticeable, (2) a set of high-quality earphones that pick up a wide frequency range - and the hiss is very noticeable, (3) a set of bass-enhanced headphones - and the hiss is hardly noticeable. :|
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The problem only starts when you first initiate a sound effect on the Pocket PC (e.g. tapping the start menu). When you first turn the Pocket PC on, this hiss sound is not heard. However, once you initiate a sound effect, a hiss can be heard in the background after the sound effect has finished.
Yes, I think that's the problem exactly. As soon as I plug headphones in after a soft reset, and execute any sound command, I hear this constant hiss...forever (until I soft reset again).
My current 5550 exhibits similar behaviour. I plug the headphones in, nothing. I fire up WMP, nothing. I hit play, hiss. However, I only have to unplug the headphones, turn off and turn back on to eliminate the hiss, at least until the next time I hit play in WMP.
My current 5550 exhibits similar behaviour. I plug the headphones in, nothing. I fire up WMP, nothing. I hit play, hiss. However, I only have to unplug the headphones, turn off and turn back on to eliminate the hiss, at least until the next time I hit play in WMP.
That's the exact point. Once you turn it off and on again, it eliminates the hiss until you generate an SFX again on startup. You don't even have to unplug your headphones for it to exhibit that behaviour. :|
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Once you turn it off and on again, it eliminates the hiss until you generate an SFX again on startup. You don't even have to unplug your headphones for it to exhibit that behaviour. :|
That's the strange thing - I'm pretty sure mine was making the hissing noise about two seconds after my iPAQ restarted from a soft reset. I didn't even have time to get past the PIN/login screen.
Well, I haven't heard anything since the HP rep called on Thursday. The package I sent my iPAQ in had a note that seemed to say it needed to be fixed in three days, so hopefully I'll hear something from them in the next day or two.
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