Jaguar Engine Interferes with iPhone4 Ack!

sdbeal
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:14:08 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

OK. This is just a weird problem. Here’s the background…

I have a 2005 Jaguar XJ8L with about 52,000 miles on it. Great car. Love it.

I have a new iPhone 4. Great device. Love it.

The combo of the two… Not so good.

When talking on the phone in the car NOT in speaker mode and NOT using a headset (I hate using either), I hear an annoying clicking from the phone and it sounds to people on the other end like I’m “talking into a fan.” Another person described it as “being attacked by a swarm of angry moths.”

In any other car the voice quality is fine. In MY car with the engine OFF the voice quality is fine. In my car with the vehicle on and all the electronics running, but the engine OFF, it’s fine.

The minute I start the engine, the call quality goes down the tube.

If I switch to speaker or headset the quality is fine again. The problem only happens in that car on that phone using the normal handset mode.

This problem didn’t happen with my iPhone 3G or any other cell phone that I can think of.

I’ve already resigned myself to just using the headset, but I still want to figure out the root cause of the interference.

Apple already replaced the phone for me and it made no difference.

My next step is to go to the Jaguar dealer and ask them to replace the car. No, not really. However, I AM going to go start one on the lot that is the same model and similar year to see if it’s just an iPhone vs. XJ8 thing, or if it’s just MY car.

Weird huh? Any thoughts?

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