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Old 04-28-2017, 02:28 PM
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Default Re: Noisy talkback on the M40?

We went to great lengths to make sure the fan in the back was only for emergencies and to have the system as quiet as possible, unfortunately what you are hearing are the heat pipes and electronic components as they heat up and cool down. Its quite a lot of processing going on in there.
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Old 04-29-2017, 12:44 PM
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Oh... thanks for the candidness Eddie.
I've had plans to construct some sort of soft screens around the back of the screen to absorb the sound without disturbing the air flow.

Any other improvements apart from the talkback pin 1 lift on the M40?

The touch screen has always been kind of flickering. Often more visible in grey areas.
Is that something that could be solved in software updates?
Someone told me that the screen is running the wrong update frequency and one workaround is to connect an external screen and forcing the system to a frequency that suits the internal screen better.

Any ideas on this?
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Old 04-29-2017, 03:28 PM
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Can you try simply logging out (not shutting down) and then back in again and see if that improves the flicker ? We are still looking into a more permanent fix for that but keep ending up with dead ends.
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Logging out/in solves the problem.
Hope you find a more permanent solution

About the talkback. Cut pin 1 and it reduces noise a bit.
But it's still a lot noisier than going straight to Xmon.
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About the talkback. Cut pin 1 and it reduces noise a bit.
But it's still a lot noisier than going straight to Xmon.
I do not have xmon but this is what works for me. I wired talkback to make it unbalanced through the master module using only pins 2 and 3. My talkback pre has no transformer and does not use phantom power, so at the master module I connected talkback pre's shield and cold signal together to MTM pin 3, and talkback hot signal to MTM pin 2. Similar change in the microphone's gooseneck. This makes the talkback signal unbalanced but totally isolated from the MTM's case and pin 1. In my case, the microphone internally connects its body to pin 1, the MTM's shield, but the pre's unbalanced input is connected only to microphone pins 2 and 3. Maybe I am very lucky, this totally isolated talkback shield from MTM shield and talkback is quiet.

edit: I did have some added noise through the MTM when I simply cut pin 1 between MTM and pre input, keeping a balanced signal. That would always be the first thing to try but I had better results doing what I described. I suspect my talkback pre has poor common mode noise rejection. It is a custom kludge from many years ago adapted to each new situation.
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