Weird and annoying sound coming out the speakers when Ipod is charging...

[ComingUndone]

Hey guys,

I've got a week old Mazda3, and whenever I plug my iPod car charger into the charger in the console or the cigarette lighter, a very annoying hissing/static comes out through the car speakers. I've tried two different brand new car chargers, and each one produces it's own variation of this annoying noise. The noise gets louder and softer with the adjusting of the volume. It can't really be heard during a song, but in between songs, or in soft parts of songs such as intros and outros, the sound can be heard and annoys the crap out of me. Take the charger out, and the sound is gone. Anyone else experienced this and have a quick fix? Thanks!

Edit: I should also note that the iPod is hooked up through an auxiliary input in the car.

[tonepod]

Hey guys,

I've got a week old Mazda3, and whenever I plug my iPod car charger into the charger in the console or the cigarette lighter, a very annoying hissing/static comes out through the car speakers. I've tried two different brand new car chargers, and each one produces it's own variation of this annoying noise. The noise gets louder and softer with the adjusting of the volume. It can't really be heard during a song, but in between songs, or in soft parts of songs such as intros and outros, the sound can be heard and annoys the crap out of me. Take the charger out, and the sound is gone. Anyone else experienced this and have a quick fix? Thanks!

Edit: I should also note that the iPod is hooked up through an auxiliary input in the car.
Not really much you can do about it...not unless you're really good at rewiring your car's grounding system. You could try using an inline audio filter between your iPod and the aux input to see if that helps. FWIW--I get engine noise/audio hiss under a similar setup (iPhone connected to vehicle aux audio input and using a Griffin PowerJolt charger), although I can't really hear it unless I crank the car radio volume up to fairly high levels or encounter a quiet passage in my music.

Also--it could be that some audio cables are not as well-constructed as others, so perhaps using a different brand may help alleviate the noise somewhat; now I'm not suggesting that you go run out and purchase a Monster Cable-branded audio cable, but perhaps try a different cable that appears to be of better quality if you think that it might be a cable issue.