screech

Garrison · Post by **Garrison** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 11:53 am

My Magic Jack works great except once in a while I get a screech, does anyone else hear this? Any ideas why.

Garrison · Post by **Garrison** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:59 pm

I seem to have cleared up my problem, I had a filter installed because someone suggested the MJ worked alot better with one installed. Well I removed it and got rid of the usb extension and have had no problem since.
Wayne

devinmccloud · Post by **devinmccloud** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:06 pm

Ever once in a while I get loud beeps on the line, not like incoming calls. They are in one minute intervals, and just make one beep. Sometimes I get choppy calls and have to call them back. Other times when I call someone and they pick up, for a second, I hear a ringing noise similar to a 1980 bell ringing phone. It last a second and it happens after my phone ringer stops ring the other person. Probably something built into the magicjack with the last one. I have heard some weird noises...but those are all I can remember.

hsweiss · Post by **hsweiss** » Thu Oct 02, 2008 2:30 pm

My calling parties have told me that they've heard screeches and touch tones. When my wife has used MJ to call me I have occasionally heard both but much more so last winter when I first started using MJ and much less lately.

Garrison · Post by **Garrison** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:48 pm

Still no screeches or tones
Wayne

checkers · Post by **checkers** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:29 pm

I also had this problem , did a clean install it was due anyway and the problem is gone. For what its worth i since bought a new router and the MJ works better than ever. I have read peeps here open ports on the router, I did NOT. All is well , hope this helps someone.

Checkers
Vista 32 bit
4 gig ram

Kimberly · Post by **Kimberly** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:52 pm

devinmccloud wrote:Ever once in a while I get loud beeps on the line, not like incoming calls. They are in one minute intervals, and just make one beep. Sometimes I get choppy calls and have to call them back. Other times when I call someone and they pick up, for a second, I hear a ringing noise similar to a 1980 bell ringing phone. It last a second and it happens after my phone ringer stops ring the other person. Probably something built into the magicjack with the last one. I have heard some weird noises...but those are all I can remember.

Every once in a while I will hear a loud beep-buzz type noise that blocks out what the other party is saying. It is very short duration. I have also heard the bell ring when the other party picks up. I don't mind the ring, but the buzz is very loud and happens too often. I had the usb thing connected to an old computer through a 1.1 powered hub. I changed out the NIC and installed a 2.0 interface card hoping it would improve both the choppy sound that some callers complained about remove the buzz. The loud beep-buzz still occurs. I would like to know how to fix it. Could it be in the USB Magicjack thing?

devinmccloud · Post by **devinmccloud** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:19 pm

Well I experienced screeching noises and voices from a friend of mine. She called me on Verizon cell phone while outside in the pouring rain. I don't know if this is your situation, but I'm sure has has to do with the rain and the signal. For the price of the magicjack, I can't complain. Be patient, I'm sure they will fix these minor bugs. Remember ma bell was around for a long time to perfect their service. I have a felling , a lot of these aren't user related. I run a stand alone PC with all memory and processor speed designated for magicjack and still get these noises.

Garrison · Post by **Garrison** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:03 pm

I am very happy with my MJ, since removing the filter and USB extension cord I have had no trouble
Wayne

Garrison · Post by **Garrison** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:13 pm

still getting screeches occasionally, different phones, different routers & different ISP
Wayne