Shielding for FM tuner?


My fm tuner picks up noise from the cd player underneath it when the cd power is on. Also there is interference when I'm listening to the tuner while the computer is on. It's not practical in my room to move the cd player and computer.
Is there something I can place underneath the tuner to shield it from interference. A sheet of copper or something?
And yes, I know I can just turn the cd player off.
broubin

Showing 1 response by gordus

Hi Broubin,

Yes, a sheet of copper will act as a shield, so will aluminum or even mild steel, but not stainless steel. It will have to be grounded in order to drain any rfi/emi though. Before trying that, be sure that your tuner's power cord and antenna lead are nowhere near the cd player's power cord. I had the same problem with a cdp a couple of years ago and simply repositioning the coaxial cable solved the problem.