My Mk2 is having an electrical noise, kind of a buzzing through the speakers. It only happens in the car, so I was thinking a bad ground somewhere. Because it doesn't change pitch as I hit the gas, I know it's not alternator whine. The buzz gets louder as I turn the empeg volume up (but gets masked out as the music gets louder). Oddly enough, the buzzing stops once I put the player into pause. During play and during pause, the drive activity meter is at "white" for both modes.

What changes between play and pause that would make the buzz only happen during play? The drives spin? But wouldn't that make the drive meter change? Could it be the fan causing this? Is the fan smart enough to know if the player is paused or playing? But if the cause is the player itself, why does the buzz only happen in the car and not in my mlord dock?

2 drives, 64mb ram card, led's, fan controller.

VERIFIED: It's the player, not the car. I just popped my backup into the car and had no noise. But why would it only happen in car?