What is the buzzing sound in the background of the Peacock broadcast?

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2/8/2026 5:12pm

I was figuring that it was the noise from the stinkin drone

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2/9/2026 6:40am

I'm thinking the receiver for the floor mics is setup near something interfering. Anyone ever install a car amp knows if the signal / sound wires are too close to the power supply wires creates terrible interference 

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2/9/2026 7:24am

And Bondo proves his might once again.... Do they do anything well? lol

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2/9/2026 7:33am Edited Date/Time 2/9/2026 7:36am

I thought it was the drone at first, too but convinced it's not. It's kind of like the wispy electronic noise you used to hear in the background of old MP3's that were compressed.... 

I hope they get it under control as many of you, once you hear it, it's very annoying.

Insignia Fire TV using Peacock app.

Unrelated, but the Fire TV Peacock app won't let you rewind more than a couple seconds from the live stream. Google Chromecast on another TV does allow full rewinding. What's up with that?

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2/9/2026 10:15am

I'm on a Smart TV using the Peacock in-TV app. 

I can definitely hear it even when drones are not flying. And besides, this does not sound like a drone. Crosstalk from some electromagnetic system is my guess. I'm truly surprised the professionals in the broadcast truck or control room don't hear it. 

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2/9/2026 10:31am Edited Date/Time 2/9/2026 10:47am

Can someone help me square these back to back posts, is he calling himself a moran? lol

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2/9/2026 11:24am

It's Kawasaki warming up their 2-strokes for a grand intro.  Duh!

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Markee wrote:
I'm thinking the receiver for the floor mics is setup near something interfering. Anyone ever install a car amp knows if the signal / sound wires...

I'm thinking the receiver for the floor mics is setup near something interfering. Anyone ever install a car amp knows if the signal / sound wires are too close to the power supply wires creates terrible interference 

The weird part is that I can hear it during the broadcast on one app route, but it doesn't sound like it is occurring on the other app route.  If I am listening through my 'cable box', I hear it, even on the replay.  If I am listening to the replay on my native TV app, I don't hear it.  Some people seem to be the opposite of that.  It sounds like something that could be very difficult to track down and only occurs for people under certain circumstances. Next week I'll flip back and forth between the two different ways of getting to the app to see if I hear a difference again, but for all I know it could occur just the opposite of what it was this past weekend.  

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My wife can hear it, and she hates it. I can’t, so I’ve been calling her crazy. 

Maybe 40 years of moto, construction, shooting and car audio actually did hurt my hearing?

She was beyond happy to hear about this thread though..

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2/9/2026 12:17pm
Gravel wrote:
My wife can hear it, and she hates it. I can’t, so I’ve been calling her crazy. Maybe 40 years of moto, construction, shooting and car audio...

My wife can hear it, and she hates it. I can’t, so I’ve been calling her crazy. 

Maybe 40 years of moto, construction, shooting and car audio actually did hurt my hearing?

She was beyond happy to hear about this thread though..

Thats why I'm here as well. The wife kept asking me to listen for it. She loves watching moto but is sensitive to pitches and sounds. 

Now I cant un-hear it. 😆

It not a repetitive interference like sound as generator or metal in a engine would produce. It sounds inconsistent. Odd timing. like a loose or messed up plug on a guitar amp until its plugged all the way in. EEEEEEE EERRRRRRRRR RRRRR EEE RRRRRR EEEEEEEEEEE RRRRRRRRR.

My worthless $0.02

 

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2/9/2026 3:47pm
TK40_FC wrote:

Ok.. good,  im not crazy.  All season Ive been hearing the same,  but figured it was just my tv or something.  

#metoo.    I just got a hearing aid for the first time , I heard it before and after.  Asked my wife (half ass watching etc) and she says no buzz.  To me it sounds like a drone motor.  

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2/9/2026 3:50pm
GrapeApe wrote:
Can someone help me square these back to back posts, is he calling himself a moran? lol

Can someone help me square these back to back posts, is he calling himself a moran? lol

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He forgot to hit the alternate account before he posted.  

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2/9/2026 4:13pm

Being forced to watch the Olympic luge competition on NBC and have to listen to Leigh Diffie. They have a drone following about a third of the way and guess what. 
Bzzzzzzzzzz

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2/10/2026 6:36am

Probably sound settings in the tv. Try different ones and see what happens. 

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joelsmith wrote:
Being forced to watch the Olympic luge competition on NBC and have to listen to Leigh Diffie. They have a drone following about a third of...

Being forced to watch the Olympic luge competition on NBC and have to listen to Leigh Diffie. They have a drone following about a third of the way and guess what. 
Bzzzzzzzzzz

I was laid up sick on Saturday and also happened across the luge competition. My two takeaways: (1) though annoying to the ear those drone shots were spectacular, and (2) Leigh Diffie has the same dopey over-exuberance calling luge as he does calling a last turn block pass for a win in supercross. 

I wonder if the competitors can hear the drone behind them? 

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2/10/2026 7:04am
Lillefty27 wrote:

I have it too. Dudes downvoting me in the other thread lol. Glad I’m not the only one.

My downvotes to you were actually downvotes to your situation not you personally haha. My bad.

2/14/2026 4:19pm

If I had to pick between the buzz or RC, it’d be the buzz

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2/14/2026 5:09pm
vdrsnk04 wrote:

My downvotes to you were actually downvotes to your situation not you personally haha. My bad.

Yeah, sometimes I'll wonder which way the poster meant, for voting up or down so I don't vote 🤔 

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2/14/2026 5:11pm

Same thing this week. Constant buzzing when using Peacock through the Xfinity box, no buzzing when listening to the Peacock app installed on the television. 

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2/14/2026 5:18pm
APLMAN99 wrote:

Same thing this week. Constant buzzing when using Peacock through the Xfinity box, no buzzing when listening to the Peacock app installed on the television. 

Coming through on the Samsung tv app

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2/14/2026 6:27pm
APLMAN99 wrote:

Same thing this week. Constant buzzing when using Peacock through the Xfinity box, no buzzing when listening to the Peacock app installed on the television. 

Email customer service. You can pick supercross specificity. 

https://www.peacocktv.com/help/email-us

2/14/2026 6:28pm
APLMAN99 wrote:

Same thing this week. Constant buzzing when using Peacock through the Xfinity box, no buzzing when listening to the Peacock app installed on the television. 

yak651 wrote:

Coming through on the Samsung tv app

You can email customer service. You can pick supercross specificity. 

https://www.peacocktv.com/help/email-us

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2/14/2026 7:18pm

LG TV on Xfinity and have been hearing this sound for a while.  To me, it sounds like the canned going to a commercial "bumper" music turned down a bunch. It goes away when the music gets turned up going to a commercial.

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2/14/2026 7:19pm

The buzzing is the sound of the machine counting your money.......

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2/14/2026 7:49pm
APLMAN99 wrote:

Anyone else have that happening pretty constantly?  Almost sounds like an electric shaver?

What’s your wife doing while your watching the race? 

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Gravel
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Old ears are a blessing sometimes.. my wife must have asked 10 times “you REALLY can’t hear that”? 

 

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2/15/2026 6:35am

I bet Weege cheaped out on a Temu laptop charger and it's interfering with the recording equipment (insert "Weege Shaggy Laugh" here)

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Did anyone else have audio sync issues yesterday as well? Both RDL and the mains had audio ~2 seconds behind video. I tried it on all of my TVs and got the same issue.

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