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Old 09-19-2007, 07:54 AM
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Usually such sets had a capacitor that coupled the ground of the aux input jack to the set's internal ground. Usually 0.1uF, sized to pass low frequencies reasonably well in a high impedance circuit, but to limit shocking current if a user gets between the aux jack ground and an external grounded item (and the set's internal ground happens to be connected to the hot side of the powerline).
Yeah, that inspires a lot of confidence, doesn't it? ;-)
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