I moved one camera that didn’t crackle to the location that was crackling and problem followed camera to the once good location so it’s not the location. No grounding problems or interference. Funny thing is if I restart camera several times in a row it is almost fixed but then next time I access it to view the camera the noise is back. It has done this noise since the day I got it.
I’m also having the same issues. I have 3 of the v3 and although one works fine and we have no audio issues, the other two sound like some serious electrical artifacts and are extremely loud and annoying. I’ve rebooted, reset and even used surge protectors on all three. Nothing has changed. They are all on the same firmware, so I doubt that is the problem. I do think that since the plugs are only 2 prong, without a ground, I wonder if that has anything to do with it.
I just got 2 new V3s a couple weeks ago. one has very bad, for lack of a better term, repeating static like something crunching on potato chips. the other has same sound just not as loud. I have other V3s that don’t do this, although their audio is horrible and not real loud.
All (5) my v3 do the same, crunching potato chips
I think it is an issue with majority of v3s out there judging by posts on the forum. Might be a bad batch of sound electronics.
I have 7 v2 cams with no-crackle audio powered by the stock power supply - and 1 v2 with crackle audio powered through the USB port of a Wasserstein Floodlight. Hmm.