Headphone port noise on new MBP?

I'm a new Mac user. In september this year, I bought my first Apple computer, a C2D MBP 895. After a few days, I found a problem, my MBP headphone output port have a quiet but ubiquitous static. It is present only when the audio is playing, and ceases within a second after audio stop. And sometimes there is a different noise which is just like the old radio tuning sound. Also, it happened after audio playing, and sustained disappear after a few seconds.
I have tried everything I can do to solve these problems, even reinstalled OSX, but problems still exist.
Is there anybody know this issue? What should I do next?

I have the same problem and posted a few days ago in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1004945&tstart=135
It seems to be a general problem - I went to my local apple store, and found the same problem on other models in the store.
It's **** annoying - but it seems that it can be 'solved' by using headphones with higher impedans, which apparently should make the noise and bleeps unnoticeable.

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Is the thunderbolt port on the new MBP 13' the same as a mini displayport?

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Very easy way to test it. Plug in your speakers and open Photobooth. If the noise stops, your MBP is plagued by the famous whine. If not there must be some interferences caused by the MBP internal components, or external sources.
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Sorry, I just realized I put this in the Original Folder not the Late 2008 folder.
I bought a new MBP 2.4 GHz, 4 GBs RAM machine in January of this year, 2009. Model Identifier 5,1. I wanted to connect it to my TV's HDMI port. Only interested in getting video to TV since I run sound through a sound system. I have been using my MacBook Air's DVI adapter to a DVi - HDMI cable. I have a Sony Bravia 40 HD tv. Video works just fine from my MBAir, can change resolutions to anything and video works perfectly (audio has a little problem though - high frequency hum out of the MBAir's audio port). That's why I want to change to my MB Pro - audio from the New MBP is good.
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Hi Jim,
Just to clarify, you state that you have a MacBookPro5,1, which is the late 2008 model. The video output on that model is a mini-DisplayPort, not a mini-DVI (like the pre-unibody MacBooks) or a micro-DVI (like your 1st gen MBA). DisplayPort is a different type of port. (Note - I requested an edit of the title of your post to clarify that).
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