Iphone ipod won't play clearly when docked

i got my iphone 3gs from the first run last year, and this is the first problem i have had with it. the built in speakers work just fine, but when i try to play music from my iphone at work, or in my car, i get a garbled sound. it's sporadic. it come and goes at random. trying to use the ipod function with either a line in using the headphone jack, or from the docking port on the bottom, gets this strange grungy garbled sound... i haven't got the unit wet, or dropped it. it just started doing this.
as a dedicated apple junkie, i use my iphone for everything from an alarm clock, to an essential tool that i use daily to manage my business, to an ipod. the ipod function is the only problem i'm experiencing. i've restored the phone, i've reset the phone,i've exhausted my knowledge on this one! i have apple care. i am at a complete loss. HELP!

DaVBMan, thanks for that post. That clears up something for me. I think I have experienced that funny noise as well. It sounds like a Morse Code message. I have heard that same noise while at Church on it's PA speaker system. When I heard this, I figured the speakers were picking some radio frequency noise, but I couldn't understand what exactly it was. When I purchased my iPhone, I already had an old cable, stereo jack on one end and RCA plugs on the other. I noticed the same noise on my speakers. So, I am figuring if I replace the cable, I should be fine.

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