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I have an iPhone 4s, with iOS 6.1. I also have an old, portable JBL sound system. Since the device has a stereo input, I figured I'd just run a stereo cable from my iPhone to the speaker system. The cable is your standard male-to-male stereo cable that you would plug into a stereo headphone jack. I don't believe the cable is the problem, but I figure it's worth mentioning, just in case.

This works but there is one major problem. After a couple seconds, the JBL device some how sends a signal to my iPhone that launches Siri. This is quite a problem because when Siri launches, it stops the music from playing. I could probably disable Siri but I'd prefer to avoid that option.

What type of signal noise would launch the Siri interface through the stereo cable and what can I do to prevent it?

I should mention that this was a JBL, iPod dock. I'm only mentioning it just in case under some weird terms of agreement, JBL might have had to send a signal across the stereo line if and when a device was connected to it. I don't know why this would be the case but you never know with Apple licensing agreements. I've had to read through a few of them and although I don't know why there would be such a requirement, it wouldn't at all surprise me.

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If you have ruled out that any physical pressure is pressing the home button by gently pressing a normal 30 pin connector in (the distance between where the button electronics and physical contact and 30 pin cable lands is very short) - you might actually have a case where a short is causing the problem inside the phone. Have you tried another phone in the dock to be sure it's not the phone that has failed? – bmike♦ Jan 8 at 15:43
I don't have another phone to test this with. Also, since this is connected via the stereo cable, the phone just sits on the table without anything touching it. Furthermore, the device is fine when disconnected from the cable. As soon as I connect the cable and power on the JBL device, it starts launching Siri every couple of seconds. That's also the odd thing, Siri seems to consistantly re-launch after I cancel it after a few seconds of waiting. It's as if a noise signal is launching it on a frequent basis. – RLH Jan 8 at 15:55
I misread your question - would you perhaps edit the post to remove mention of the dock connector. If you are connecting via the headphone jack - just mention that and the cord you are using (is it 2 tip, 3 tip or 4 tip? – bmike♦ Jan 8 at 16:21
@RLH Ya, it's something with the speaker system, it's sending signals to you iPhone. I had that problem before once. I once had a USB adapter that sends signal to my iPhone and create/modify my touch events. Weird things happens. – Shane Hsu Jan 8 at 19:40

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