silly problem

karpiel666
karpiel666 Posts: 173
edited February 2006 in Troubleshooting
ok, I get a slight hum from all my speakers which remains the same at any volume level, but it only happens when I turn my dvd player on. It can be disconnected from the reciever and 2 feet away on a seperate circuit and i still get the hum. I can only hear it with my head near the speakers, but it bugs me. Seems like it might be EMI, but i cant figure out how to isolate it, But it isent grounded as it has a 2 prong plug. Would grounding help and if yes how would i go about doing so.
dvd player: samsung DVD-HD850
receiver: Denon avr5700
center: polk cs400
fronts: polk rt800i
surrounds: Unknown Polk monitor? series.
sub: svs pb12 isd/v
tv: 46 inch samsung
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited January 2006
    Do you have cable service?
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  • karpiel666
    karpiel666 Posts: 173
    edited January 2006
    No cable service, but I do have inroof antenna running through conditioner.
    dvd player: samsung DVD-HD850
    receiver: Denon avr5700
    center: polk cs400
    fronts: polk rt800i
    surrounds: Unknown Polk monitor? series.
    sub: svs pb12 isd/v
    tv: 46 inch samsung
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited January 2006
    Hmmm.....often times with cable service there are ground loop issues. I'm not really sure what else to tell you, but I'm sure someone here can help.

    Maybe a PS Audio UPC-200 Hum Buster would do the trick.
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  • karpiel666
    karpiel666 Posts: 173
    edited January 2006
    lol starting at 499.99

    time to start mowing lawns, cant do any real work because my work visa hasent arrived yet. But i did recently get this click me , should i return it and save, or is it semi decent.
    dvd player: samsung DVD-HD850
    receiver: Denon avr5700
    center: polk cs400
    fronts: polk rt800i
    surrounds: Unknown Polk monitor? series.
    sub: svs pb12 isd/v
    tv: 46 inch samsung
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited January 2006
    If you shop smart, they can be had for less. Like this one, http://cls.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/cls.pl?accspowr&1143235582

    I don't know for sure what you're problem is and don't know if the PS Audio unit would solve your problem, it was just a suggestion.

    As for the unit you have now, it's a generic surge protector and not something I would use for audio gear as it may restrict current.

    Anyone else here that can help this guy out???
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  • karpiel666
    karpiel666 Posts: 173
    edited January 2006
    What would you recomend in the 100$ price range?
    dvd player: samsung DVD-HD850
    receiver: Denon avr5700
    center: polk cs400
    fronts: polk rt800i
    surrounds: Unknown Polk monitor? series.
    sub: svs pb12 isd/v
    tv: 46 inch samsung
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2006
    where is your DVD player located? near your receiver? The laser pick up can cause hum to come thru your speakers. I am saying your Samsung DVD player may not be very well isolated.. causing it to somehow interfere with your receiver or speakers.


    How do you have your DVD player connected to your receiver? OPtical or coax cable or RCA's?

    are your speaker wires near power cords? this can cause some hum too.
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  • karpiel666
    karpiel666 Posts: 173
    edited January 2006
    Its connected with optical, but they hum even when its disconected. It sits about 1.5 feet away. I just checked it and I think its definatly laser or something because it dosent do it with no disc in.
    dvd player: samsung DVD-HD850
    receiver: Denon avr5700
    center: polk cs400
    fronts: polk rt800i
    surrounds: Unknown Polk monitor? series.
    sub: svs pb12 isd/v
    tv: 46 inch samsung
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  • dfdaly
    dfdaly Posts: 2
    edited February 2006
    This is an old-fashioned fix that guitar players used to use, before grounded plugs: turn the plug over (180 degrees) in the outlet -- don't know if it'll work, but it might. LoL
    Dave
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    ...or get the DVD's power from a different house circuit...

    ... or, strangely enough this can work, plug the DVD into one of the receiver's 110 V outlets.
    More later,
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  • karpiel666
    karpiel666 Posts: 173
    edited February 2006
    Thats a good idea, Ill definatly give it a shot.
    dvd player: samsung DVD-HD850
    receiver: Denon avr5700
    center: polk cs400
    fronts: polk rt800i
    surrounds: Unknown Polk monitor? series.
    sub: svs pb12 isd/v
    tv: 46 inch samsung
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