buzz/hum from tv

Paddlersean
How close is stereo to the TV? Is it sitting right on top of the amp or pre amp? Does it need some room?

I sevice card access systems and was called out for a dead reader. Everything checked fine,except for the 17inch monitor on the other side of the wall backed up against the reader. I moved the monitor over about five inches and the reader started working. Big emf from them tubes.

Tim

EMF could be the problem. I have the tv as far away from the speakers, preamp and amplifier, but I'm limited on distance. I do plan on a new cabinet soon, but my first step will be having the tv checked out. This amp I have is 24"s deep most entertainment centers are 19-20"s so I might special order one.
Maybe I can move my tv back some and see if that helps.

Tim (Flemke), thank you for your note. It didn't help though (see below).

Paddlersean, like you, my TV is about a dozen years old too. My hum, however, is directly connected to the cable feed.

Comcast confirmed their cable is carrying a "very high signal", 20 . Normal is about 5-8, they say. The guy that came in yesterday brought along an attenuator. Using it lowered the hum some but didn't eliminate it. It however resulted in very degraded picture quality.

After eight weeks of this dance I finally gave up.
I cut my Comcast service.
Result? No hum. I don't have to worry about my speakers frying slowly in my presence and absence.
Side-effect? No cable service as well. I get to read, think, and do good more now! Oh, the $49/month savings is good too!

Comcast couldn't solve the problem. When I get around to it I am taking my money and account to DirectTV or Dish.

-s

I live near O'hara airport and some of the attenuators and or groundfault isolators actually cause interference with the jets. I could care less about cable. My HT sytem only uses my EAD dvd player.

Paddlersean,

I have the SAME problem as you that I still struggle with it. I have a 6 or 7 year old 27" JVC tube TV. I have an entertainment center with a stack of components next to the opening for the TV - so the TV and all the cabling is in close proximity. I have bad hum in my system with the TV on (and none with it off). I tried the ground loop breaker and it didn't work. Then I realized it was coming from the TV itself. If I listen to the TV's internal speakers, they buzz some as well, even with the volume set to zero. I can move interconnects around between my receiver and external amps and make some channels quiet, but never could get rid of it on all channels.

I am convinced it is an EMI emissions problem. My final test was to take the TV out of the entertainment center and onto the floor in front - no buzz even with the TV on. I am guessing it is the power supply transformer that is emitting noise that gets picked up by the cables which act as antennas. I have considered using to use some ferrous (steel not aluminum) sheetmetal as an EMI shield to try to isolate the TV from the rest of the system. But I never did try it and currently just live with the problem.

With the entertainement center like we have, there is no real way to physically separate the TV from the cabling, which is the solution. I am just holding out until I move everything to a basement home theater set-up where I will be able to separate them by using separate racks.