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Direct TV causing hum in audio system

Hello,

I'm experiencing a humming problem when I integrate my direct tv into my audio system. When I disconnect the satelite cable, the hum goes away. Am I experiencing a ground loop? Is the solution to ground the satelite dish? (I had the dish installed free as part of a promotion.) I heard cable tv can cause this problem and wondered if satelite tv is any different?
ethannnn

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treyhoss
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See this thread that I posted earlier:

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?bhome&1036026282&openusid&zzTreyhoss&4&5#Treyhoss

I bought the Mondial MAGIC box and while it did eliminate the hum, it also eliminated about half of my Direct TV channels. I ended up getting "cheater" plugs for everything on the same circuit (I had missed one while going through all of this). Anyway, hope this helps you. -Tony
treyhoss
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Yes, I did. I found I had unaccounted for a grounded (3-prong) plug on the same circuit. I put a cheater plug on that and the hum was eliminated. I would try the cheater plugs before anything else since it is so inexpensive. My fix ended up costing <$2.00 - of course this was after I spent almost $100 on the MAGIC! Good luck
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