how to fix ground loop him?

Neither would I look into the ladies room to find the him, I
mean the hum.

Detlof love your posts..one of the old gold

Schipo, A HER who HUMS would be even better........

Thx for all the suggestions. It will have to wait for a day when the back is cooperating and I can get behind the rack. My wife keeps saying its time to simplify the setup...sadly she may be right.

If it appeared when moving cables it might be a loose or bad cable. Systematic removing connects until you isolate the problem is usually the best method. Or remove all of then and plug them in one at a time. Tedious, but sometimes it is the only way.

I had a similar problem once and it took a long time to find. Turned out to be RCA connectors where the back of the connector screwed on. It was loose and apparently broke the ground. When I tightened it up the ground loop went again. I replaced all the cables of that type and have not had any trouble since. I would suggest you check all your cables.

Jim above is right, If his advice does not help, try to separate the CATV coax from the rest as far as possible and ovoid any wiring loops in your layout.

I rather have a HER in my system then a HIM any day....

DVR, Cable TV.
The easiest place to start is to temporarily disconnect the CATV Coax cable from the DVR. If that stops the hum that means a difference of potential, voltage, exists between the CATV provider's shield of the coax cable and the safety equipment grounding conductor at the wall receptacle.

A digital ground loop isolator like the Jensen VRD 1FF will stop the hum if it is caused by the CATV company's coax cable. The isolator will not correct the grounding problem though.

Disconnect the CATV coax cable from the DVR. If that stops the ground loop hum post back your finding.
Jim