Help I got a big time Hum in my system

There are quite a few threads that deal with this issue and take you through a step by step diagnosis to help isolate the cause. You may want to do a search on 'hum'.

I would first disconnect the tv cable and see if there is any change. If the hum goes away or is diminished then you need to isolate the cable tv ground from your system. A cheap and very effective way to do this is to buy a 75ohm to 300ohm cable converter and a 300ohm to 75ohm cable converter. Chain them together (75ohm->300ohm => 300ohm->75ohm) and hook up the 75ohm connection of the 300ohm to 75ohm converter to your tv or cable box. Hook your cable tv up to the 75ohm input of the 75ohm to 300ohm converter. These parts can be bought at RS for around 6$.

Just one other note, I briefly owned a Parasound 2003, and currently own a Parasound 2205. I've had serious ground loop hum problems with both amps and have resorted to lifting the ground in each case. Good luck.

If you haven't figured this out yet... I noticed you said the equipment is on "circuits". This being the case, you may want to temporarily connect everything piece by piece into a single outlet (single circuit). This can be accomplished by using a cheap power strip, 6 into 2 outlet adapter, etc. Sometimes if you have 2 circuits, the grounds are tied at the breaker panel, which can create a ground circuit loop the length of 2 wiring runs to the breaker panel. If you find this is the issue, you may have to connect the grounds at the outlets to get a common ground point for your stereo.

The other excellent points above are to search on Hum, or remove any connections to cable TV for TS purposes. You may also mail me with questions, as I know HUM problems pretty well...

You can get a ground breaker from Xantec for about 8 bucks, it's specifically designed for cables coming in from satellite or cable tv cable.

Ground breakers are fine if you live in a rural area, or do not have sensitive video equipment... I used to use the ground breaker until I got a big screen.... What happens in an urban area, you will get other noise problems with a ground breaker unless the distance of cable after the ground breaker is less than the length of 1/4 wave antenna. With my setup, There was no option other than to fix the issue... Yes - 2 weekends of troubleshooting and refurbishing grounds everywhere that mattered... Now my system is dead silent on the audio & perfect on the video.

hello is there a alternate way to ground the cable TV signal instead of grounding to the same point as the house Electric ground?