Ground for Cable TV Hummmmmmmmmmm

I am getting what sounds like a ground loop hum through my big screen tv to my surround processor. Would a grounding rod & ground on the cable help?

stealth93es06-06-2001 7:15pm

mg123 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 192 posts 06-07-2001 at 04:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Try this (it worked for me): run a wire from the outside connector of your TV cable (I had a wire with an aligator clip on it) to the ground on your amp. That Radio Shack "grounding block" is just a cable connector with a screw on it for connecting a wire. Using the aligator clip works just as well.
barrelchief Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 294 posts 06-11-2001 at 08:18pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ironically, just read about the MAGIC this AM in a review of Tishiba DVD palyer in stereophile (May or June 2001-I think)
stehno Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,453 posts 07-09-2001 at 02:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I had a serious ground loop hum that I was able to isolate to the tv cable being the culprit. The only bandaid that worked was if I unplugged the tv cable altogether. I had electronics plugged into a 15 amp non-grounded circuit and others, including the amp, plugged into a 20 amp grounded circuit. Moving all electronics over to the 20 amp grounded ciruit resolved my problem.
zane Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 48 posts 07-14-2001 at 11:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Call Tom Tutay of Transition Design. Your problem will be over.