hum coming from my subwoofer


I just moved into my new home and there is a loud hum coming from my sub. The sub is a sunfire, the receiver is the sunfire ultimate, the hum seems to be there when I have my satellite audio video hooked up, and goes away when they are disconnected. I'm definetly not an electrical wizard, any suggestions?
hockeynut
You have a ground loop caused by your satellite reciever.
As Warrenh suggests you can ues a three to two cheater plug on your sub which will lift the ground or buy a ground loop eliminator. A ground loop exists when two or more grounds have a slight difference of resistance between them. This produces a voltage drop which will produce hums in your sub and possibly other gear. Hope this helps and Happy Holidays.
A friend of mine had a similar problem recently. He traced it to a loose ground connection at the cable tv input on the outside of the house.