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My Oppo hums

With my new Burson PI-160, my Oppo now hums at the speaker with the volume turned up and when still connected via ICs and on another input, passes the hum on (albeit slightly with nothing playing). There is no OFF feature on the Oppo, just standby. It was never present with the older Burson or the Classic 6.1 that I still have. If I disconnect the Oppo, the hum is gone. The mickey mouse IEC has no ground plug and that may be the problem: won't know until tomorrow when I get one with a ground plug (if they make one) Has anyone else experienced this?
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nonoise OP
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Chadnliz:

I got Time Warner to come out after some haggling. Seems that since my equipment is not Time Warner's then the problem was mine to solve.
LOL.
After patiently explaining it to them again, and with a request to speak to a supervisor, I got a free visit for this Saturday. By the way, the lady I spoke to over at Jensen said that this happens all the time, around the world, which is why they have none of the ground isolators in stock. They would have to make me one.
chadnliz
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Atleat you got TW to step up and do the right thing, I have TW aswell but it wasnt a hassle when I needed this done last year. Good luck!
jea48
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Nonoise,

Per NEC code the CATV grounding block has to connect to the main grounding electrode system of the main electrical service.
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nonoise OP
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Jea48:

I've written that down to remind the service technician.
Thanks.
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ozzy
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I have Comcast and my system is only connected via the coax. No other grounding.
Dealing with them is a joke. Mostly kids out of high school that can crimp a F connector.

I went ahead and got the Jensen and problem solved! I also have a seperate FM Antenna and I placed a Jensen there also.

Funny that Jensen has to make one up for you. If they sell so well they should be making many for stock.
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