distortion on the audio on channel 2 only

[manofsteel2397]

hi im having an inssue with my cable about a month ago i started hearing distortion on channel 2 from my cable it started out of no where have had the cable people out to try and fix it but no luck replaced all the cable wire and splitters and still there. the distortion comes in on both tvs and is worse when played through my reciever any body got any ideas what could cause this i have talked to neighbors and none of them have this issue. i recently upgraded to digital cable but the problem started about a week before that
my set up is cable to splitter to digital box, cable split to dvd recorder/hdd s-video to reciever and digital coax to receiver(cable box) s-video to receiver toslink to reciever (dvd) sound issue is comes from regular tv speakers and home theater speakers on both cable box and dvd but only on channel 2 and on second tv that has nothing hooked up but cable. any help would be appreiceated

sonystrda2ES reciever
toshiba dvd recorder/hdd
scientific alanta explorer 8300
infinitiy alpha center and alpha40 mains
pioneer sourounds
zenith tv (want a new tv) need more room

 

[mtrycrafts]

hi im having an inssue with my cable about a month ago i started hearing distortion on channel 2 from my cable it started out of no where have had the cable people out to try and fix it but no luck replaced all the cable wire and splitters and still there. the distortion comes in on both tvs and is worse when played through my reciever any body got any ideas what could cause this i have talked to neighbors and none of them have this issue. i recently upgraded to digital cable but the problem started about a week before that
my set up is cable to splitter to digital box, cable split to dvd recorder/hdd s-video to reciever and digital coax to receiver(cable box) s-video to receiver toslink to reciever (dvd) sound issue is comes from regular tv speakers and home theater speakers on both cable box and dvd but only on channel 2 and on second tv that has nothing hooked up but cable. any help would be appreiceated

sonysrt2es reciever
toshiba dvd recorder/hdd
scientific alanta explorer 8300
infinitiy alpha center and mains
pioneer sourounds
zenith tv (want a new tv) need more room

Did you actually visit the neighbors and listen to their Ch2 on TV? Maybe they just didn't notice the difference?

Did the TV repairman acknowledge the problem? Did this problem happen without you changing the setup? Most curious.

 

[manofsteel2397]

yes the cable man noticed the problem and no i didnt listen to the neighbors tv myself but i supose they could of not notice the problem as it not as noticalble with just the tv speakers and i did change the set up but this was after i the problem started i goning to disconnect everything and reconnect everything separateing all the audio and video and power cords and see if this helps as it a big mess of wires

 

[mtrycrafts]

yes the cable man noticed the problem and no i didnt listen to the neighbors tv myself but i supose they could of not notice the problem as it not as noticalble with just the tv speakers and i did change the set up but this was after i the problem started i goning to disconnect everything and reconnect everything separateing all the audio and video and power cords and see if this helps as it a big mess of wires

Yes, that is a good start but I still don't see why just ch 2 has this problem, even though it is on the low end of the frequency spectrum, around 54mHz. anything on ch 3, 4 or 5?

 

[manofsteel2397]

nope just channel 2 big mystery to me im realy thinking its the cable feed before it reaches our house because in the last few days its get worse and then it is barely noticable very weird and so on hmmmmmmmm

 

[Nick250]

In general I am do not think power conditioners improve audio or video. But for a specific situations they can perhaps help. A while back Gene or Clint mentioned that a power conditioner helped with cable video problem, so maybe one might help with cable audio problem. So there is no misunderstanding what I am suggesting is that running the audio through the conditioner might help, not running the AC power through it.
Nick

 

[manofsteel2397]

so your saying to run the cable line through the power conditioner, i have an acoustic research power conditoner/powerstrip but that didnt seem to make a difference weather i used it or not but i only paid 25 dollars for it at meijers so i dont know if it is good enough to do anything or not

 

[mtrycrafts]

so your saying to run the cable line through the power conditioner, i have an acoustic research power conditoner/powerstrip but that didnt seem to make a difference weather i used it or not but i only paid 25 dollars for it at meijers so i dont know if it is good enough to do anything or not

See if you can listen to the neighbor's TV on ch2. There may be a cable line amp someplace causing this, unless it is the ch2 station itself?