A/V question

[Jrecee]

So today I went to play a sega genesis game. I have a CDX, hooked up with A/V cables to a selector box, which is hooked straight into the tv. I was playing a game I haven't played in a while and started hearing a crackling noise from the speakers. At first I thought maybe it was some sort of interference. I noticed the speakers on the tv were a little loose so I pushed the wires in a bit. Still not fixed. I tried a few more games, same problem on and off. Wiggled the cable in the system, nope. Checked the red and white cables and made a discovery that only the red was working so I was only getting sound on the left or right. So that's one problem, but still didn't solve the speakers crackling. I plugged the rf from my genesis into the cdx, which then goes into the satellite receiver which has to be on input to make the cdx show up. I still had the crackling problem with the rf. I hit input and the sound on satellite tv is just fine, no crackling. I bounced back and forth between the game and the satellite and would get the crackling with the cdx, and none with satellite. I turned off the cdx, and I was getting the crackling sound even with it turned off and the tv just showing static. At this point I decided it couldn't be the cdx if I'm getting the interference even when it's turned off.

So I get it from the CDX hooked up through RF
With the CDX hooked up through A/V
With just static playing on the tv
And it magically vanishes when I flip the satellite on.

Anybody who's savvy with tv/audio stuff have any idea what's going on???

[opticledilusi0n]

it's your cdx

[Jrecee]

Will someone delete this guys posts.

[DuManchu]

Back on topic...

Since it happens with just the static on the TV I am going to guess it's a problem with your RF input.

Is your Satellite hooked up through A/V (not the antenna deal)?

[Jrecee]

Nah the satellite is hooked up to the antenna input, and the cdx is hooked into the satellite receivers antenna passthrough. That's what's so weird to me, since I get the crackling speakers even when the cdx is off and the tv is set to antenna (satellite). It's like the satellite signal somehow just kills the problem.

[Scooter]

Have you tried connecting the CDX directly to the TV to see if the problem persists? If so, I'd say it is your CDX, if not I'd say it is the selector box the CDX signal has to pass through.

[Jrecee]

Ok I'm basically positive it's the CDX. I tried my genesis with both the a/v cables and RF and it worked fine. In fact it was twice as loud as the cdx has ever been, not as clear though. I went back to the CDX and the problem seems to be getting worse. At times the sound completely dissapears. The video is fine though.

So does anyone have any tips on what to do? Is there a way to clean out the A/V port on the cdx that may help?