HELP! What is this annoying buzz?

We have just purchased our first DVD player (people kept giving us DVDs
instead of tapes). It is a Sony entry- level player, and we connected
it to a ca. 1994 Sony TV through the usual red/white/yellow nipples in
the back. Picture is great, but the audio has a buzz sound in the
background. Thought it might be grounding, but the buzz varies with
what is on the screen. Text/menus are the worst, and it varies from
scene to scene.

Does anyone have any clues or cures?

Thanks

Paul

 

Try turning the brightness *way* down on the TV.

By the way, those are "jacks," not "nipples."

RichC

 

Try turning the brightness *way* down on the TV.

"Nipples" is so much more evocative though.

I'd also suggest better quality cabling to see if that affects it at all.
Could be that the one you're using isn't probably shielded.

Mike Jackson
Editor & Web Developer, DVD Verdict
www.dvdverdict.com

 

I'd also suggest better quality cabling to see if that affects it at all.

Another possibility could be that the cables might be located too close to
something that can bleed noise into the audio feed, like if the dangling cables
were too close to the TV set. - Reinhart

 

and the contrast while looking at a menu or something that makes the most
noise

OR... if you have a stereo/reciver in the same room you could connect the
dvd player's audio up to the reciever and the noise should definetly be gone
then.(and get better sound too)

 

We have just purchased our first DVD player (people kept giving us DVDs

After reading the other replies to this message, most seemed unhelpful. The
replies to "turn the brightness down" seemed to actually be trying to be
helpful. However, I very much doubt that that is the problem.

It seems to me as if you have one of the audio jacks connected to one of the
video jacks.

That will make a buzzing noise that is related to the picture on the screen.

check: a cord from the yellow video out jack should be going to the yellow
video in jack on the other device.

a cord from the white audio jack should be going to the white audio in jack.

and of course, ead audio jack to red audio jack.

but you know that.

It seems to me as if you accidentally connected the wrong cord to the wrong
jack.

Recheck your cords. I can verify for a fact that when the audio cord is
connected to the video jack, it will make a buzzing ofthe sort that you have
described in your post.

 

And that's a helpful response is it? The poster clearly stated the
picture was excellent and that he's using red/white/yellow nipples.
How, pray, can he therefore have plugged the audio cable into the
yellow nipple? He's getting video out of the left audio channel is
he? ;-)

 

: >We have just purchased our first DVD player (people kept giving us
DVDs
: >instead of tapes). It is a Sony entry- level player, and we
connected
: >it to a ca. 1994 Sony TV through the usual red/white/yellow nipples
in
: >the back. Picture is great, but the audio has a buzz sound in the
: >background. Thought it might be
:
: >grounding, but the buzz varies with
: >what is on the screen. Text/menus are the worst, and it varies from
: >scene to scene.
:
: After reading the other replies to this message, most seemed
unhelpful. The
: replies to "turn the brightness down" seemed to actually be trying to
be
: helpful. However, I very much doubt that that is the problem.
:
: It seems to me as if you have one of the audio jacks connected to one
of the
: video jacks.
:
: That will make a buzzing noise that is related to the picture on the
screen.
:
: check: a cord from the yellow video out jack should be going to the
yellow
: video in jack on the other device.
:
: a cord from the white audio jack should be going to the white audio
in jack.
:
: and of course, ead audio jack to red audio jack.
:
: but you know that.
:
: It seems to me as if you accidentally connected the wrong cord to the
wrong
: jack.
:
: Recheck your cords. I can verify for a fact that when the audio cord
is
: connected to the video jack, it will make a buzzing ofthe sort that
you have
: described in your post.
:
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You are 100% "unhelpful" with your ignorant response.

 

I just did a google search to get help on figuring out why my Sony DVD player creates a buzz sound and came across this thread. The TV is in an alcove and radios get interference there too, so I thought it was something I wasn't going to be able to solve. The reply about the wires being plugged to the wrong outlets seemed like a "too simple to be true" solution, but lo and behold, that's exactly what the problem was. The video jacks on the back of the DVD player weren't in a row and the red jack was mistakenly plugged into a purple outlet ... problem solved! Thank you so much to the person who posted this solution (Waterperson77?). Pay no attention to those people who posted that your solution was so unhelpful ... it was perfect for me!

PS: any ideas why my radio gets interference in that alcove?

 

Gee what's with the narky responses? I found most if them useful. I found the thread through google as I had the same problem. Guess what? I had the red cable in the nipple for the wrong component. Thanks for helping. Dave

 

waterperson was right...mostly.
my red cable was plugged into one of two possible red holes in the back of the dvd player. i changed it and all the buzzing problems went away. good job waterperson!

 

Very Helpful!

We've had that annoying buzz from our DVD player for a couple of weeks, so I just googled and found your thread. Sure enough, somehow the red plug was plugged into the wrong red slot. My husband moved it around, and it's fixed! Thank you!

 

Yep, red plug for me too.
My tv only has one red jack, so taking out the red plug stops the buzz. No stereo sound, but I'd rather have mono sound than annoying stereo buzzing.
Not exactly "video in audio" but a lot closer than every other response.
... seems to me that stankley and Richard C. have no idea what they are talking about
:question::guru::congrats:

 

Waterperson77- Thank-you! The red audio cable was connected to a video port. Fixed the connection and no more buzz!

 

Thank you so much, Waterperson77. I had plugged the cables in incorrectly. It works perfectly now with no buzz. Hooray!

 

Waterperson77 you nailed it. I had one cable plugged into the "r" of the RGB ports. Moved it to the right one and no more buzz!

 

I unplugged the red cable from the DVD player and the buzzing went away. The DVD player is working fine and no buzzing with it disconnected.

 

I'm having this exact same problem but I'm using a SCART-SCART cable, there are no RCA jacks on either end. I've tried turning it round and plugging the opposite end into the player but that didn't work. Any suggestions?