Hi,

I'm not a big electronics expert by any means. I can fool around with
most things well enough to get them to work well, but this has me
puzzled.

I've got a Panasonic DVD player (RV31) and a Pioneer CD player (m450 -
6 disk changer). Both work fine - independently. When I hook the
DVD player to the TV, then the TV into the reciever, the CD player
will do one of several things...

1. it stop responding altoghether for long periods of time
2. it will play, but with LOTS of static and noise
3. it will change CD's but not play them, not skip songs on a
particular CD

If left alone for LONG periods of time (literally hours), and set to
play, it sometimes will begin play with static and eventually play
regularly - but not always.

When I disconnect the TV from the receiver, the problem remains. When
I take the receiver and CD player to a different room, all is well.
If I bring the CD player by itself and plug it into the same power
strip as the TV, it starts acting up again. I've replaced the power
strip with a brand new one, but to no avail. I've replaced the
connector from the TV to the receiver with a shielded cable, no help.

If I plug the CD player (by itself - no connections to anything else
whatsoever) into *any* outlet in the same room as the TV/DVD player -
it acts up. Move it to any other room - works fine.

The rest of the stereo components work fine (turntable, receiver,
cassette player) just the CD player has problems.

I assume that there's some sort of interference between the DVD/TV and
the stereo -OR- some sort of electrical circuitry problem in the room
with the TV/DVD player.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

scott