Trouble with component AV cable

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Hi folks,

I recently bought a component AV cable for the wii/ps2/xbox 360. It works fine, but whenever any of the systems is turned on I see faint horizontal lines slowly moving up the screen. They are very faint and barely noticable most of the time, but when I do notice them it's REALLY annoying.

Does anyone know what causes this? If the problem is the cable itself I could go back and exchange it, but if it's something else I would of course rather not go through all that hassle and just fix the problem.

Thanks everyone =)

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The AV switcher you bought is maybe an inexpensive unit and may not design to eliminate interference properly. It's hard to find one that does better job in less than $100. The problem is with the ground.

If you use anything else other than composite then get a Receiver/Amplifier for $250 and it's a money well spent.

One thing is to try turning the power of the unit not being used and start unplugging each unit to find out which unit causing the interference.

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Thanks for the help =)

I recently bought a new computer monitor that I have my xbox hooked up to now, and the problem seems to have gone away. That's good info though about the Reciever/Amplifier and I'll definitely be considering that at some point in the future.

Thanks again

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