I have a Sony 300 disc CD Player. Just about anytime I play a CD, there is a static type noise in the background. The sound is there during playback of burned CD's as well as brand new CD's bought at the store. I have the red and white connecting cables connecting the CD player to my receiver. I made sure the connection was tight and I also tried using a digital optical cable thinnking maybe the connectors were bad or dirty, with no luck. The set-up I have is a 48" wide-screen TV with a pillar on each side of the TV, and the CD player sits on the shelf of one of the pillars. I've tried plugging the CD player into a separate wall outlet than everything else, and that didn't work. There is no static coming from the receiver when I watch a DVD or use the surround sound for the TV. Sometimes, a disc will play fine for a few tracks, but then the static sound starts. I've only had the CD player since the beginning of the year, and the static noise wasn't there originally. Even when the TV is not on, the static sound is there. I heard that using a digital optical cable would eliminate any interferance that the TV or anything else close to the CD player would cause if that is the problem, but that didn't work. I've tried everything I can think of with no luck, so I'm hoping someone who knows more about this stuff than me can help. I don't know if it is something I can correct myself or if there is a technical problem with the CD player that causes this sound that someone on here may be familiar with. Any help would be appreciated because I'm getting very frustrated trying to figure this out!!