Larry

First, the easy one -- the remote does hum, it's a "trait" (quirk) of the backlighting used on that remote. The Radio Shack 15-1994 remote has a similar (albeit quieter) hum.

From the connection notes you provided, I get the impression that you are using analog inputs only between your sources and the 1050. The speaker connections are obviously fine. If you are using a digital connection for the DVD (which you will want to do to get Dolby Digital and DTS decoding), you need to assign the digital input to the source (DVD, CD, Video 2, etc...) -- page 26 of the manual gives the specifics, but basically you use the "Digital Select" button on the 1050's face or the "DIGITAL" button on the remote to cycle through the digital inputs while the 1050 is set to the input you want to use. It remembers which digital input was selected. You also need to make sure that the player is set up to provide a signal to its digital output; some players by default will not output a DTS signal and you mave to change the data format used. If you are using the stereo analog inputs for the DVD player, make sure that the DVD input isn't using a digital input -- that would supercede the analog input.

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