Just noticed this, John. When you say that you narrowed it down to the CD player I assume that you did that by plugging a different source into your 850 and didn't get the static. As Bryan indicated, you might try connecting the CD cable to the video or tuner inputs to see if there's some problem with the CD inputs on the 850. If there's static with all the line-level inputs, then the problem would be with the cable(try some from your other setup)or the player itself. Even at that high volume you shouldn't be hearing that.
