rage against the ground loop

Agreed. I'm going to call Kenwood tomorrow, they deck is under warranty until June 19th! So there's still time! -Greg

Well Kenwood said they would fix it, but that it would take 2-4 weeks. =( Wait 2-4 weeks or cave in an make a ghetto fix. I was thinking the best ghetto fix I could do would be a large ring terminal around the RCA with a small 3amp fuse attached to the back of the deck... -Greg

if you are "handy" you could take it apart, I mean ALL THE WAY apart :) and look at the bottom of the circuit board near the RCA connectors.  It may have a burnt open circut trace.  This can be repaired if you scratch the green coating off the burnt trace and solder a single strand (one hair) from a speaker wire across the break.  Kenwood may void the warraty if you do this, but it is probably the same fix they would do for you!

i am an idiot wrote: http://bcae1.com/images/rca/temporaryrcashieldrepair.html

DON'T OPEN IT!!! Try the above first... Solder to the RCA shield on the CABLE, not the deck! :)It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."