More kenwood VR-405 issues

[thawk21]

Ok, I finally got everything hooked up to the reciever. I powered it on and after a couple seconds of being on, it just shuts off the the Standby light just flashes. Is there something I can do or is the receiver just shot. BTW, the receiver has never been used before.

 

[markw]

curiouser and curiouser

first off, thst symptom is usually indicitive of a short somewhere in the speaker wiring. Recheck your connections. FWIW, this is why I use banana plugs. They are virtually short proof.

Second, if that doesn't cure it. You say it's never been used. It's time to use your factory warranty, assuming you have one.

Finally, hasn't that receiver been obsolete for at least five years? How is yours unused? Was it sitting in it's box, unopened all this time?

 

[thawk21]

Yea, my brother got it as a present when it came out. He couldn't figure out how to hook it up so it has set in a box for about 6 years.

 

[lsiberian]

Ok, I finally got everything hooked up to the reciever. I powered it on and after a couple seconds of being on, it just shuts off the the Standby light just flashes. Is there something I can do or is the receiver just shot. BTW, the receiver has never been used before.

Most problems are the pure result of human stupidity. IOTW check all your cables and be very thorough. You may be shocked at how trivial of a detail you missed.

 

[Lordoftherings]

Hi thawk21,

If you have the instruction manual for it, just read it very carefully, as how to make the proper connections, in particular, the speakers ones.
If you don't have the manual, you can simply download it from Kenwood web site by Googling "Kenwood VR-405".

The speaker's connections are probably the culprit, in your case.
Make sure that you only expose about 1/4 inch from the speaker wire, and that you fully insert it, adter twisting the ends, to the hole in your binding posts, and from the back of your receiver, and from the back of your speakers.
You DON'T WANT any small threads of speaker wires touching the metal panel of the back from your receiver. It has to be done very properly, or your receiver will do exactly what it just had done.
And only do this, when your receiver is turn OFF, and unplug from the wall receptacle. Only after all your connections are properly secure and correctly done (red positive wire from the receiver to red positive on the speaker, and same for black negative speaker wire). Your speaker cables should be marked by one of them having a straight color, and the other one having a white or another colored line indicated on it. You can use the straight bland wire as the positive one (RED), and the other one with that colored (usually white) line, for the negative one (BLACK).

Hope this helps to put you on the right track. Let us know.

Cheers,

Bob