Help with new system, failing speaker calibration

[Savage40]

I just received in a new XPA-5 Amp and am currently setting up my system. Have following setup: (Keep in mind this is all new and using for first time)

Denon 3312Ci
XPA-5
Panamax M5300-PM
Epson 6010 PJ

I am waiting for my new speakers to arrive, but until then I wanted to at least get everything else hooked up, so connected my 5.1 Onkyo speakers from my last HTIB.

I start the Denon Audyssey Speaker Calibration. It starts off fine giving me a good tone for Front Left, Center & Front Right. However, once it hits the Surround Right, I hear a click and then nothing. Look over at the XPA-5 and it has shut itself off and blink orange light. I can click the power button on the front of the Amp and it will do a channel check and turn back on.

Could this be my surround speakers being too weak to handle the Amp/receiver? Does that sound like a short somewhere in the speaker wire maybe?

I am confused, would appreciate some help.

 

[TheWarrior]

Not sure if its possible, but that scrawny little speaker wire with most HTiB's might not handle what the XPA is putting out.

Just double check both the XPA and the HTIB manuals. If nothing else, just be patient til the goods arrive

 

[Audioholics]

That screams "short" in the cable to me. Check the back of the amp to make sure there are not positive wires or connectors touching negative and then check at the speaker. You might also want to check the cable itself for a short using a digital multimeter set to (audible) continuity test mode.

 

[Savage40]

That screams "short" in the cable to me. Check the back of the amp to make sure there are not positive wires or connectors touching negative and then check at the speaker. You might also want to check the cable itself for a short using a digital multimeter set to (audible) continuity test mode.

Thanks, there were 2 banana plugs touch one another, fixed that! Thanks

 

[slipperybidness]

That screams "short" in the cable to me. Check the back of the amp to make sure there are not positive wires or connectors touching negative and then check at the speaker. You might also want to check the cable itself for a short using a digital multimeter set to (audible) continuity test mode.

Already round it. But you are 100% dead on with your diagnosis, very common.