Thanks, I have checked and rechecked the wiring. I have tried with the no wiring connected to the receiver at all. It still shuts off.
Which now brings me to my next question....Is it worth sending to have repaired? It's an 800.00 receiver (not now of course), but is it a 400.00 repair cost? Anyone have any experience with getting their receiver fixed?
It is impossible for us to guess for certain at a repair cost. However it probably will be a little under $200. We know there is a channel that is dead, and it is causing the power supply to go into current overload protection. So the power supply is almost certainly fine.
It is therefore reasonable to assume that the solid state devices in the output stage of that channel amp have broken down. I suspect in a receiver of that price, the output stage is likely some type of IC stage. So it might be just a replacement of that IC output stage.
The unknown is whether the break down of that output stage has caused damage further up the audio circuits in that amp channel. There certainly is a reasonable possibility that is so.
So if you take it for repair, you will roll the dice to some extent. If you were happy with the receiver, I would feel inclined to roll the dice. If you get a new one, I would try and fix that one anyway so you have a spare. That receiver is likely very fixable.
I just hate this whole concept of disposable electronics. That is a real eco disaster.
If this keeps up we will have to do what the Europeans do and make the cost of disposal about as high as replacement. In fact the dirty secret is there is in fact little truth to electronic recycling, very little can be reclaimed and devices like your receiver are full of toxic compounds.
I worry a lot more about this than C02, I can tell you that.
So if you do buy a new receiver, you might want to get a model higher up the food chain so to speak.
