Need some help with a 90s receiver.

[Pa Yankee]

Hello everybody. I have a Technics SA-AX6 that I have recently pulled out of storage. I will be using it as a receiver for my basement home theater system. I pulled out two of the speakers I had laying in storage (two dcm kx-6s') and hooked them up to it and let them play for a while. I checked on everything after a while and everything seems fine so I'll be setting my old 5.1 channel system back up.

The receiver seems to be running a little hot but everything seems normal. The fan was also not coming on until I turned it up to about 40% volume. I don't normally listen to anything loud unless it's a movie.

Does anyone here know of a way to modify the fan so that it is always on when the receiver is on?

I don't want to buy a new receiver because I still have everything I need. I'm also fine with my analog inputs thanks.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Pa Yankee]

Or does any know of a better place where I might have a better chance at getting this info?

 

[Seth=L]

Aside from bypassing the fan controller and directly connecting to a 12v DC line inside the receiver you would need to disconnect the leads of the fan from the board and route them to an external power supply capable of handling the amperage requirement of the fan. If you choose a lower voltage power supply the fan will run slower, but quieter. Unfortunately it also appears the Technics SA-AX6 is void of a switched outlet (at least it is on the European version) and it doesn't have any 12v triggers or control connections, so you would have to manually power the fan on and off.

Again, this all assumes you DON'T bypass the switch that activates the fan inside the receiver when you reach a certain volume. Unfortunately Panasonic did not use a thermally activated switch in their receivers, it is solely dependant on the output level in relation to the level control. In theory you could connect a variable source to an input on the receiver, such as a CD player with headphone output, and attenuate the volume with the source and leave the receiver at the level necessary to activate the fan.

 

[Pa Yankee]

Thanks for the enormous amount of info.

What I would like to do is solder the connections directly to a source inside the receiver (if it's even possible) without having to do anything externally. Much like a modded xbox 360 with an extra fan modded in and then soldered onto to a power source within.

From my understanding is that there are no points where I can directly connect the fan so that it runs when the receiver is on.

Have there been any write-ups on this that you have ever heard of?
I know that the receiver running hot at low
volumes was one of the main problems.