Please Help...little to no sound from Receiver

[sean]

I recently bought a marantz a/v reciever and right now I just have two front speakers plugged into to it and all I can get faint-very little volume. I've tryed adjusting the speaker settings and double checked polarity. I get the same reduced volume through the headphone jack. I'm hoping its an easy fix...any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[mtrycrafts]

I recently bought a marantz a/v reciever and right now I just have two front speakers plugged into to it and all I can get faint-very little volume. I've tryed adjusting the speaker settings and double checked polarity. I get the same reduced volume through the headphone jack. I'm hoping its an easy fix...any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

You need to go over each button and feature on that receiver because you have something muted, midnight mode, or tape monitor pressed, or something like that. Just be careful and don't have the volume control up or you will have a rude awakening when the sound returns.

 

[lithnights]

mtrycrafts,

What exactly is that Tape (Monitor) button really for? I have it on my 10 year old receiver and never understood what it was really for... all I know is when I used to accidentally press it I ran into the same problem sean describes. It used to drive me crazy until I figured out that button was the problem for the silence...

 

[sean]

I've tried making sure the tape and all other surround functions are off, the volume is still much lower than it should be. Maybe there's a short somewhere. Could it be the tranformer or a loose circuit?

 

[mtrycrafts]

mtrycrafts,

What exactly is that Tape (Monitor) button really for? I have it on my 10 year old receiver and never understood what it was really for... all I know is when I used to accidentally press it I ran into the same problem sean describes. It used to drive me crazy until I figured out that button was the problem for the silence...

Yes, that silly, hidden button causes lots of headaches, especially when it is hard to see or determine if it is in or out.
It is used in combination with a tape player when you record to it and want to hear what you have just recorded.

 

[mtrycrafts]

I've tried making sure the tape and all other surround functions are off, the volume is still much lower than it should be. Maybe there's a short somewhere. Could it be the tranformer or a loose circuit?

No, no short, not a transformer.

What do you have plugged into that receiver? Is that operating properly?
How loud is the volume control with this low sound? Is there a volume change with the volume controller after you hear that faint sound? Did you select the right input?

It is hard to visualize it from a distance. I am still working on distant viewing, LOL We can only suggest possibilities, sorry.

 

[sean]

Hi, I'm just back into town from the holidays so sorry for the delayed response. Right now I just have two front speakers hooked up. In order to get a decent about of volume the volume has to be at around 70, nearly maxed(100). You can barely hear any sound till around 25-30 on the volume control. I don't listen to music very loud and with my past two recievers I never even had to turn the volume up half way. I believe this reciever(sr5000) is about 85watts it seems like I should be getting much more volume. Thanks for your help.

 

[Nick250]

Don't know if this helps but the recent design of receivers is such that you have to turn the volume knob a greater amount to get the same effect as older receivers. For example you may have to turn the volume knob 360 degrees on a newer receiver to get the same volume you get turning your old receiver at 90 degrees. The new receiver will play just as loud or louder than the old, it just requires greater knob turning.