"Poweroff" Blinks

[Lizard1]

Have a 5+ yr old Pioneer receiver that worked perfectly until a pretty big electric storm came through Atlanta last Saturday that knocked out a computer, a telephone, a fax machine and now possibly this receiver

Whenever I turn it on, it lights up but no sound. Then, after about 3 secs, POWEROFF blinks but it does not shut itself off - you have to manually press the power button. I searched the forum and saw the other guy's solution of unplugging and replugging in the power but I still get the same falshing response.

Also, if I try to turn it on and off a few times and get the POWEROFF blinkning, it quits responding alltogether where I cannot even turn it on at all. I've checked & rechecked the speaker wires and none are touching.

Even if it can't be delineated exactly what the problem is, given that it's a 5+ yr old unit(prob 7-8 yrs old), do you think i should just trash it? Would spending $50-$75 for an easy repair be too much for this unit? Pioneer VSX-D606S

Thanks for ANY advice
Lizard1

 

[JonBaker99]

Disconnect all the speaker wires and see if you have the same problem. If it is still clicking off then there is a good chnace your receiver is toast. Don't bother sending it anywhere to get fixed. Chances are the parts are expensive or out of production. Just think of it as the hand of god coming down and telling you to upgrade

 

[Lizard1]

thanks for the advice - exactly what i was looking for in regards to scrapping the receiver. i'll check the speaker wires again

 

[tomd51]

Surge Protection Is A Must...

Hey Lizard;
I'm in the Atlanta area as well and after seeing some of the storms Fri. and Sat. night , I can most definitely say that if you didn't have any surge protector(s) in place, you'll need it in the future...

Just last week I picked up a Belkin PureAV Power Console PF31 for the bulk of my HT equipment from Buy.com and relegated my Tripp Lite HT10DBS Isobar Surge Suppressor to a separate circuit solely for my subwoofer and rear surrounds amp. The Tripp Lite works great, but I wanted a bit more than it had to offer, hence the switch.

You can get a decent surge suppressor anywhere from $50 and up. How much you want to spend depends on what you need out of it, what it will do and how esoteric you want an outlet surge surpressor unit. Tripp Lite makes a few units that are excellent for their price range.

The PF31 is a year or two old, but it has some pretty slick features, plenty of connections (outlets, RF jacks, ethernet & phone jack, etc.), provides a good source of clean power and for approx. $150 shipped (less w/first time buyer online coupon) is a very good addition to anyone's HT equipment.

The first time I considered a surpressor I had difficulty wanting to pony up for a decent one, but considering how much money the typical HT enthusiast puts into their electronics, it doesn't seem so significant...

If only one good thing came out of this, it's the upgrade... -TD
-TD

 

[Lizard1]

until this storm came through, i hadn't ever been able to justify a good surge protector - used them mostly just to increase the number of available outlets!

that being said, the surge protectors throughout the house saved nearly almost everything except for the receiver. my other stuff that got damaged seemed to be from the telephone lines - fax machine, ethernet card on computer, router for home network, dsl modem, telephone, etc. i never realized that you need to have your phone lines on a surge protector as well!

side note - i called the power company to just see what their policy is on this type of stuff and no return call back yet

 

[tomd51]

Big shocker there...

I've got one of the whole house surge protectors on our fuse box, just had it installed last summer. But while a good portion of homeowners are starting to do this, it also helps to have a point of connection surpressor as a backup. Also similar to what you noted whereas stuff on your phone lines got zapped, many of the relatively inexpensive surpressors, such as the Tripp Lite I mentioned earlier, have phone, ethernet and RF connections to catch any stray current that might find it's way in on the sat/cable or phone lines (see pics below).

It is a little tough to cough up the money for one of these, but one lesson learned the hard way usually does it... -TD