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Oh man, I was just settling in to watch Payback this afternoon when I discovered I had NO sound coming out of my mains! Surprise became shock which became . . . uh, OH S**T!!!! 8O I checked all the speaker and I/O settings for the Yamaha on the OSD - nothing out of the ordinary. I checked all the cable runs - nothing there. I was beginning to sweat the idea of replacing the RX-V1 (or at least a major service bill) as I ran back into the master bedroom closet (that's where I access the back of the component rack). I swapped speaker cables from input to input to see if possibly it was a cable (please!) or a speaker (gasp! that'd be worse than the Yamaha). Run back into the theater room and turn everything back on. Nope, it was the L/R channels in the RX-V1. Next step, uncable 'er and pull 'er out of the rack and open it up - maybe it was a loose connection? 68 pounds - oof. Nope, everything looks neat and clean. A little dusty - get the air can and fix that. Cough, cough - okay more than a little dusty. Clean now though. Hmmmm, wait a minute, why both at the same time? Have I missed anything? Oh. Let's put Mr. Yamaha back together. Okay, now back up into the rack - double oof. Now cabling. Whew, okay. Run back into the theater room. Puff puff - now, power. All right everything is back on.
Check the A OR B SPEAKER (manual only) switch hidden under the flip down panel on the front of the Yamaha. Push the "A" button in fully. A little field with yellow text comes up on the panel display. SPEAKER A. Sound comes out of the mains. Life becomes good once more. Adrenaline slowly returns to a normal level. Concious thought is again an option. Hey, wait a minute - HOW DID THE DAMN BUTTON GET "UN-PUSHED"???? The search for the guilty and the persecution of the innocent began. . . :a>
Well, as you can imagine, the three other parties in the house with opposable thumbs, the dexterity and the required height to push that button are ALL as pure as the driven snow. After inquisition-like questioning, after strenuous cross-examination of all parties, all I found out was that "Nope, noboby was within MILES of the theater room. Nossiree. Nope. Not us, uh-uh. Nobody."
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O. K. Fine. Now that the crisis is passed (Jeez, how did JFK ever cope with the whole Cuban missile thing?) I can be magnanimous and let everyone off with a stern warning and a they-are-my-toys-so-do-not-fiddle speech. Maybe they'll listen this time. Maybe. . . . :nonod:
So. How'd you spend YOUR Saturday afternoon? :B
Check the A OR B SPEAKER (manual only) switch hidden under the flip down panel on the front of the Yamaha. Push the "A" button in fully. A little field with yellow text comes up on the panel display. SPEAKER A. Sound comes out of the mains. Life becomes good once more. Adrenaline slowly returns to a normal level. Concious thought is again an option. Hey, wait a minute - HOW DID THE DAMN BUTTON GET "UN-PUSHED"???? The search for the guilty and the persecution of the innocent began. . . :a>
Well, as you can imagine, the three other parties in the house with opposable thumbs, the dexterity and the required height to push that button are ALL as pure as the driven snow. After inquisition-like questioning, after strenuous cross-examination of all parties, all I found out was that "Nope, noboby was within MILES of the theater room. Nossiree. Nope. Not us, uh-uh. Nobody."
:O. K. Fine. Now that the crisis is passed (Jeez, how did JFK ever cope with the whole Cuban missile thing?) I can be magnanimous and let everyone off with a stern warning and a they-are-my-toys-so-do-not-fiddle speech. Maybe they'll listen this time. Maybe. . . . :nonod:
So. How'd you spend YOUR Saturday afternoon? :B
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