my RSX-1057 died

[unclemick]

Was away on business and my fiancee calls to tell me the RLC-1040 is showing a VIN message. We restart everything and the RSX1057 won't light up. I get home unplug everything, try plugging direct to another outlet and nothing. Funny, it's almost 5 years to the day that I bought this thing. I call my dealer and they're out of business. I call the closest local dealer and they say, while they sell Rotel, they don't service them (WTF)?

I guess I'll call Rotel customer service tomorrow morning... but what a bummer. Thing is, now that its out of warranty, if it's a power supply or something, it'll probably cost more to fix that it's worth.

If anyone has any ideas at all.. please let me know.

[srb]

The first thing to check would be the fuses. According to the Rotel Fuse Chart (http://www.bwgroupsupport.com/reference/rotel-fuses), for 120V RSX-1057 units there are 5 fuses:

Main Fuse: 1 - 8A slow-blow
Power Supply : 2 - 2A and 2 - 3.15A slow-blow

They are not accessible from the rear panel and you would have to locate them on a circuit board inside the unit. The Main fuse would be the most likely suspect. With the power cord disconnected, pop the fuse out of its holder and test it with an ohmmeter or test light. Although the majority of blown fuses will either have a very visible broken/melted element and/or blackened glass, that's not always the case if the element has only melted or separated at the end cap.

Hopefully, that's all it is. Good luck.

Steve