RX-V3000 needs your help! (turning off randomly)
So I bought this new ~13 years ago. I LOVE the way it sounds with my Klipsch speakers and it's just been a real workhorse. However, it's recently started getting temperamental and either shutting off randomly or immediately after being turned on. I've since bought a new Yamaha with HDMI, but I still want to use this on my secondary A/V setup (and the Klipsch will probably follow it). So before I take it to a shop to diagnose I thought I'd run this by the forum for suggestions...
Sometimes it works fine for a week or two
Sometimes it will click off in the middle of a game or movie after being up for a period of time. Duration is fairly random.
Sometimes it will turn off immediately after turning on - more on this;
- If I let it sit for literally like 2 minutes after it does this and then try again, it will usually stay on (sometimes for the duration, sometimes it clicks off randomly)
- It does this regardless of whether speaker wires are connected or not (so no short in other words)
I didn't see any obvious bulging caps anywhere, but I'm leaning towards it being the main caps. The tops aren't exactly flat, but I wouldn't say they're deformed either. In other words, I'm not sure if I'm just seeing flex due to the stamping that is on the top of them (not used to seeing caps that big) or if they're just starting to bulge.
I want to say that if I push it, like with an action movie, it's more likely to shutdown, but I can't say that 100%
Given the price of the main caps though I want to make sure before I get in there and replace them.
Suggestions on next steps to positively identify the issue?
Thank you!!!
-Rich
So I bought this new ~13 years ago. I LOVE the way it sounds with my Klipsch speakers and it's just been a real workhorse. However, it's recently started getting temperamental and either shutting off randomly or immediately after being turned on. I've since bought a new Yamaha with HDMI, but I still want to use this on my secondary A/V setup (and the Klipsch will probably follow it). So before I take it to a shop to diagnose I thought I'd run this by the forum for suggestions...
Sometimes it works fine for a week or two
Sometimes it will click off in the middle of a game or movie after being up for a period of time. Duration is fairly random.
Sometimes it will turn off immediately after turning on - more on this;
- If I let it sit for literally like 2 minutes after it does this and then try again, it will usually stay on (sometimes for the duration, sometimes it clicks off randomly)
- It does this regardless of whether speaker wires are connected or not (so no short in other words)
I didn't see any obvious bulging caps anywhere, but I'm leaning towards it being the main caps. The tops aren't exactly flat, but I wouldn't say they're deformed either. In other words, I'm not sure if I'm just seeing flex due to the stamping that is on the top of them (not used to seeing caps that big) or if they're just starting to bulge.
I want to say that if I push it, like with an action movie, it's more likely to shutdown, but I can't say that 100%
Given the price of the main caps though I want to make sure before I get in there and replace them.
Suggestions on next steps to positively identify the issue?
Thank you!!!
-Rich
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