babeba67
Active Member
Ok Yamaha experts. Thought I'd start here vs the solid state forum since it's Yammy specific but if this is the wrong place let me know. I know I have seen info on this forum before about a specific problem with this era of Yamaha receivers so I'm looking for some help because I can't seem to find it through the normal search methods.
Background...I own several Yamaha components mostly from the early 80's through mid 2000's. I have several amps M-45, M-80, M-85, R8, R9 and plenty of CD players that all work great.
My problem is with the receivers (black face) with the orange displays. I have the following receivers:
RX-596 receiver
RX-590 receiver
RX-v795 receiver
RX-850 receiver
and just purchased from CL a RX-V659.
All of these have the familiar "orange" display and 3/5 of them have problems where the display just goes blank to black. Sometimes a gentle tap will bring it back on, and in the case of the v659 I just got it cuts out but will come back on with the touch of any knob. WTF is the deal with these? What is the fix for it? As you can tell I love the Yammy stuff but this is frustrating.
Thanks,
B
Background...I own several Yamaha components mostly from the early 80's through mid 2000's. I have several amps M-45, M-80, M-85, R8, R9 and plenty of CD players that all work great.
My problem is with the receivers (black face) with the orange displays. I have the following receivers:
RX-596 receiver
RX-590 receiver
RX-v795 receiver
RX-850 receiver
and just purchased from CL a RX-V659.
All of these have the familiar "orange" display and 3/5 of them have problems where the display just goes blank to black. Sometimes a gentle tap will bring it back on, and in the case of the v659 I just got it cuts out but will come back on with the touch of any knob. WTF is the deal with these? What is the fix for it? As you can tell I love the Yammy stuff but this is frustrating.
Thanks,
B