Sony STR-DE685 Receiver "pass protect circuit" Questions

...pass 4. The Receiver shuts off everytime I turn the volume up to 4. The manual says the protection circuit has been activated because of a short circuit. It says I should put the unit in standby ...

...circuit is shorted or not by myself using multimeter. In addition, if any, could you give another cause for the problem ? Because the warranty is over, I have to fix it. I don't want to pass it away. ...

pass very high current. A protection circuit stops it doing this, and usually shuts the unit down. Take it to a local hifi shop, and they'll be able to sort it out for you. There's usually a small fee

...muting Circuit is initiated on the main Amp. I called HK and they want me to send it in to a service dept that is not close at all. Any ideas? Or is there a way to by-pass the muting circuit

...protect mode just fine, it appears to simply be a short in the switch. I have removed the front panel and there is approx. 12 points on the circuit. Is there any way to by-pass the switch to operate ...

...laying or touching the GROUND, I had same problem, I lift them from ground level to the wall and passed the wires through the wire covers, and problem solved. Regards, Minas I had the same problem ...

but in this case, I suspect that there is a problem in the front end that is allowing DC current to pass to the output circuits. This will cause a problem that will shutdown the system. Yamaha designs

...circuit is faulty causing excessive time to pass before turning on the relay, or there is excessive voltage floating around that the protection circuits are detecting and thus preventing the relay ...

...pass to the pre-amp/amp, hence no sound but all else would appear working. Incidentally, I believe that there was an update on the firmware of this particular model (among others). Perhaps you may ...

...a VCR or DVD Player/Recorder connected between your digital receiver and TV, make sure it is set to pass through your digital receiver output to the TV. If you have a digital receiver, make sure the ...