I have a Kenwood stereo integrated amplifier R-42XL that I bought 25 years ago. It has served me very well and still does intermittently. Sometimes when I plug into the mains the red light on the volume controller of the Amp comes on and associated devices - radio, tape cassette player and DVD player - all function as normal when selected through the appropriate button on the amp. However, most of the time, the red light does not come on and none of the devices work. If I repeatedly turn off and on at the mains, sometimes it works. Can the amp be fixed?

Our company has always said anything can be fixed its only the price that varys i think you have a fault in the switching mech as the unit is 25yrs old they didnt use digital switching back then i think your unit has the old spring loaded power button the problem is that the small spring behind the latch comes loose after many years and needs to be set correctly so take it to a shop and see if they know about spring switch resetting to see if this is deffinitly the problem push the button in hard if the power comes on but goes of as you realease it theres ya fault

best of luck

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