I can't get the parts for my sherwood amplifier which is 2sd1510 and 2sb2510

Yes you need and amp Look at the disc player there is no volume control or speaker outputs.

Look on e-bay there are plenty of cheap remotes there. Just search for Sherwood remote.

Have had a good look on the net and no STK 8170! Except your post on Fixya!! Which is odd. So I'm thinking you might have read the number wrong.

I guess you missed the part where it says to power everything off while making connections.

It sounds like you shorted the amplifier. Try it one moretime without any speaker cables attached. Then take it in to a Tech.

Let's work with FM as that is ONboard and can't be connected wrong. Does THAT work?

Turn the volume control to something medium.

The errant switch, control or condition may change and you will suddenly release the amp's full power and possibly destroying your speakers. If a signal isn't audible at 1/2 volume it's probably not there.

Carefully examine the front panel for clues like a misplaced Mute or Tape Monitor control or Multichannel Analog Input selected.

There is a good chance that a common control may have developed a high-resistance or 'dead' spot through idleness and is causing your symptom. Turn the POWER OFF and operate every control throughout its range a number of times, especially rarely-used ones like Tape Monitors and the Mute control.

Turn the volume to something reasonable and see if that helped.

I was looking for informations about the Sherwood AI-2110R and it seems to be an integrated stereo amplifier with good power. However the "external" plugs seem to deliver only the "passing" sound, what means that the signal needs to be powerd by an external amplifier. I don´t believe that a simple surround set would be able to do that. Maybe the best solution would be to hook another amplifier to the external plugs, via an "aux" connection.

http://www.sherwoodusa.com/pdf/RV-4060R.pdf

I would contact Sherwood as Transformers are deemed to be safety components and should be replaced with excat parts or those recommended by the maker.

Something doesn't sound right. The standby circuit is usually very simple. The "regulator" is just a transistor. Can you request and post the parts that he/she can't find. I should be able to get you a source or substitutes.

Dan