My reciever is saying on the display screen protect. what does this mean?

It is possible that the amplifier had encountered a fault with a higher current drain which had triggered it to a protection fault condition. The fault can be with your output drivers. Please check for short on the outputs fitted for both the channels. Use a meter after disconnecting to check for short in the drivers. Disconnect the positive and negative voltages to the output and see if the protect changes. Even a fault in the preamp stages that drives in high current into the output can shut the Amplifier. Sometimes this can be a noise which can be a HUM or HISS before the protect works. Faulty capacitors in these circuits also can cause similar issues and needs close observation.You need to confirm and replace the specific stages or outputs. If not there can be issues in the mother board. Maybe the protect circuit by itself is shutting off due to a faulty bias or there is a leak in any voltage/current sensing circuit. Also disconnect the speakers and test, if the amplifier comes out of the protect mode then check for short on the speakers.

Make sure none of the speaker wires are touching each other. If they are, it will short out the stereo which triggers protection mode and cuts out all of the sound.

• For this deck the users manual for KDC-X395 says to check to be sure the terminals of the speaker leads are covered with insulating tape properly and make sure no wires are accidentally touching another wire or piece of wire. Then you are to reset the unit. If "PROTECT" does not disappear, consult your nearest service center.
• You can contact Kenwood customer support here http://www.kenwoodusa.com/Support/

Regards, Tony

Make sure none of the speaker wires are crossed I have the same reciever and it did this to me once. I checked the back of it and the wires were touching its a feature to protect itself from shorting out. If there are no wires crossed id reccomend trying to reset the unit by holding down video and cd then pressing the power button. The screen should say FACTORY which means its been reset. Good luck and hope this helps.

Check the speaker wire connections and make sure that none of them are crossed. Shorted wires will cause the reciever to turn on the protect mode to keep the amplifier from shorting out. Try disconnecting the speaker wires from the reciever. if you turn it on and it still says "protect" then the short is possibly in the reciever itself.

Protect on any reciever usually means that it has reached its maximum capacity of volume (known as clipping) and at the reciever is now automatically reducing the volume to avoid damage. This some times is triggered if the reciever was used hard and is now damaged so you would need to bring it to a repair shop. Sometimes its caused by a bad wire to the speakers, a short to say. Check all your wiring, make sure its not overheating and getting plenty of air. Some where its recieving a signal telling it to go into protect mode.

Joe

p mean protection mode, something is not right to send the reciever into protect mode, check wiring

Try disconnecting the power supply to the back of the mp232 then reconnecting it. This worked for me AFTER doublechecking all of my speaker connections.

An amplifier goes into protect when it detects a load with too low an impedance. If it displays protect with no speakers connected at all, the amplifier is damaged. If not, reconnect speakers one at a time (while the amp is off!) to determine the cause of the fault.

It may be as simple as a single strand of copper wire shorting between the positive and negative terminals of a connection.

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Overload protection circuit kicked in. Check all your wires (speakers,input,output cables), There is a short somewhere and lets hope it's not In the receiver.