Help Please! Need Help Now! (1 Viewer)

[Matthew Will]

Alright,
I just got my Onkyo 601, refurbished, in the mail today. Really excited about it..blah blah blah. Anyways I get it down to my basement to hook it up. I plug two speakers in to the left and right main terminals. Then I hook up my computer to the Video 1 input. I turn on the receiver to just get a taste of the new sound. Nothing happens. No sound. If I turn it up the volume a lot I can barely hear the music as if I was muting the receiver. I checked to see if I was muting and I wasnt. But since I can barely hear the music I know the signal is good to the receiver. I have one of the speakers connected through banana plugs and another is just screwed in there with the connections they have on the back of the receiver. I really want to get this running tonight. Whats wrong with it? I plugged the signal into both Video 1 and CD inputs to try. Nothing in either. Blahhhh. Matt

P.S. = HELP!

 

[Wayne Ernst]

Have you tried just using the tuner? Let us know how the volume level is with the tuner.

 

[Matthew Will]

Yea tried the tuner. Nothing. Just tried the DVD through optical, nothing. Also, when I turn off the receiver there is a little pop through the speakers. Louder than the faint music I hear but nothing dramatic at all. I had to turn the receiver on and off again to look to see if it was the speakers making the pop. Blah. I hate it when this happens. Spend money on something cool, it gets here, and blahhh...nothing works. I don't want to go back to my Sony Stereo receiver. Also, this reciever I bought was apparently refurbished because of cosmetic damage. At least thats what the sticker on the receiver says. This is really pissing me off. Matt

 

[ChrisMatson]

Does this receiver have A/B speaker inputs and did you check that no buttons/switches are pushed in the wrong direction?

Do headphones work?

Unplug everything and read the manual. Start over. Maybe have a friend look at it to make sure you didn't miss anything.
If it doesn't work, send it back.

 

[Matthew Will]

Haven't tried the headphones. There is a zone2 I can select but I already went over that. Man I hope I dont have to send it back. Matt

 

[NickGL]

it might be set to 'att' or something used to attenuate a too-strong signal