Need Tech Help: Audio Problems with ONKYO TX-SR501 Reciever (1 Viewer)

[Seam Dempsy]

My brother recently bought a refursbished ONKYO TX-SR501 off of ecost.com and was disappotined to find that every few minutes the audio cuts out for just a second or two then comes back on. Its does this constantly never ceasing. Now, is this a common problem or a simple one that could be fixed easy? Or should he contact ONKYO to see if it could be repaired? Thanks.

 

[Jake K]

Does this happen with different sources? I listen to the Music Choice channels on DirecTV and lately some of them have been doing the exact same thing you described.

 

[Seam Dempsy]

It happened with both DVDs and CDs.

 

[Jake K]

ok, then I have no idea what is wrong. :frowning:

It could be defective.

 

[John S]

Using both analog and digital connection? Or just digital? I think he has a bad cable or something wrong.

Could be defective. I had no issues with the two I recently installed.

All speakers work great all the time, during calibration?

 

[sandy]

Seam,

Based on what I have read, the most probable casue of this is defective cable,speakers.

Also, does this happen on low volume too ? or only when you crank it up ?

 

[Seam Dempsy]

He does have old speakers but they work fine with his old reciever in place. And it was happening on a reasonable voume level. Nothing really high or low. The cables he just bought.

 

[Tim_Stack]

I had the same issue with the same reciever. It was my fault though - some of my exposed speaker cable was touching other speaker cable. Tighten up your connections and make sure there are no shorts. Good luck!