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Pleased to report I am an idiot.
Was watching TV in the sitting room - Avant 32DVD, BL Penta 3s, BL4000s and BL2 attached to BC2. I noticed that the red light was on one of my Pentas but the display showed the source and a volume figure - no sound was coming out of the speaker.
I turned the system on and off but the display did not change and the sound did not return. I flicked the switches - managed to get the green light back on for a short time but no sound and reverted to red.
The speakers were bought new in 1993 when I moved to this house and apart from one trip to Newcastle for the speaker comparison night, they have hardly moved. I was settling down to get them serviced on Monday. However after watching The Revenger's Tragedy last night, we felt in need of whisky. Whilst accessing the drinks cabinet, which is behind the TV, I noticed a loose powerlink cable - my wife had put a chair and picture in the corner behind the TV and clearly a cable had become loose. All working again!! Should have checked first but cables are all in a sock so was not expecting it to be loose as the cable runs under the floor to the speaker.
Shows one should always check the simplest fault first! I had checked under the speaker. Interestingly the display had been on but the volume figure was 30 whereas the other one read 32. Should have made me think but I would have expected it to have been blank with an unplugged cable!
Peter
I've had plenty of those false alarms, too.
BeoLab 5, BeoVision 7-55 MK2, BeoSound 5 Encore, BeoSound 9000, BeoLab Penta III, BeoLab 8000, BeoLab 6000, BeoLab 2, BeoLab 7-6, BeoSound 8, BeoTime (analog clock), Beo 4 remote.
Same here. The typical engineer response to such a problem is to disassemble the entire device to check the power supply components before actually checking to see if it's plugged in.
Jeff
I'm afraid I'm recovering from the BeoVirus.
Jeff: Same here. The typical engineer response to such a problem is to disassemble the entire device to check the power supply components before actually checking to see if it's plugged in.
Nah. This engineer always unplugs and replugs first, then swaps in a known working unit into the system before getting any tools out.