Hi friends,

My sony a/v receiver is broken...something is wrong..im thinking of sending it to sony service, but if anyone has any idea of a better place for me to repair my receiver will be much appreciated...im afraid the sony service will overcharge me...anyone pls help??

thanks in advance

when i switch it on...in the middle of listening...there is a loud explosion sound...a pop sound..then my receiver is muted (i think this is the automatic response of the receiver to protect itself)...it happens frequently...now the occurances are intolaratable..

u guys made fine points there...will try them all...btw..currently i have a media HD player..with it..there is optical cable, which i connect it to my receiver, but there is no sound..no ac3 or dts..no sound at all...should the media player transmit the sound by the optical cable to my receiver? or im missing anything?

im using Apacer A670 media HD player...my receiver is sony STR-K840P..old model which i used it with my dvd player before..it has composite..coaxial..n optical cable port..no hdmi port..currently i connect the hdmi cable from my media player to my lcd tv..n optical cable from media player to my receiver...ntg comes out from my receiver..

dvd player to receiver is ok...it can decode ac3 and dts.....yes..the optical is under dvd..i can see it stated OPT under dvd...thus, the receiver already recognising the connection of the optical cable...will try to reset to factory default, btw what do u mean by setting digital in to "auto"?

yes...downloaded the manual n read it...it maybe due to my media player..is it possible that...since my media is connected to my lcd tv by hdmi cable..the audio is sent to my lcd tv (my tv produces sound from my media, of coz with its 2 speaker, not surround sound), so the optical cable is redundant in this case? however, the optical cable has the red light....i did change the audio in my media...from ac3 to dts...with no sound from my reciever....in addition, in the manual...it says "all optical and coaxial jacks are compatible with 96kHz,48kHz, 44.1kHz, and 32 kHz sampling frequencies....does this means that ac3 or dts with other that stated frequency will not readable?


anyway, thanks a lot for ur help guys

This post has been edited by firecracker: Jul 21 2010, 10:20 AM

will do...thanks a lot friend...i'll try to play around the media player..i make an assupmtion that hdmi n optical are good together....but i need to check first..try different scenarios...thanks again..will keep posted if anything

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Added on July 21, 2010, 10:35 pmi changed the media player's audio setting to SPDIF RAW, reset my receiver, test every speaker including the subwoofer...all work flawlessly...the SPDIF RAW solved the issue of connectivity between the media player and receiver....n so far no popping sound comes out..now i can enjoy movies with surround sound..hopefully no popping sound later...keep my fingers crossed...anyway thanks a lot guys, especially azbro for the helps...learn few things today..thanks again

This post has been edited by firecracker: Jul 21 2010, 10:35 PM