Anyone know anythin about home theatres?

BlitzSix · 07-08-2003, 06:22 PM

Hey guys, I have a Sony recieve thingy, it's pretty nice, I think it costs like 4 grand or so.

The thing is that it gets hot after I watch a movie or play music or leave it on. I watched a movie yesterday night and I accidently left it on for the night and I just touched it now and it's VERY HOT.

Is this normal?? How can I fix it ?

**SickFinga** · 07-08-2003, 06:25 PM

4,000 for a SONY reciver? I don;t think so.
High-End recievers usually have FANS on the back. Do you have them? Are they working?
It should get hot if you are listening to a music really loud, i do not think it should overheat while it is just on.

Jim .E. · 07-08-2003, 06:29 PM

yeah and im having problems with the flippen remote....after about 2 months it aint working no more, i mean i changed the batteries and everything and even restored the whole thing to factory settings! the only thing that works is sleep mode on the remote everything else is f*cked.....im stickin with Harmen Kardon nex time

AcidSnow · 07-08-2003, 06:33 PM

these things to tend to get hot, just make sure your not blocking any vent holes, and not putting anything on top is normally a good precaution, other then that yeah they do get hot, and like sickfinga said check to see if any fans have stopped working.

BlitzSix · 07-08-2003, 06:34 PM

I'm sorry this is another one, my house got broken into and the insuarence money wasn't much so the stuff that was stolen got shittified....

I just checked the model for you and it's the Sony STR-DB840. It costs just under a grand.

Any yeah, I did listen to music loudly yesterday for an hour or so, but then I just left it idling (didn't turn it off) and it's still hot today, I thought it would cool down or something???

Thanks...

BlitzSix · 07-08-2003, 06:35 PM

Thanks, Acid.

SeRb · 07-08-2003, 06:37 PM

you have nothing to worry bout until it sets on fire. . .

electronics get hot. . . you cant do anything about that

BlitzSix · 07-08-2003, 06:41 PM

HOLY ****, IT JUST SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME.

I was listening to a cd on 4/10 volume (very loud if ur in the room).
Then I hit stop on the cd player.
Then I turned off the reciever. (which was still hot, like I can't keep my hand on it for more than 5 seconds).

Then when I turned off the amp my sub just ****ing started going SOOO STRONG. I got scared and I turned off the amplifier too, and it was still on so I turned the reciever back on and it stopped a couple secs later. But the sub is ****ing strong, like you know when there's a beat and every time it makes that strong noise and then stops right, cause of the beat, well it made that noise but it stayed on I thought it was gonna ****ing explode someone help me this is the first time it happened.

Maybe I shouldn't have turned it off right after listening to it ???

BlitzSix · 07-08-2003, 06:43 PM

Damn I turned it off again and the same thing happened. Then I turned it back on and it stopped after a couple secs. What do I do??? I can't turn it off!!

BlitzSix · 07-08-2003, 06:52 PM

Well I sorta just fixed it, like I put the subwoofer setting from +10 dB to 0, and then I waited 10 mins and then I turned it off.

But WTF happened???