i just went to turn on my Sony STRDB870 digital reciver and it did its normal stuff the it suddenly went quiet and started flashing "PROECTOR" ?!?!?! so i turned it off and then on again and now all the sound has like a interference in it?!!!! even on headphones! (like when ur going out of range for a FM station). ive been through the manual, checked all the wires, gone through all the settings, reset the memory, unplugged it and started all over again. the manual hasnt got anything saying wtf it is. CAN ANYONE HELP ME????

Is it under warranty?

Is that all? I was thinking it would be something a lot more significant than your fancy stereo dying...

yea, but i want to know if i can fix it manually without hauling the 16kg beast back into the city...

just be thankfull that its not 30kg.

So, instead of taking advantage of your warranty, you would rather invalidate it and risk screwing it even further with a bodgy repai job?

Take it back into the city, get it fixed or whatever under warranty, instead of opening it up, and f***ing your warranty over.

on 2nd thought looks like il have 2 take it back in2 the city. by bus + train. i dnot have a car @ the moment so yea


ohh i could cry

use the warrenty, dont risk playing with it stuffing it up some more and having voided your warrenty paying $$$ to fix it.

Have you been playing to loud or at max?

no, just turned it on normally it was at about -70db sp yea it wasnt loud, i have had it loud b4 but its been workin fine... its f***ed itself and the POS cost 800 f***EN DOLLARS


"Its a Sony"

Every now and then you get a bad piece of equipment, doesn't matter what brand it is. Just return it to the city one way or another, get it replaced, and everyone is happy.

my sony cost more than that
it still works though :P

arent there any like... registered sony repair places near where u live that u can take it to for warrenty instead of taking it back to where u bought it? I thought thats how it worked with most appliances n stuff?

none around here, i live @ woody point

got wood?

ps, im lame

Not wanting to start a flamewar, it's sad how b_c_sw has to big himself up all the time, I'm sure some of you can spot it.

Though, best to take it back to your dealer. I've been having trouble with my discman only playing out of one-channel (not headphones, because I'm using the same ones now fine). The nearest Sony repairer is at Milton. I think that's where Megamart said that mine has been sent.

Just take it back, claim it on warranty. Hopefully, you still have the docket. Always keep the docket, put it with the warrenty and registration cards and the manual, and file it in a filing cabinet. Then you know exactly where all your warranty stuff is when you need it.

yeha i reckon he just wanted to tell us he owns a digital receiver which cost him 800 dorrah

i just went to turn on my Sony STRDB870 digital reciver

without hauling the 16kg beast back into the city...

I mean really, come on!

I am the proud owner of a very large penis too. Can I come around for a BBQ?

http://www.sony.com.au/objects/200x133/STRDB870_2.jpg

sony details on it

Weight: 16Kg

that's an expensive shiny box.

/me ends useless post

I'm not denying the fact WarT, I'm just stating that it's useless information he chose to give, in an attempt to raise his self-esteem.

Does it really matter how much it weighs? It's still just as broken.

it does if he has to carry it all the way into the city on public transport.

someones jealous :p

heres the simple solution ....

cars tuff goes to a car forums
babes stuff goes to here and ausbabes
anime crap goes to ausanime
electrical stuff goes to an forum with electrical equipement gurus etc

MEH!

amp protect means its been overloaded, sounds like either
A) its just plain faulty and crap
B) You have no idea how to plug it in properly and f***ed it

The static your getting is prolly because a fuse has blown and because they amp cant produce its normal power, its pushing it to the max and distorting.

Or it could be somthing else :P

I'm not denying the fact WarT, I'm just stating that it's useless information he chose to give, in an attempt to raise his self-esteem.

wtf r u talking about man,

1stly: i wasnt tring to show off the model number on which u quoted me on b4, i had to put it there because if i didnt ppl would ask me what kind of amp it is.

2ndly: the only thing i said 2 "bigger myeslf" was 16kg beast and it really is 16kg. and when i was saying it i didnt mean it in the way you interperted it. i was meaning it was HEAVY not "omg its so good cause it weighs 16kg"


and btw wtf has my self esstem got 2 do with a broken amp?


/any spelling errors above i dont care about.

My stereo rox0rs your stereo

oohhh

yeaahh

Yeah he likes to tell us.. and if thats his biggest problem hes probably doing quite fine. Give it up, you obviously dont like him and we think hes a tosser too but you look infinitely more stupid pointing it out.

maxe: its bad 2 cover ur amp vents with that speaker ontop of it.

btw: nice sub, what is it?

yeah its been re-arranged a few times since I got it, but the cat sleeps on the amp now, which is probably twice as worse.

Sub is 8" 100 wat, but the tiles and size of my room make it reverb around the place quite nicely indeed.

you got nothin' maxe

=)

oh and as far as high-end products go, i wouldnt recommend a sony to anyone :\

/me looks at the amount of html that went into forks post :0

If any + and - speaker wires are touching each other you may get that message. My system starts flashing PROTECTION and turns off if that happens.

awe 16Kgs *points at the 21" monitor he lugs to qgl....*

Take it to the dealer, flirt. Get fixed. Get stereo fixed.

hah what a kool kid

...I have to agree with H_N_Y on this one that he wasn't gloating on anything or trying to make himself "better", all infromation I seemed to think was justifiably relevant...

Without saying it was 16KG's I was thinking "Why the hell just not take it back", after reading it was 16 KG's I can understandw hy he doesnt want to carry it on public transport to the city...

16KG isn't heavy for short-term lifting, but for what he'd have to do, 20KG get's heavier, and heavier, and heavier (etc.) as the good ol' arms work-out.

Maybe someone can give you a lift?