20 Most Recent Samsung HT-X40 System - Page 4 Questions & Answers

There's a cooling fan on the back. Is it clogged up or otherwise not turning when hot? From Page 21...

Please observe the following cautions for your safety.
■ Make sure the unit is well-ventilated. If the unit has poor ventilation, the temperature inside the unit
may rise and may damage it.
■ Do not obstruct the cooling fan or ventilation holes. If the cooling fan or ventilation holes are covered
with a newspaper or cloth, heat may build up inside the unit and fire may result.

I reccomend going to radioshack and grabbing one of their dvd/cdplayer lens cleaning kits. This should hopefully clean your lens and fix the problem. If it dosen't I'd reccomend contacting samsung and look into the possibility of sending it in for repair: 
http://www.samsung.com/us/info/contactus.html

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The audio amplifier IC are fried and need to be replaced

fiirst of all you should buy a converter..........which has a multiple use

Try to burn your cd with CD-R 650MB/74 mins.and play: i believe it will work.

Hey guys! Im glad you found my solution on my blog, and posted it here. I hope you ccan fix yours, or get it replaced on warranty. Im happy to help you with anything, the capacitors i think was 4,7 uF, 100volt, not sure. 
Here is the link to my solution: http://lemurt.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/defenition-of-waranty-void/
:D
/ lemurt

I bought the optical audio cable ($15 WalMart) and use the Digital In on the DVD player to play the sound through the surround system and turned the TV speakers off. Works great! The optial audio has square ends and looks transparent with just one round shaped cable that goes from the TV to the back of the DVD player.

no you cant do anything for this fault.call the brodcasting service and ask what is the reason of this.
if you have bad reception i mean low signal gain as about 50 db it can occure this type problem
nuwn.

My HT-X40 plays cds and mp3's but doesnt play DVD's, this is happening after like 4 months of my purchase. Sasmung DVD's ****.

TThe player does not play this type of dvd disk! only pre-recorded movies and CDs Try hooking Up a player that plays DVD+ and DVD- disks!Hope I was of help!
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hi!here is the manual http://www.retrevo.com/support/Samsung-HT-X40-Home-Theater-Systems-manual/id/2771dj595/t/2/
you may need to make a free account..i have a Samsung too and there is a tiny set and reset hole like thingy at the bottom of it..i reset it using a pen tip..do look for something like that on yours..hope it helps!

if you want the solution then you need to send payment of the value that you charge customers!!!!!!

i dont think you are suppose to have the tv speakers on with the theather systems speakers on because of the magnectic field can cause your tv speakers to mess up.

the speaker says which one it is, and the back of the unit should say where they goes....use the colour coding in the wire to put it in the right place and connect it to the tv....jobe done :-P


enjoy....

May be your CD's are burnt and have alot of free space that requires long reading before it can play.

Hi, maybe,like my HT-THX25, my book states that sound will only be heard from the rear speakers when in DVD 5.1 or Dolby Pro Logic 11 mode, peronally I would love to hear sound from any of my speakers when TV is on lol. Geoff

Hi,

Take every single cable out of the unit, now power on the unit.

If the power protection still shows then there is an internal fault, usually a short or a component defect.

If it powers on ok, switch off and insert 1 speaker at a time and power on the unit until the protection mode comes on again, the last speaker you have put in has overloaded it for some reason, also as you are trying each speaker use the volume and bass controls to see if there is an internal overload.

Thats as much as I can offer you until you narrow the fault down to the unit or one of the speakers.

Cheers

Wow, I have the same problem. I have even tried using never used DVDS, it just freezes after a while. I will get small glitches every few minutes. I am calling Samsung tommorow and raising hell, this was a Christmas present and I am embarrased. I also use HDMI and have changed the set up to 720P.