Center speaker not working in home theater system

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Sep 4, 2013 - Hey guys. I bought a Sony DVD Home Theatre System DAV-TZ140 about a year ago.And it worked perfectly, but all of a sudden my center and ...

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The speaker jacks are labeled on the surround system.

front left front right
sub woofer
(can be located either side)
center

left rear right rear

tv= audio out ( red/white ) to surround=audio input ( red/white)
yellow is video, not needed for sound

maybe they are not in the same section of outputs.

check surround sound settings, or another channel" this is your voice speaker, or hook one of the other speakers up to the center channel to see if that center speaker is good , you can also use a battery like a 9 volt to test the center speaker just touch it to the speaker wire momentary. and listen for a cackling noise if it makes a noise it is more than likely good

Verify that all speakers work for test tones first. The center carries most of the dialog. It's in the manual, as is your symptom (page 101).

If it does that with only THAT disc, maybe it's the disc.

Anywhere air goes, dust goes and the more dusty, the more contaminated an optically-dependent medium like a disc player will become.

I'd also be concerned about ventilation and overheating.

Is the source signal of a surround sound type? Also, be sure that the rear speakers are on, (if your receiver has a speaker switch on it), and they are hooked up properly.

Must have a 6.1 or 7.1 source for this channel to work.

Does your receiver have a 'test' mode in which it pipes pink noise through each of the speakers... try that to see if it is actually hooked up correctly.

The center and rear speakers are off if the PLII is disabled, make sure it is enabled by pressing the PLII button in the remote, you should see it on the display