Receiver clicks and rear speakers stop working

rear speakers may only work once you have a 5.1 or DTS signal source connected

if you have been blasting it, that could be why, recievers of this era are made with cheaper parts that cant handle what theyre supposed too,
i dont know specifically, but things like that have some sort of auto fuse...
i would assume, you are using it with wrong ohmage speakers, are you using car speakers? car subs? older speakers?
most home stereo equipment is 8 ohms, i have a set of 140 watt 3 way (10"[vented]/4"/2") as fronts and a set of 80 watt rears (6"[vented]/1.5"/24mm) the fronts are induviduals, meaning they have to be bought individually, and are not sold as a set, or part of anything, the rears were part of a bookshelf system, i got the set secondhand... but i always checked the ohmage...

Something is heating up to a point that it fails in the rear amplifier section. take it to a tech.

The rear amp is malfunctioning (duh). Take it to a tech for a real diagnosis.

first turn the actual volume up on that channel on the reciver then make sure your speaker wires in the rear are using the same lenght each

Check for bad solder connections on the speaker switch or where the speaker switch board connects to another board. Not an uncommon problem with some Sony receivers.

I had this problem last night.

To solve it, you can reset the amp by:

1) Put the receiver on stand-by
2) Hold down "MODE" button and press on button
3) "S.F. CLR" appears in the display and surround is back on.


Good luck

Dr Gardner

Hello! Yes, you need to worry when a Sony gets hot!! You probably have replaced factory 8 ohm speakers with 4 ohm speakers. Look on the back of your new speakers and see what they are. Then look at the rear of your receiver by the speaker terminals and there will be a sentence like "8 Ohm minimum per channel". If your Sony says " 8 ohms " you need to use 8 ohm speakers.
Also, are you a using low level signal ( audio out ) to drive your sub or are you using high level ( speaker line )??? I'd use low level. Good luck!!

barneyluc

sorry my expertise is in appliances, youl need to repost you question to another tech

Turn your volume down,press the tape monitor button.then turn up?