This is an old post, but I'll chime in anyway. The Arcam AVR 400 is super dependable. I'm a dealer, and have not had an issue with any I've sold. The 360 is the same. The 600's that have the updates are dependable as well. They and the 500's had issues in the beginning. I've used a 600 for the better part of a year, at home. It never missed a beat. Not anything like the early models mentioned. FWIW, I have an entire system at home and love it. (Amp, pre/pro, DVD/CD player)
AVR 300 Powers up, 8 seconds, powers off
My AVR 300 is 4 years old and has developed a problem.
It will power up and begin it's self check, then shuts off.
I opened it up, and there is a large capacitor (3300Uf) on
what looks like the Digital Analog board (the big board that
lays flat along the bottom of the chassis under the add-on
cards, which is bulging. It also has a darkening of the
board under that capacitor like it has been heating and cooling there.
I can't see any other caps that are bulging, including the
4400uf.
The diodes around that cap are larger than the others on
that board.
Someone mentioned that they had a PDF file for this model, which was a schematic?
It was expressly for finding the problem diodes. But Id
be curious if anyone has any thoughts on this
It will power up and begin it's self check, then shuts off.
I opened it up, and there is a large capacitor (3300Uf) on
what looks like the Digital Analog board (the big board that
lays flat along the bottom of the chassis under the add-on
cards, which is bulging. It also has a darkening of the
board under that capacitor like it has been heating and cooling there.
I can't see any other caps that are bulging, including the
4400uf.
The diodes around that cap are larger than the others on
that board.
Someone mentioned that they had a PDF file for this model, which was a schematic?
It was expressly for finding the problem diodes. But Id
be curious if anyone has any thoughts on this
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