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Krell KCT switches to standby mode

I just tested a Krell KCT from my friend in my system. When I changed the volume it suddenly switches to standby. I had to switch it on again to listen to the music. The sound is good and nothing looks strange.

Could this be due to the remote. Maybe the wrong command is sent. My friend also has a Krell KCT and he has exactly the same problem. I heard this happens in the first series of the Krell KCT. Anybody has this experience.

Kiking
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Well I did some more investigation and found out that both of my friends have had the same problem before. What was the case. The KCT was standing close to the window and the problem happened whe the sun was shining on the KCT. For some reason the infrared light of the sun interfered with the remote causing it to go to standby.

I talked to the main distributor of Krell and they thought it could be a problem in the power supply. With the upgrade to KCT X2 (new power supply and some other new components) this problem should be gone. However since last week the problem did not happen anymore.

Kiking
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