Please help troubleshoot HK AVR7200 problem.....


Hello to everyone and Happy New Year. I was sitting on the couch watching Dick Clark on tv when my receiver seemed to turn itself off. The only sound was a small click just like I hit the power button on the remote. I tried to power the unit back up with no success. I looked for a reset button on the receiver but found nothing. I bought this new 2 years ago from an online retailer. This was their top of the line AVR at the time and weighs 60lbs. Any ideas of what could have happened. It has worked perfectly. I tried unplugging it and letting it sit for a little while. It wasn't hot to the touch when this happened. I am baffled. Any ideas of what happened and how to fix it? Thanks for your help.

Nick
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Dreamst8 has good suggestions. I'd also check to see if any speaker wire strands are touching another binding post (which will trip protection circuit).
Is the receiver pluged into a surge protector?
Your receiver may have taken a power surge hit and be fried.
Last week, my TV wouldn't turn on (plugged into an Adcom ACE-515 -over 15 years old).
I felt it might be a voltage thing so I plugged the TV directly into the wall socket and it worked.
Lastly, turn off the power to the wall outlet and check the receptical. Specifically, use steel wool (or tarnex tarnish remover) to get the AC wires back to shiny metal then reconnect (why not replace receptical with hospital grade or fancy audiophile type while you're at it?).
Let us know if any of this works...
"And he lived happily ever after"...
Thanks for the follow up.
Usually, you never hear from the posters you try to help.