Hello everyone!
One of the channels in my 3.1 setup stopped working last night, just no sound from there at all, can I ascertain whether it's the AV processor, monoblock amp or speaker with my beginner knowledge and some electronics test equipment, I want to avoid swapping/unplugging/plugging the rest of the channels to test as it's not easily accessible?
I would like to start with the speaker (it's 12 years old and the lowest quality component by far).
I have a rarely used Rigol DS1102E and an Agilent U1272A as well as lots of electronics bits and bobs. Could I connect the speaker end of the speaker cables to my oscilloscope, start an AV test tone, what should I expect to see if the AV processor and amp are working correctly (also if this makes sense, which buttons should I press on the Rigol
?
Update: I disconnected the speaker and quickly tapped the speaker terminals with a 9v battery, noise comes out, i'm thinking that means that the speaker is not completely dead?
Update 2: I disconnected the amp from the setup and took it out and cabled it up, on the rear there are two LEDs, for 110v and 240v, I noticed that when first powered 240v was correctly lit but then a few seconds later it switched to 110v, i'm in AU so it's 200v+, so I peered inside, two blown fuses, after closer inspection they are T5AL250V, hopefully replacing them should fix it.
So a question, I don't have any surge protection on all this gear, which high quality protector (available in AU) would you recommend I use to protect it all, each item has it's own wall socket so individual protectors on each device would probably be best?
Thanks!
Richard