RX-A1040 keeps on ticking, and it drives me nuts

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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I hear a random ticking noise from all of the speakers when I uses any built in music source including a server and thumb drive. I dont hear it at all if I use any of the attached devices (smart TV BD's etc.) as the music source. Yamaha support says I need to take it in for service but before I do that does anyone have any ideas of what I can do?

Thanks
Bruce
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  • gce
    gce Posts: 2,158
    If you haven't already I would try asking your question on the AVS Forum. Here's the Official thread for your AVR.

    http://www.avsforum.com/forum/90-receivers-amps-processors/1618306-official-yamaha-rx-a1040-rx-a2040-rx-a3040-aventage-avr-thread.html
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    thanks Rick i will try it, I got nothing to lose except a trip to the shop.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,967
    What you can do ? Stop using it as a server. Most receivers suck at it anyway, but it sells products.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    My rx1010 does fantastic as a server. The sound quality is slightly better using the fire tv, but functionally it is great. No lag, no dropouts, gapless playback, very responsive UI. I don't know about most, but the net functions on my previous Onkyo txnr717 were a bit laggy in comparison, but sounded great. I would have occasional dropouts on it and the on screen menu would be delayed a second or so from the panel menu. In my experience with Aventage Yamaha's the net/PC functions are very good. My model has functioned flawlessly, so far, over LAN and from USB. I would imagine that the rxa1040 should too. Sounds like yours needs to go in to the shop to see whats up.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    tonyb wrote: »
    What you can do ? Stop using it as a server. Most receivers suck at it anyway, but it sells products.

    Tony of course I dont use it but it's supposed to work its only a couple of months old. Outside of the ticking it does play a little cleaner than the connected sources.

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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,019
    I know this is an old thread but I have been using the PS3 media server and my 1010 plays stuff flawlessly
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    The tick issues was resolved. I gave my ps3 to my daughter but I think that I want another one. The ps3 media server is less clunky than on the oppo
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    No, what will to do for me?
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,019
    My 1010 found my PC using the PS3 media server with no issue. I also forgot to mention that I don't even have a PS3 anymore.
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