No speaker soound

willis815
willis815 Posts: 6
edited November 2006 in Troubleshooting
:confused: i can't figure this out! i am not getting any sond out of my back right surround speaker. I have set up a 5.1 system and all the speakers are working just fine except the right surround speaker. I have an auto set up feature on my reciever and it says it can't find the right surround speaker. i have switched the speakers and the problem is still there (therefore it is not the speaker). I have even checked and rewired the speaker and it still continues!? what is going on here? and the kicker... i just moved and everything was working fine just two weeks ago but now when i hook it back up this problem is there!! :confused: any help would be greatly appreciated.

FYI iam using Polk RM6750 speakers and a Pioneer VSX-D912 receiver.

thanks
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 7,658
    edited September 2006
    Hello,
    I'm afraid the problem would have to be with the Pioneer. If you've determined that the speaker is working and that you've carefully connected the speaker to the receiver, the only link left is the receiver. The final test would be to go to the back of the receiver and swap the right and left surround wires at the rear of the receiver. If the problem shifts to the opposite surround speaker, then its the receiver. If it stays in the same speaker then the problem is with the speaker wire or the speaker.
    Regards, Ken
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  • willis815
    willis815 Posts: 6
    edited September 2006
    that is one idea i didn't think of, thanks alot, i'll have to try that.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,561
    edited September 2006
    That's why Ken is THE MAN!!!
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  • ParkLinPolk
    ParkLinPolk Posts: 4
    edited October 2006
    Ken does have an easy idea, another is getting a real simple volt ohm meter for cheap and check for current flow on the speakers outputs of the working and the non working. you can probably see an open and on which side of the terminal has an open and possibly resolder it. send me a message if you have any more questions on trouble shooting the inside of the receiver.
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  • willis815
    willis815 Posts: 6
    edited October 2006
    thanks for the additional info. i have one more thing to try then i might use your idea, thanks.

    i did what ken suggested and switched the inputs (L surround to Right on the Receiver and R surround to Left onthe Receiver) and amazingly the Left suround still worked and the Right still had no sound.... i don't get it. i have moved the speakers around again and still the same problem. i am going to re wire the surround speakers one more time, it could still be the speaker wire. after all the last two times i re wired them it was from the same spool of wire... never know.
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  • willis815
    willis815 Posts: 6
    edited October 2006
    just to close this thread out.... i ended up rewiring the speaker that was not working. i went out and bought a new speaker wire spool so there were no excuses. well, it worked. it must have been the speaker wire all along. amazing because all of my speakers were wired from the same spool but only one didn't work... oh well, must have just been the last 20 feet or so that were screwed up. thanks for all the help :D
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  • ohskigod
    ohskigod Posts: 6,502
    edited November 2006
    probably a short in the wire somewhere. if you stapled the wire to the wall, that could easily happen. hey, its workin now, thats all that matters. have fun
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