Check Speaker Wire?????? Yamaha problem

Home Theatre
Home Theatre Posts: 469
edited October 2006 in Electronics
When ever I turn up my receiver it turns off after a while and says check speaker wire? Is the receiver getting too hot? Not enough space?
Anyone have any ideas why this might be happening??? It not even that loud.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,066
    edited October 2006
    Have you checked the cables to see if maybe they are not connected properly ?
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited October 2006
    It is usually from a loose strand of speaker wire touching the back of the receiver, causing it to short out. Turn on the receiver and turn it down. Start playing the test tones that cycle through each of the speakers. Turn up the receiver and play the tone through each speaker. If it turns off on one particular speaker, check the wiring on that one.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited October 2006
    +1 on fireshoes, or it's getting too hot. Low impedence loads(or strands shorting the terminals) make the amp run hot, and I think that particular message on yamaha's is just set off by a thermal switch.
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  • PoLk FaN
    PoLk FaN Posts: 81
    edited October 2006
    mine did the samething and I had two wires touching, go and check all your wires to make sure nothing is touching, thats what I had to do
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