Harman Kardon AVR-146

hexumjunkie

Just picked up an AVR-146 from hk to power basement ceiling speakers. I have no sound! Driving me up the wall lol. let me go over the basics.

I have power
I have mute off
I tested the speakers and all work
I used a surround mode and stereo
I plugged in an ipod and tried the am radio


I did not hookup all 5 speakers at once. Could this be a reason?

Is there a way i could check and see if i am geting voltage out of the speaker jacks do they make such a tool?

apphd

Not familiar with the HK 146, how do you have your source connected? Make sure you have the right source selected for the input that it is connected to. i.e. if you have it plugged into the DVD audio input make sure you select DVD for the source, if you have it connected to HDMI 1 in select HDMI 1.

You may also need to go in and tell it what speakers you have connected.

Just saw you tried AM radio so stick with that as your source for troubleshooting, that will eliminate cables and source issues, just make sure you have a stationed tuned that you know you will get a strong signal.

Does the 146 have A and B speaker outputs? Make sure you have your main speakers connected to A and A is selected.

Good luck

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hexumjunkie

its none of that, I have an AVR-635 in the living room so pretty familiar with the HK stuff...Myabe it's possible the speaker outs are not hooked up or just bad one, im gonna try a reset on it at lunch.....is there a fuse in there?

hexumjunkie

Well called HK, They say send it back. Well opened up that bad boy tested all the leads with the VM and then put the vm on the amp and walla we instantly had sound...must of been some built up static or something from shipping. IT works FOR NOW.