RT2000P's little light

darruda
darruda Posts: 4
edited February 2003 in Speakers
Does anyone know if the little green light in the center of the RT2000P's are suppose to stay on all the time? or are they suppose to come on only when the amps have feed to them? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited February 2003
    i think olny the amp turns on when it has a sigonal.
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  • sgtgto
    sgtgto Posts: 310
    edited February 2003
    HI:

    The light stays on all the time. The amp will switch off when a signal is not present. I know, I have a pair.


    Gary
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  • dthomps
    dthomps Posts: 352
    edited February 2003
    Yep mine stay on all the time too.
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  • woodyjacobs
    woodyjacobs Posts: 706
    edited February 2003
    Yeah, those little lights bug me too. I'll walk through the living room where the 2000is live and see that one (but not both) of the lights will be on...and the system hasn't been powered up since the day before. I know they are only supposed to come on when the amp is receiving a signal. Sounds like I need to spend a bunch of money on one of those HT power centers....or some electrical tape.
    system 1:
    Athena: AS-F1 mains, AS-C1 center, AS-B1 surrounds, AS-P400 sub, Yammie RXV-730, Rotel RB-976 driving front stage, Samsung BD3600 Blue Ray, Denon DVD2900 for sacd/cd , jbl n24awII on the deck, samsung 40" 1080p lcd

    system 2:
    XBox 360 Spherex 5.1 system, HK DVD38, Phillips CDC 926 CD changer, Phillips 32" LCD

    2 channel
    NAD 1600 pre, NAD 2400 THX amp, Phillips CDC 926, Linn extra speaks, crappy TT
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  • tntvt
    tntvt Posts: 121
    edited February 2003
    I love my Little Green Lights. Mine stay on all the time.:cool:
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited February 2003
    if i had a set of them i wold re wire the green lite so it comes on when you get sigonal to them.my parents onec had a sub with a led when the bass got louder it gloed brighter. that would be prety cool too.
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  • faster100
    faster100 Posts: 6,124
    edited February 2003
    what is the light size? 1mm, sheesh :)
    take a hole punch and knock it out for gods sake and then you won't be bugged by the microscopic led light... Ok that was a joke
    MY HT RIG:
    Sherwood p-965
    Sherwood sd871 dvd
    Rotel 1075 amp x5
    LSI15 mains
    LsiC center
    LSIfx surround backs
    Lsi7 side surrounds
    SVS pb12/plus2

    2 Channel Rig:

    nad 1020 Pre-amp
    Rotel 1080 stereo amp
    Polk sda 2B
    kenwood grunt Tuner
    realistic lab 450 TT
    Signal cable IC
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  • Emlyn
    Emlyn Posts: 4,525
    edited February 2003
    Polk resolved this issue with the new RTi line--no lights, no complaints, no electrical tape or rewiring necessary. The lights only bothered me when I first put a pair of RT1000p speakers as surrounds and one of the lights reflected off the TV screen. Sometimes the amps would click on if my dog would bark, but the lights would be on all the time in the auto setting. Same thing with the RT1000i speakers.
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  • darruda
    darruda Posts: 4
    edited February 2003
    Thanks for all the info. It's not that I am bugged by the little lights, rather it was the fact I was trying to find out if they were suppose to stay on. It all started with my friend who has the RT2000i's, his light only comes on when his amp receives input. I thought my speakers were defective since my little green light stayed on all the time. Now, from all the input, I can see that my speakers are just fine.

    Thanks again!:D
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,624
    edited February 2003
    Originally posted by faster100
    what is the light size? 1mm, sheesh :)
    take a hole punch and knock it out for gods sake and then you won't be bugged by the microscopic led light... Ok that was a joke

    ROFL.......very nice faster.......good lord....

    What I'd like to do is to switch the lil **** from green to blue. Not that that would be subtle, but who cares.......
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • TrappedUnder Ice
    TrappedUnder Ice Posts: 975
    edited February 2003
    Thats funny... when I had my RT1000i's..the little lights were on all the time..... but my RT2000I's lights only come on when i turn the stereo on..otherwise..no greeen light..hMMMMM
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited February 2003
    if you can find one with the right voltage then you might have to make the whole a little bigger to fit it in. caues blue led are few and far between. red would be alot easer to find.
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  • styles
    styles Posts: 22
    edited February 2003
    I love the green LEDs in the center!!.. It's cool when you're watching an action DVD with the lights off. When the sounds starts pumping and you see that little glow, it gives you a sense the power the RT2000s are capable of. :D

    Mine used to stay on too. I just unplugged it for a couple of secs. After that, I never had a problem with them not going off after there was no signal.
    Harmon / Kardon AVR 510

    Fronts: RT2000I
    Center: CSi40
    Surrounds: FXi50 *waiting in box
    Sub: PSW650

    JVC DVD Player
    Monster Cables
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  • Stephen Bayley
    Stephen Bayley Posts: 17
    edited February 2003
    The lights should only come on when signal is present. The lights signify that the internal power amps are powered up. The lights will stay on for several minutes after the signal has dissappeared.

    If the lights stay on all the time you may have an earth loop inducing hum into the input ( I suppose your using the line level inputs).

    Hope this helps.
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