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|    AK to Adrian Caspersz    |
|    Re: Diagnosing speakers    |
|    13 Jun 20 14:33:22    |
      From: scientist77017@gmail.com              On Saturday, June 13, 2020 at 4:08:21 AM UTC-5, Adrian Caspersz wrote:       > On 04/06/2020 17:33, Andy wrote:       > > I have a 6 speaker home theater system.       > >       >       > Give us the make and model number. Do you have the manual?       >       > > However the middle 2 speakers have no sound.       >       > I'm presuming these are the rear surround pair.       >       > >       > > I checked the voltages.       > >       > > 0 volts when a movie is playing versus .22 Vdc when movie is not playing.       >       > Means nothing, except charitably maybe that at least the speakers are       > connected to something and not floating around in the wind.       >       > (If you had properly wanted to test the speakers are connected, a better       > check would have been to disconnect each in turn from the amplifier and       > with your meter do a resistance check across the leads. It should       > measure whatever ohm figure is printed on the back of the speaker.)                     > Some surround systems have a test mode, to make a small noise from each       > speaker, one at a time. Have you tried this?              > --       > Adrian C              Thanks so much.              The test mode is what I needed.              It sent test tones to each of the 3 pairs of speakers.              Manual said to adjust the volume to be the same.              I had to have my ear close to the speakers to gauge how much to change the       volume.              Andy              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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