It appears that I just zapped my "stereo" receiver by walking across the room and touching it to adjust the volume. I got a wicked static shock and the speakers started making terrible buzzing noises.
Now I can't get any sounds out of it, and all the front panel buttons seem to work pretty much randomly... or at least not correctly.
There is a reset button on the front, and after pushing that, I get a display that says "everything is working correctly now". I just love built in diagnostics!
I'm somewhat knowlegeable with electronics. I took the cover off and can't find anything that I would be able to do anything with.
I am really steamed! What could have been done to prevent this, and why wasn't it done at the factory? I see now that it only has a 2 prong electrical cord, so any kind of currents / voltages like this would have to be conducted through the audio/ visual wiring... which apparently is what happened. So... we ( the manufacturer ) could put a button on the panel, along with electronics, that does what I don't know... apparently nothing... but display a message that "everything is working correctly now", but we couldn't include any means of dealing with static electricity. There ain't enough user wires back there already... I guess I'll have to run a ground wire to... what... everything, including me? We couldn'ta put a third prong on the power cord?
I have not determined the extent of the damage yet... I thought the speakers smelled not too good also... but am writing this to vent and try to calm down a little, before I smash something I don't wanna smash.
I knew I shoulda gone to church.
Thanks for "listening".
have a nice day
Now I can't get any sounds out of it, and all the front panel buttons seem to work pretty much randomly... or at least not correctly.
There is a reset button on the front, and after pushing that, I get a display that says "everything is working correctly now". I just love built in diagnostics!
I'm somewhat knowlegeable with electronics. I took the cover off and can't find anything that I would be able to do anything with.
I am really steamed! What could have been done to prevent this, and why wasn't it done at the factory? I see now that it only has a 2 prong electrical cord, so any kind of currents / voltages like this would have to be conducted through the audio/ visual wiring... which apparently is what happened. So... we ( the manufacturer ) could put a button on the panel, along with electronics, that does what I don't know... apparently nothing... but display a message that "everything is working correctly now", but we couldn't include any means of dealing with static electricity. There ain't enough user wires back there already... I guess I'll have to run a ground wire to... what... everything, including me? We couldn'ta put a third prong on the power cord?
I have not determined the extent of the damage yet... I thought the speakers smelled not too good also... but am writing this to vent and try to calm down a little, before I smash something I don't wanna smash.
I knew I shoulda gone to church.
Thanks for "listening".
have a nice day
