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101airborne · 04-14-2009, 01:22 AM

I have been trying to set up this sound system i inherited from my grandfather. It was working fine when i received, but i seemed to have hooked it up wrong. When i power on the system i get a buzz out of only the center speaker. The front and rear left and right speakers remain silent. The speakers are hooked to the receiver with the positive and negative copper wires.

In order to check and make sure it wasn't a problem with the connection between the television and the reciever i did a tone test. The remote for the reciever has a button that allows me to test the output of my reciever to my speakers through a tone being sent to each of my speakers. The only speaker that gets any sound at all is the center speaker. It gives off a slightly higher buzzing noise when it is testing the output for that speaker, it is silent for the rest.

The only thing i think it could be is the copper speaker cables in between the receiver and the speakers.

If anyone has any idea what could be wrong please tell me!!!!!

04-14-2009, 01:22 AM	#1 (permalink)
101airborne Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 91 OS: Windows XP SP2	Older Sony STR-SE501 I have been trying to set up this sound system i inherited from my grandfather. It was working fine when i received, but i seemed to have hooked it up wrong. When i power on the system i get a buzz out of only the center speaker. The front and rear left and right speakers remain silent. The speakers are hooked to the receiver with the positive and negative copper wires. In order to check and make sure it wasn't a problem with the connection between the television and the reciever i did a tone test. The remote for the reciever has a button that allows me to test the output of my reciever to my speakers through a tone being sent to each of my speakers. The only speaker that gets any sound at all is the center speaker. It gives off a slightly higher buzzing noise when it is testing the output for that speaker, it is silent for the rest. The only thing i think it could be is the copper speaker cables in between the receiver and the speakers. If anyone has any idea what could be wrong please tell me!!!!! __________________ STARKILLER 101, Hijacker of your Vessels... Raider of the city of Seven hills, screaming eagle by day, phantom by night. HELP IN THE FIGHT AGIANST CANCER- Search "Folding @ Home- TSF" JOIN THE RANKS! JOIN TEAM 85015!