Sony Fm-Am receiver, Str-D615

[Fizz]

I was wondring if anyone else has ran into this prob to.
I have a Sony FM Stereo/ fm-am receiver, model number STR-D615
The prob is that you plug it in run int for a while and
everything works fine, then after a bit it shuts off and when you
go to turn it on it it flashes "PROTECT MODE" or close to that
on the screen or(its in storage now so I cant say for sure on the
message :( )
Anyway has anyone any idea why and or what is makeing it do that?
And how might I fix it?

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[Jerry G.]

I would try the set with one speaker at a time in the mono mode, to
see if there is a speaker box that may have a short in it.

There is also a possiblity that there is a frayed or improperly
connected wire to the speaker boxes. There is the possiblity that
one or both of the speaker boxes have a defective part in the
crossover, or a bad driver unit.

There is also a possiblity that there is a failing part in the output
stage that is going defective, thus causing the protection to shut the
unit down.

If in the case that you are playing your reciever excessivly loud, and
the output stage is overheating, the unit will also go into the
protection mode...

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[Greg M]

> I have a Sony FM Stereo/ fm-am receiver, model number STR-D615
> The prob is that you plug it in run int for a while and
> everything works fine, then after a bit it shuts off and when you
> go to turn it on it it flashes "PROTECT MODE" or close to that

I am not sure of this modelnumber but Sony has had a few models where the
ground connections would come loose ( soldeing or screws loose ) . try
tapping the pc board to see if it provokes the problem or corrects it .

Greg

[VTRdavenport]

Ground screws need to be tightened on the PC boards, and , if there is an
access plate on the bottom, under the output stage, remove it and inspect all
solder connections for cracks--as things warm up and expand, those little
cracks can cause all sorts of trouble.Amps run hot, softening the solder just a
tad, and adding the vibration from 107 db's of ten foot toes (or whatever the
name is) will have things bouncing apart in no time on those lower- end Sony's

[blhbr...@gmail.com]

you're stereo probably has a small pece off metal inside on the bord try to tip it upside down and tap on it to see if you here any thing lose if not then you receiver board may be defective but this is only because I've owed alot if them I'm in need of the front price mine simply burnt out

[jurb...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:54:05 AM UTC-5, blhbr...@gmail.com wrote:
> you're stereo probably has a small pece off metal inside on the bord try to tip it upside down and tap on it to see if you here any thing lose if not then you receiver board may be defective but this is only because I've owed alot if them I'm in need of the front price mine simply burnt out

Did you happen to notice the DATE ? This thread is FOURTEEN YEARS OLD !


Would YOU wait 14 years to get a junkass Sony reciever fixed ?

BTW, where is Jerry ? In fact where are all the people who usaed to post here ?

[Michael Black]

On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, jurb...@gmail.com wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:54:05 AM UTC-5, blhbr...@gmail.com wrote:
>> you're stereo probably has a small pece off metal inside on the bord
>> try to tip it upside down and tap on it to see if you here any thing
>> lose if not then you receiver board may be defective but this is only
>> because I've owed alot if them I'm in need of the front price mine
>> simply burnt out
>
> Did you happen to notice the DATE ? This thread is FOURTEEN YEARS OLD !
>

The guy didn't even quote what he was replying to, and didn't even format
things properly, so it looked like a first post in a thread rather than a
reply to one. Look inside, and it barely was readable.

>
> Would YOU wait 14 years to get a junkass Sony reciever fixed ?
>

But he didnt' really reply to be helfpul, he replied because he's looking
for a junker. I doubt he realized the message was old, but I suspect
wishful thinking is why he replied, hoping to get that front panel he
needs (or I think that's what he's asking).

It boggles my mind that people think there's value in replying to old
messages, when they aren't even in the right place. If they want
something, there are venues for buying and selling, and which see more
traffic than we get here. There's that new thing, ebay, that seems to
be getting a lot of attention, and is more likely to produce the needed
scrap unit (or just the front panel) than posting here.

> BTW, where is Jerry ? In fact where are all the people who usaed to post
> here ?
>

Some just changed their lives I think. Later this year it's 20 years
since I first saw this newsgroup, and the only other one in the hierarcy
was sci.electronics. Some of the regulars disappeared long enough ago that
I just assume their lives changed and they had less time for the
newsgroup. I've always assumed Sam, who was so big here at one
point, had less time to spend here. People who disappeared later, it
might be that they were lured by other forums.

Michael

[Allodoxaphobia]

On Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:12:21 -0800 (PST), jurb...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 4:54:05 AM UTC-5, blhbr...@gmail.com wrote:
>> you're stereo probably has a small pece off metal inside on the bord try to tip it upside down and tap on it to see if you here any thing lose if not then you receiver board may be defective but this is only because I've owed alot if them I'm in need of the front price mine simply burnt out
>
> Did you happen to notice the DATE ? This thread is FOURTEEN YEARS OLD !

heh.. The OP was just another Google Grooper:

Message-ID: <c8eec3dc-b626-4b16...@googlegroups.com>

... with to-be-expected grammar and spelling issuse.

[jurb...@gmail.com]

Actually I used to get here from AOL. Right now I am using google. Sucks, but it works. Anyway, since I know how google sucks, err works, what I don't understand is how he is getting so far back.

Google presents the threads newest first, 30 at a time. To get 14 years back, this guy must have sat there all day scrolling down until it says "Loading more topics" about 100 times.

[Michael Black]

On Wed, 19 Feb 2014, jurb...@gmail.com wrote:

The search engine may work sometimes still.

IN this case, he was looking for a front panel, so he likely did a search,
and then didnt' pay attention to the date (though why he didn't try email
is a wonder, except google garbles so much that I suspect the email
address isn't readily available).

But I just saw one in another newsgroup to a post a four years old, and
it's some "useful help" to the original poster. I can't figure out how
someone comes upon that, and then has something of value to add. I can
see someone looking for a solution and then asking further in an old
thread (not that I think it's a valid way to do things), but to add a
suggestion for help?

Some of those, the problem has long been solved, since the software has
changed. Then it gets silly as someone else replies to the original post
now that it's been bumped up at google, and tells the original poster "get
newer software" as if in 1994 there was newer software.

Or, the late repliers never bother to read the whole thread, so they never
see that ample suggestions were given way back then to possible solutions.

Michael

[Leif Neland]

Den 19-02-2014, skrev Michael Black:

> But I just saw one in another newsgroup to a post a four years old, and it's
> some "useful help" to the original poster. I can't figure out how someone
> comes upon that, and then has something of value to add. I can see someone
> looking for a solution and then asking further in an old thread (not that I
> think it's a valid way to do things), but to add a suggestion for help?
>

I've done that sometimes.

I was looking for an answer, but only found unanswered questions.

Then I found the answer off-line, or by myself, and went back and added
my answer, so somebody else could use it.

And I felt good afterwards :-)

But I wish google would ask "Are you really sure you want to answer
such an old message?"

I've also asked about how to repair my garden scredder (sp?), and two
years later I got a call if I still got it, because he needed it for
spare parts. I did have it, and got some money for it.

Leif

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Husk kørelys bagpå, hvis din bilfabrikant har taget den idiotiske
beslutning at undlade det.

[Kaz Kylheku]

On 2014-02-19, jurb...@gmail.com <jurb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Did you happen to notice the DATE ? This thread is FOURTEEN YEARS OLD !

That person will never read your reply, because he's likely landed on that
thread out of a keyword search in Google, and has no idea how to find it
again once he closes that browser window.

And, remember, this is someone who thinks that "you're" is a possessive
pronoun.

[jurb...@gmail.com]

Know what though ?

Fourteen years ago this place was a gas. It had very competent techs and we had real life experience.

Case in point, I posted about this Pioneer RPTV shutting down. I got a reply in a few hours, "R131" or something like that, which was the problem. A 130K going open in the shutdown circuit. that one response saved me hours of time, because someone had done it before. This is good, I thought.

I was on here before then actually. Of ocurse this was my thing, my jovb as well as soe entertainment, whatever. I was very interestd in my profession at the time because I was aking goo d money at it. I helped people here and people helped me.

but things got fucked up over the years like anything else. for one, AOL dropped newsgroups. then late it dropped the hosting whereI could have webpages. At that point I dropped them and I could not find a free wat to get here at gunpoint.

Whatever, I have gained from SER and I hope I have contribbuted equally. In service I know I did.

That's what it('s) (was) al about.

Damn, did I punctuate that right. DOH - correctly. Right is over there >