Tangent AMP-50 operation manual Troubleshooting, Problem, Cause/Remedy

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TROUBLESHOOTING

 

 

 

TROUBLESHOOTING

Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROBLEM

CAUSE/REMEDY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No power when the amplifier

-Switch on the electric current at the socket.

 

 

 

 

 

Is turned on.

-Check that the plug has been correctly inserted into the

 

 

 

 

 

 

socket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The internal fuse has blown and must be replaced by a

 

 

 

 

 

 

qualified service technician.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The power cord has been damaged and must be replaced

 

 

 

 

 

No sound.

-The amplifier has not been turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The volume control is set at a minimum (see page 14).

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The speaker cables have not been correctly connected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-A wrong input source has been selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-No input source has been connected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is sound in one channel only.

-The balance control is not correctly adjusted (see page

 

 

 

 

 

 

16).

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The audio input cables have been incorrectly connected

 

 

 

 

 

 

or damaged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The input source is defective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The speaker cables have been incorrectly connected or

 

 

 

 

 

 

damaged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The speakers are defective.

 

 

 

 

 

High buzzing.

-The audio input cables have been incorrectly connected

 

 

 

 

 

 

or damaged.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The ground cable for the record player has not been

 

 

 

 

 

 

connected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The record player pick-up is defective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weak bass and poor stereo

-The speaker connection is out of phase. Check that the

 

 

 

 

 

perspective

positive and negative poles have been correctly

 

 

 

 

 

 

connected, both at the back of the amplifier and at the

 

 

 

 

 

 

back of the speaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distortion of sound.

-Some of the conductor wires of the speaker cable are in

 

 

 

 

 

 

contact with each other which causes distortion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Bass and treble controls are set too high in relation to

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaker specifications.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The volume is set too high.

 

 

 

 

 

The LCD display does not display

-The amplifier is defective and should be serviced by a

 

 

 

 

 

any information.

qualified technician.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“ERROR 1” is displayed on the LCD

-The amplifier is defective and should be serviced by a

 

 

 

 

 

display

qualified technician.

 

 

 

 

 

The unit does not switch between

- The amplifier is defective and should be serviced by a

 

 

 

 

 

inputs modes

qualified technician.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tangent AMP-50 operation manual Troubleshooting, Problem, Cause/Remedy