Folks, I have a 151FD. I'm a bit alarmed. I run RCAs out of the TV's audio out into a Klipsch sub/sat array (have never even hooked up the speakers that come with the TV). I lost power momentarily, and now the sound is intermittent and garbled. I tried running the RCAs into the audio outs on the cable box, and all is normal. Presumably, something has gone awry with the screen's RCA audio outs. Is this a fuse issue or a more serious problem? and should I be concerned about potential damage to other components of the 151, namely picture-generating parts? Many thanks for the help.

Folks, I have a 151FD. I'm a bit alarmed. I run RCAs out of the TV's audio out into a Klipsch sub/sat array (have never even hooked up the speakers that come with the TV). I lost power momentarily, and now the sound is intermittent and garbled. I tried running the RCAs into the audio outs on the cable box, and all is normal. Presumably, something has gone awry with the screen's RCA audio outs. Is this a fuse issue or a more serious problem? and should I be concerned about potential damage to other components of the 151, namely picture-generating parts? Many thanks for the help.

Well if it's under warranty I would just call Pioneer and have them come out and service it. I wouldn't mention anything about a power outage though. You could do some self diagnosing by trying the speakers for the TV and see if they work properly as it could be in the amplifier circuit or the RCA outs. If the speakers work properly then it's likely in the low level output section of the amplifier but either way it will likely be a simple swap of a board and you're back in business.

thanks max, appreciate the reply. Should I likewise assume that my fancy, guaranteed-to-a-certain-amount blah blah surge suppressor is in fact worthless? Or there's nothing to be done as it was an outage vs a spike?

if you just had a power glitch (quick off-on), you might want to try a pwer reset-- unplug, wait for atleast a minute, and replug -- it may not fix it but would't hurt to try.

Folks, I have a 151FD. I'm a bit alarmed. I run RCAs out of the TV's audio out into a Klipsch sub/sat array (have never even hooked up the speakers that come with the TV). I lost power momentarily, and now the sound is intermittent and garbled. I tried running the RCAs into the audio outs on the cable box, and all is normal. Presumably, something has gone awry with the screen's RCA audio outs. Is this a fuse issue or a more serious problem? and should I be concerned about potential damage to other components of the 151, namely picture-generating parts? Many thanks for the help.

thanks drg, I tried that without success. Anyone else have input? or advice on power suppression, if that's even to blame? I'm not actually sure that it can be, since when the power went out, I unplugged the suppressor so that it would not even see any potential surge when the power returned.

What happened with maxdog03's suggestion to troubleshoot the amp by hooking up the 151's speakers?

Get a UPS.

What happened with maxdog03's suggestion to troubleshoot the amp by hooking up the 151's speakers?

Get a UPS.

Was looking for other input/similar experiences as well as input on surge suppression, if that's at all a culprit in this case. What's a UPS?

Was looking for other input/similar experiences as well as input on surge suppression, if that's at all a culprit in this case. What's a UPS?

There should be some means of doing a hard reset or perhaps firmware update, but you might want to let the tech do it if you don't have any experience with that sort of thing.

Your elite should have a digital audio out, is there something you can hook that up to?

A UPS is an Uninterruptable Power Supply, essentially it's a large battery/surge protector that can keep equipment running if there's a power outage. The better models will also filter the power as they can use the battery as a buffer to smooth out the power coming in. They're typically used with computers but work for Audio equipment as well. Plasma TVs consume a pretty large amount of power, so you'll want a fairly beefy one.