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sabre223 /forum/post/14931058
I wanted to pass some info along to everyone that I found out tonight.
I have had the 550 a couple of days and must say the unit is great, I was in the back of the rack making a dig coax connection to the unit, turned on the unit and wanted to see how the fan noise was......to my surprise the fan was not running. My first thought was "oh man" but then I thought I will see what happens....couple of minutes went by and still no fan. The trailers had gone by and now was at the movie setup and still nothing. I kept it running and begun to wonder if it is a thermal controlled fan ? I called Sony and talked a tech and he said you are correct ! it is thermally controlled ...... the fan does not come on til the unit gets to a ertain temp and is getting warm. I was a little skeptical at first but decided to pay close attention for the next several minutes. I was about 5-6 minutes into "Pirates" when the fan finally came on and started cooling....stayed on after that as far as I know.
If your in a very cool environment, it may not come on for some time, once you get going into the movie and the processor really starts working, it wont be long.
Wanted to make people aware so they did not panic and get the thought of 'its not working....back to store for another"
I also noted prior to calling that there is a note in the troubleshooting area that speaks about a "Fan Error" that will appear on the front panel if the fan is blocked or not working....which was not on..... the main reason I decided to wait and see what happened for a while. They should put a note in there about the fan being thermally controlled, I am sure that there are going to be some people that unfortunately will pack it up and take it back thinking its not working.