Need fix on Denon 3802 by Thanksgiving! Please Help!
I'm having a ton of family over for thanksgiving and I have recently noticed that my right main speaker only plays a slight hissing noise while watching TV. The only other source I have hooked up is the DVD player and that works fine. I even tried an audio phase test and it seemed to be working. When I watch TV, I get nothing. I've tried almost every mode from PLII to Stereo to 5 channel stereo to Direct. I still get the hiss and to make matters worse, in PLII mode, the dialogue seems to be coming from my left main. I don't have a clue and the manual is of no help. Has anyone heard of this before or know how I can fix this? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have been building my HT for a while and was looking forward to wowing the family. Thanks in advance.
It doesn't sound like your receiver is the problem
..rather the TV or the interconnects. Do the left/right signal swap as suggested, as well as using a different input on your receiver (plugging the TV into "VCR", for example).
Now, if you find that your TV is the source of the problem and you have a VCR, you can get around the difficulty by turning on your VCR, tuning it to the same station you're watching on the TV (assuming over-the-air), and listening to it rather than the (faulty) TV output.
It does sound like a bad interconnect or one output channel from the TV is AWOL! Good luck!
Thanks for all the invaluable advice
It did turn out to be a bad wire connecting the TV audio to the reciever. I do not have a vcr or cable box attached to this TV, so it goes directly from the TV to the reciever. I first pulled the connection and replaced it tightly. That made the difference for a few days, but then I had the same problem yesterday. I just hit the wire and it was fixed. I assume it must be a loose wire in the connector. They are old cheap RCA cables. I will be replacing them shortly. I appreciate all the advice which helped me fix the problem just in time and get several compliments on the system.