Pioneer TX-9500II Problem - No Reception. Please Help!

[jchrist]

I seem to be having a problem with my TX-9500II. I took it out of storage to use it this evening and I cannot get a lick of reception. No noise, static, reception...Nothing. I have a basic "T" type, indoor antenna hooked up to the 300 ohm terminals.The muting circuit is off. No needle movement or stereo indicator light what-so-ever. No AM band, either. I tried my Phase Linear 5000 and that seems to work just fine. Does anyone have any ideas as to what could be wrong? Thank you for your help!

Edit: after about an hour of leaving the unit powered on, the unit just came to life when I wasn't expecting it. Scared the hell out of me. Glad it is kind of working now...Anyone have any ideas what is going on?

 

[amptramp]

Look at the common stages: power supply and audio outputs which are shared by AM and FM. Since there is no needle movement, it is most likely the power supply.

 

[Lesterbest]

Leave well enough alone.

 

[Punker X]

Probably looking at dried out and failing caps. Leaving on eventually reached their full charge. A sure sign that a recap will be needed in the future.

 

[91r100gs]

Had a similar experience about 5 yrs ago when I took my TX-8500 II out of the closet and tried to use. Not as severe as your tuner, It required a few listening session to fully come back to life. It is still going five yrs later and sounds as good as it ever did.

 

[rcs16]

Yup another fine old tuner that needs new parts and a tune up. Ticking time bombs.

 

[Lesterbest]

A "tune up" is an alignment, not a DIY job.