Sa-9500II

[Chaz862]

Was gifted a sa-9500 II and matching tuner today from buddy at work. I thought he said the tuner cut off before but it’s the amp. Needs some cleaning too. Should I do the cleaning first? Or just take it in to get diagnosis?

 

[Blue Shadow]

Depends on the circumstances of the cutout.

 

[Chaz862]

He said after a while it cuts off? Overheating he thought. But no idea really. I haven’t even hooked it up yet.

 

[Blue Shadow]

Well it doesn't blow up, spark or catch fire based on the information you received. With that said, if you want it working take it in to be fixed. If you want to see what might be wrong, possibly be a Chaz862 fix, hook it up and get the symptoms of the issues and post them. Then someone might know a bit about what might be wrong and be able to help you get the unit working right. But sometimes fixing these things requires a soldering iron and parts. I have no idea where you are on the home electronics technician scale (I can plug it in and turn it on but I need help hooking it up...or...Where's the schematic, I'm gonna make this one better or somewhere in between) so your evaluation of that would determine what to do next. Remember this Pioneer forum has people that help enough so that if you have just the volume knob from some unit they can help you rebuild the unit from that point to completely working just through post exchanges here in the forum. There are some that have trained folks to solder before venturing into the unit with that iron.

 

[KingBubba]

What a fine piece of equipment you got. When it stops working do you hear a click? Is the red "on" light still on? Does it feel hot? These are some of the thing to look for. When your fire it up, let us know what the other symptoms seem to be. We'll try to help.

 

[Chaz862]

Still haven’t even hooked it up yet. Between work and kid stuff haven’t had time. Off tomorrow maybe I’ll give it a try tomorrow.