written by caribman on 28/11/2004
I have the DAV-S300 for 4 years now...It's an US system, I moved to Europe and I am only using it as an amp. and of course region movies. Now I have the following problem. the right front speaker doesn't work...when the device is "cold" it works...after a couple of minutes when the device is warmed up I only hear a very soft static, sound is gone. If I wiggle the connection in back of the player sometimes it works, but never stays on. Anyone have any experience with this on how to fix it? Another forum gave me this advice:
'Probably a bad or at least an intermittent connection. Have you tried swapping out the speaker and wire with the left front to make sure that it is in the receiver itself. If so, try taking the cover of and taking a look inside at the terminal. The fact that it works and then quits as it warms up could be indicative of a cold solder joint that just needs touching up. This should be no big deal to do unless your not comfortable with soldering. If that is the case I would suggest bringing it in for repairs or perhaps to a friend that is capable.'
I did the following:
I opened the device, solder the joints, unfortunately the problem remains...very annoying! I am very happy with the DAV-s300.
I think it's a heating problem...after appr. 5 minutes the sound is gone.