Onkyo TX-26 - Troubleshooting Guide; Common Issues and Solutions

Trouble-shooting Guide
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Trouble | Cause Remedy
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| No power. @ AC fuse blown. e Contact Onkyo dealer. |
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’ Power but no sound. @ Tape monitor on. @ Switch to off.
@ Bad connections. - @ Check input leads, speaker leads, pin plugs, etc.
e Speaker protection fuse blown — i @ Contact Onkyo dealer.
short-circuit in speaker connections. |
' Hum, low frequency noise. @ Poor or no input ground. | @ Check outer conductor of input plugs. |
: @ Poor or no phono motor ground. / @ Check for proper ground connection,
e Power source hum. @ Try reversing power plug in socket.
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Howling when the volume ts e Turntable and speakers are too e Move them farther apart.
turned up. close together.
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Rough or scratchy sound. e Stylus of pick-up is worn, @ Replace.
| High range is not clear. @ Stylus tip is dirty. i @ Clean.
e Treble control too high. '@ Turn treble contro! down,
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Buzzing noise on AM | @ Noise from electrical apparatus such e Move unit to different position.
| (particularly conspicuous | as fluorescent lamp. '@Set up outdoor AM antenna. |
' at night or with weak stations).
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_High pitched noise. ; ® Noise from TV. @ Move unit away from TV set. |
' Crackling noise on AM and FM. | e Noise caused by turning fluorescent e Move antenna as far as possible from the
; damp on and off. fluorescent lamp. |
: @ Noise from automobile ignition. @ Install an FM outdoor antenna as far as
possible from the road.
@ Change the position or direction of the
outdoor antenna.
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Signal strength indicator | @ Station is too strong. # Change to T-shaped antenna.
| (only TX-36) increases e Multiple reflection of the radio @ Use antenna which has better directivity and select
sufficientiy but the sound is waves because of tall buildings or a point where the distortion is least.
distorted and the separation mountains.
is bad,
Signal strength indicator _@ Station is too weak. @ Install an outdoor FM antenna.
(only TX-36) varies unsteadily. _® Stereophonic FM broadcasts e Change the position or direction of the
Hiss on FM. | cover only about half the outdoor antenna.
distance of an ordinary
! broadcast.
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- No station is recalled when _® The power switch has not been e The memory contents are lost if the power is not
a preset key is pressed. ' turned on for a long time or the turned on and off a few times each month. Store
power cord has been unplugged all stations in the memory again and remember to
| far a long time. turn power on and off a few times each month.
The tuning steps by which the tuned frequency decreases and increases on each band have been set at the factory to the proper value for the
country where each unit is to be sold. If you use the unit in a country where a different tuning step is required or if the broadcast frequencies in
your country change so that you can not tune in radio-stations precisely, take this unit to an authorized Onkyo Service Center.