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by PaulR2007
Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:16 am
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display
Replies: 14
Views: 62836

hi again. my friend checked the big psu capacitors and they are ok. he cross jumped and the spark was strong. if you have any service manuals or schematics please email them to me at sonicmixmaster at gmail dot com. Thank you
by PaulR2007
Tue Nov 20, 2007 10:31 pm
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display
Replies: 14
Views: 62836

ok sorry for the long time since i posted here. my friend was on business trips and couldnt deal with this receiver in the meantime. Anyway we opened it today again and we counted 4 seconds from power on until the relay clicks.
by PaulR2007
Sat Oct 06, 2007 4:07 pm
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display
Replies: 14
Views: 62836

Ya we took the bottom covers off and everything looks perfect like new. When I go to my friend's house I will read everything you wrote and it should make sense to him as I dont know much about electronics. Thanks again!
by PaulR2007
Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:59 am
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display
Replies: 14
Views: 62836

Thank you Andy for your detailed reply. I don't think me and my friend will try to do the work ourselves to fix unless its simple but we would like to have an idea of whats wrong with it before it goes to a repair place. I took some more pictures and if possible can you or anyone else look at them t...
by PaulR2007
Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:51 pm
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display
Replies: 14
Views: 62836

I will have to go there again and take more pics. but the unit does turn on and relay clicks. its just the display doesnt show any writing but it glows red. I think this receiver has inverse lcd but im not sure as its been a while since i seen it working.
by PaulR2007
Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:16 pm
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display
Replies: 14
Views: 62836

It looks like the spilled stuff on the bottom of the capacitor is glue because when i screped it with my pocket knife it turned into powder so that tells me its hard and not gooey like some chemical in the capacitor. Which brings me back to a dead receiver with dim display. this receiver is computer...
by PaulR2007
Wed Oct 03, 2007 2:30 am
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display
Replies: 14
Views: 62836

thanks for reply to you both. ok so if its hard to the touch then its glue. ill have to check next time i go to his house. i really hope that receiver can be saved some how and cheaply. it worked nice a few years ago. so if its not the capacitors what can make it not work just by storing it?
by PaulR2007
Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:45 pm
Forum: JVC Audio/Hi-fi Products
Topic: having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display
Replies: 14
Views: 62836

having a problem with r-x500 model not working. dim display

ok my friend bought himself a new receiver and placed his jvc r-x500 one in his garage for storage for about a year so he wrapped the receiver in a plastic bag. last week he takes the receiver out and plugs it in because he was going to use it again and it dont work. it turns on with a relay clickin...