Like Reply. The following image is of my receiver. I have a Yamaha RXV630RDS and I have had it on now for over 4 hours at -55dB. This is sister to the 807. The red box represents the hottest area. Hopefully I can retire the fan. Both my processor and power amp run pretty hot. Shouldn't be getting hot to the touch for sure. Just make sure the air above the receiver can get out of the cabinet (e.g. As with many high output receivers you need a fan on them. Run your receiver for a couple of hours, run your hand over the top of it and post how hot it feels! Onkyo has a long history of HDMI board issues, so it might not have been the heat that killed it. Hot air goes up. It would be hard for someone to define "really hot" as you describe. Europe's busiest forums, with independent news and expert reviews, for TVs, Home Cinema, Hi-Fi, Movies, Gaming, Tech and more. Some receivers have heatsinks that cool down certain components, and yours is probably overheating, and the audio processor is dropping out. Generally, yes. 1 Home Entertainment Tech Community & Resource. Caution: No matter how tempted you may be to do so, DO NOT change the default "8 ohm min" impedance setting of ANY AV receiver. I bought onkyo receiver (Tx-sr601) 5 days ago and after listening to music for 2 hours when I checked the receiver it was hot (close to burning hand). Why does my reciever get hot? Gets warm, but never too hot nor does it stop working...and I crank it with movies on. I ran it in an open shelf unit with 6" space above and it ran hot. If the wires get to hot, they will melt, spark together, and make a fireworks show just before catching fire. If left on for a couple of hours, my living room becomes noticeably hotter than the rest of the house. The dryer bottle seems to be getting very hot. Note: By the book those boxes need 2in space on both sides and above. TIA, Mike. The internet is just like ancient Egypt. It's only really hot at the top center though, not at the sides. I know this is a bit off-thread, but can anyone think of a good reason why I could not use by Denon AVR1602 on its side, still leaving the 'old top' side with lots of space to 'breath'. That long silver panel is crazy hot (I cannot touch it). My new 200W amps heat up the room so much, that I periodically have to open all the windows to air it out. How hot is too hot? The reason that a resistor gets too hot is that you are putting more power into it than it can dissipate at a reasonable temperature. While it is normal for an appliance plug to become warm, it is abnormal for such a plug to get hot. Until i bought it I thought the people complaining simply didn't give Onkyos enough ventilation. Cees All people do is write on walls and worship cats. It runs warmer than my old receiver, but it does not get hot enough for concern. Without more specifics, that's about as good an answer as you can hope for. I've an 1802 which I wouldn't use vertical due to it's larger heatsink but your 1602 is decidedly smaller so may well be OK. Congratulations! I am debating on replacing the charger or just get a chromebook since I use a tower at home for most of my … Is it normal? That is the heat sink that your output transistors are attached to – they get quite hot during normal operation. What temperature should it be kept under for typical movie-watching? But, I did notice last week that it got VERY hot. Sound like your subwoofer is part of … The only bad audio system, is the one you don't enjoy to the fullest. It's also driving video to my Shield TV directly via the passthru and my PC via ARC from the TV. Jan 7, 2015 #4 If Total Score is 0-4, you can probably get away with your current A/V receiver amp section. I am wondering if this is normal or a defected system. My sony 1080 is on all day driven at different levels i check every now and then and it never gets to the point where its too hot its usually at the point where its just warm no good telling you ,you really need to compair with the same amp. DVD & Home Theater Gear - My Receiver is over heating, can someone help me with this..? Ditton15, there's no reason for your amp not to function on it's side BUT the components within were designed for horizontal use. The less ventilation it gets the hotter it will be. By changing your omhms your resistance will go up (switching from 2 to 4 ohm) or down (from 4 to 2 ohm). Just checking if this is normal, this is the first AV receiver I've ever owned. I would say it got so hot i could'nt keep touching it for more than a few seconds. Like as hot as asphault outside gets in the sun in the summer. well i have had my denon a1se running pretty much all day today and its not so hot that you can't put your hand over, but its notably hotter towards the centre at the front of the amp. I have a very small fan...maybe 4" in diameter on mine. We focus on education, discussion, and sharing of entry and mid level separate & multi component audio systems. Is it normal for these things to get hot? Many power transformers get hot.An example of too hot is a recent Twin Reverb reissue I worked on.The PT got so hot you could burn your fingers on the front panel.A new transformer cured that and it just gets warm to the touch now. This is a 2008 Mac laptop. Could the heat damage the components after sometime? But how can you tell if your phone is experiencing a problem? Nov 17, 2008 #12 I have an 805 about 1 year and it sits on a glass shelf ona stand and the top shelf is only 1 inch above it, and I was worried about this and bought a fan and it will not fit in this space. All phones have a normal temperature range of 37-43 degrees Celsius, or … Copyright © 2000-2021 M2N Limited E. & O.E. Too much of everything according to Mrs Wife. LG B7 55 - NVidia Shield - Anthem MRX 520 - ATI 1805 - JL-E112 - Kef LS50(5) - Synology DS416play (24TB). I may actively cool it with an 80mm fan over the USB if it gets concerning. Your phone overheats, do you have apps running in the background that you don’t know about? MrChips. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the BudgetAudiophile community. This subreddit is for the budget minded audiophile that wants to grow out of soundbars, boomboxes, portable bluetooth and lifestyle speakers, and PC branded audio solutions. OK. A more permanent solution is placing a small laptop cooling pad underneath. @mpakka I have mine setup in the open next to my TV and raised up about an inch by the feet on the bottom and feels slightly warm, this gets it very good veltilation.. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Come on guys! I usually don't keep a receiver long enough for a fan to really matter. The tree will have to go. I put it on the floor, with nothing above and 1' in front of the bdi unit. Point a desk fan at it to bring temps down in a pinch. If anything it's normalizing, maybe getting a bit less hot? thus it gets hot, i know my dads avalanche when playing a cd, will make the cd hot enough to make u wince when it hits your hand, but thats only after like 1.5 hours. My Denon 3312ci runs approximately 40 C, or 104 F. Hot to touch, doesn't burn you or anything. It's brand new as well, so I dunno if there's any kind of break in period. If it matters I'm at high altitude, air is thinner here in Colorado. Is this normal? History. My Sony STR-VA555ES is only just warm to the touch after a couple of hours of use when not really driven hard (around -65db). But what about USB drives -- why do they get hot? It's way hotter than my PC. Got mine from Home Cinema Heaven for £530. It's only really hot at the top center though, not at the sides. Press J to jump to the feed. It's in an open entertainment stand with 2.75 inches vertical clearance, wide open on the front and back, and relatively open on the sides (wide open on the left and maybe 7-8 inches on the right). I've only had it hooked up for the last hour or so. If it was defective, it would probably shut off, at least intermittently. I bought a new receiver/esc for my Super Cub DSM and it still gets really hot as soon as I plug it in. - Hello everyone.. Cookies help us deliver our Services. What temperature is "too hot" for a receiver to run at? You must log in or register to reply here. And most receivers have internal thermal protection circuits that will shut off at a certain temperature to prevent any damage. I would look at getting it out in the open and see if that fixes it. It is very slightly hotter than it is when not on. You found the hidden text. All this does is starve your speakers of power, simply so Denon could get 4-ohm certification (at a reduced power level) without making the receiver get too hot during their power tests. I've just ordered a Pioneer LX89 to replace it. Buchardt S400s / Hegel H190 amplifier/Rega planar 8 turntable Apheta 2 cartridge / Rega Aria phono stage/Audiolab 6000cdt transport/ Panasonic BDT-DPM 460 dvd player/ Sony HT-XT3 soundbase / Virgin V6 1TB / Panasonic viera TX-55cx680b 4k TV/ Bedroom system powernode 2i Dali Oberon 1s Panasonic 49" 700b Tv/. I could be wigging over nothing, as I'm used to keeping my components really cool and extreme cooler block and AIO solutions from doing PC tech stuff. I have a Onkyo TX-NR3009 and its getting very hot, so that I have problems with all my equipment in that cabinet. regarding wire size, 8 gauge is fine for just the jl amp, but with both amps, 4 gauge is recommended. If you have ever used a piece of electronic equipment for an extended period of time, you might have noticed that it heats up. it can get hot. It's way hotter than my PC. Not too hot to touch, but not far off. Right now i have mine plugged into my Sony Receiver via an HDMI input and its powered via the wall adapter. BTW, that area on the amp that you highlighted in red is expected to get hot. JavaScript is disabled. Powered by Xenforo, Hosted by Nimbus Hosting, Original design Critical Media Ltd. This website uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb. It got ridiculously hot; it was actually possible to burn yourself on it and I actually made an additional fan, from a PC fan, to sit at the back of the rack to push the air out. However, if it is also enclosed it's probably just sufficating. it is normal for receivers to get warm when driven .The harder you drive the hotter it will get .I read elsewhere that somebodys sony amp got so hot when driven hard he could hardly touch it.you seem to have plenty of space round your receiver so i should'nt worry. Essentially a horizontally aligned fan encased in a thin chassis, it extracts hot … That, I am told, is due to a bad capacitor and will fail soon. they reason they get hot is because the amplifiers w/in the stereo must expell heat (duh) and when there is hardly any room for it to go, it heats the metal up, and everything else. Not so. I know personally my power charger gets very hot. Like, think "hand on concrete in the sun" in spring or summer kind of warm. Just made the switch to 134a from r12 and the ac is blowing ice cold. Join the AVForums team live on Wednesdays at 7pm UK time. Why does my compressor line get hot? Wortst place is in a cabinet, if it has to be, some get a little lay flat fan for under computers, under the receiver. It could be a bad component, or a dead one. Anyhow, PUT A FAN ON IT. Interesting question, Mr. Griffeth. Amps get hot because they arent 100% efficient (meaning, electric power (DC) will be converted to electric power (AC) + heat). LG TVs to get Google Stadia and GeForce Now gaming in 2021, TCL TV lineup for 2021 includes Mini-LED, QLED and 4K HDR models, TCL unveils new OD Zero Mini-LED technology, Hisense announces 144Hz U7 TV for rescheduled Euro 2020. L. lost33 Enthusiast. AVForums.com is owned and operated by M2N Limited, Shouldn't get that hot under any normal circumstances. Joined Oct 2, 2009 22,439. I needed some help right now with my receiver, it keeps on getting really hot where its almost to hot to touch.. it shut off the other day and went into protect mode when i … Listening around 15-25 or so (out of 100). I had a Denon AVR3300 before i bought the AVC A11SR, and the 3300 got really hot and it even had a fan. I've also found that it's the nature of amps to get hot, that's just what they do. I would recommend that you keep it well ventilated. It gets.... pretty hot. This is considered normal for most electronics. These run warm, but not as hot as some brands and models from the past- Harmon Kardon receivers ran about as hot as anything I have seen and they suffered because of it. The No. Two speakers, Dayton T652-AIRs connected with 16 gauge cable. I read somewhere that onkyo receiver get hotter than other receiver brand. Many of them even have cooling devices or fans inside them to help keep them cool. It will not bind either. 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