Troubleshooting - MTX TSW10 Owner's Manual

TROUBLESHOOTING

Your new subwoofer, once set-up and adjusted, should give you years of listening enjoyment with your
favorite movies and music. However, if you should experience a problem with your unit, the following chart
should help you locate the trouble:
Problem
1) Subwoofer makes loud noise at turn-on.
2) Subwoofer has no output.
a) Status LED off
b) Red light on
c) Green light on
3) Subwoofer has little output.
4) Subwoofer output is distorted at high volume.
5) Subwoofer output is distorted at low volume.
6) Subwoofer makes hum or buzzing noises.
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Diagnosis
A) Muting circuit is defective.
Return unit for repair.
A) Line cord is not plugged in.
B) Line fuse is blown. Unplug line cord from wall
outlet,then check fuse.
A) No signal is reaching the unit. Check
connections from receiver or preamplifier.
B) Power switch is turned off. Place switch to
"auto" or "on" mode.
A) Signal is present, but level control is set
at minimum.
A) Level control is set too low.
B) If using high level inputs, right and left channels
are connected out of phase. Check wiring.
A) Signal from receiver, amplifier, or preamplifier
is distorted from being over driven. Reduce
main system volume or bass tone control.
B) Volume of subwoofer is too high causing
amplifier to be over driven. Reduce setting of
input level control.
C) Subwoofer electronics are defective. Return
unit for repair.
A) Signal from receiver, amplifier, or preamplifier
is distorted from defective electronics.
B) Signal connecting wires to subwoofer are
shorted. Check wiring.
C) Subwoofer electronics are defective. Return
unit for repair.
A) Grounding problem or ground loop condition.
Check wiring.
B) Isolate problem by removing all connecting
cables and turning up subwoofer input level
control. If noise is still present, subwoofer
electronics are defective. Return unit for repair.
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