Im sure this has been mentioned on several occasions, but i got in a junk (i think their junk) Baja amplifier.
Both channels were dead, no output. Green light on, not in protection. op-amps were putting out the AC signal, rails were good, power supply transistors were good.
So i traced the signal into the amplifier channel itself, through its coupling capacitor. I had audio there. Up into a resistor network. one side of the resistor had audio, other side didnt. traced it back to a transistor, which was held high at 4v pulling the audio line to ground. This 4V line was common between the channels. No way you would ever have audio this way.
So, tracing that line pinned at 4v back to the TL494 circuit, Thats when i found a transistor shorted B-E. I am assuming it was part of a startup mute circuit, only purpose i could figure it would be. But this was causing the line to be driven high at 4v, thus muting the output.
To help save people from running in circles on this type of issue, i decided to post this information.
Replacing the A733 with a new one restored normal operation with full output. Just to ponder on the scope of such a situation, just think... that single itty bitty transistor with NOTHING else shorted in the amplifier, no outputs, no nothing... only this part was bad. wrecking the whole thing. hehe.
Both channels were dead, no output. Green light on, not in protection. op-amps were putting out the AC signal, rails were good, power supply transistors were good.
So i traced the signal into the amplifier channel itself, through its coupling capacitor. I had audio there. Up into a resistor network. one side of the resistor had audio, other side didnt. traced it back to a transistor, which was held high at 4v pulling the audio line to ground. This 4V line was common between the channels. No way you would ever have audio this way.
So, tracing that line pinned at 4v back to the TL494 circuit, Thats when i found a transistor shorted B-E. I am assuming it was part of a startup mute circuit, only purpose i could figure it would be. But this was causing the line to be driven high at 4v, thus muting the output.
To help save people from running in circles on this type of issue, i decided to post this information.
Replacing the A733 with a new one restored normal operation with full output. Just to ponder on the scope of such a situation, just think... that single itty bitty transistor with NOTHING else shorted in the amplifier, no outputs, no nothing... only this part was bad. wrecking the whole thing. hehe.
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