Thanks for the tips! I was able to repair a DSP-A1 that I've had in the family since it was new. With just a little clean-up it literally looks and performs like a new unit. These were Yamaha's original monster home theater receivers and they still outperform the newer units albeit without all the new bells and whistles.
I had this problem for several years now and saw your video but was afraid to begin with it. I'm not an electronic expert but after failing of the whole display (tapping on the display wouldn't help either) i had to do it.
Following exacly your instructions i had it repaired in two hours!
I just give mine a tap on the display and it kicks on. Yeah, temporary solution, but if I try to fix myself, I know I'll screw something up. As long as it plays, that's all I need.
JasonF99, I followed your instructions on avforum to fix the audio problem by desoldered the potentiometer from the volume control board. Then, I dismantled and cleaned all contacts and tracks. I also bend the metal contact a bit to increase the tension. After completion, I put everything back together, but it didn't fix the audio problem. Do you have other ideas?
LOL the light was on, but it was a home cinema environment so still a fairly dark place to work. We didnt want to go to the trouble of moving the whole amp and disconnecting all the cables so we pulled the display and moved that instead.
Hi, im the fixer in the video here, try Yingwang166s solution first but if that doesnt solve it the problem might lie in the volume control itself. Mine ended up having this problem. Its a very involved fix but it is fixable.
I have a projector. And right now I have the vcr hooked up to the amplifier, with 5 speakers, but it doesn't work. I was wondering if anyone could tell me the exact way to hook them up. Mine is a Yamaha dspA1000
For the last year or so, my display would not turn on until the amp had warmed up for a few minutes or longer. Sometimes it would shut off again. I followed your instructions, and it's fixed! Newbie to soldering, but found a another video that explained how to do solder properly. The whole thing took me about 2 hours. Thanks!!!!!
It's not even close to being the best Yamaha ever made, that'd be the MX-10000 and matching pre or the B-2x and C-2x. The A1 is largely compromised to get so many different sections and functions into a single 430mm wide box.
Thank you for this guide. Just one question, did you have to re-create the "volcano" on all of the connectors or just those three you were showing? Thank you very much.
Belated reply, but any of the pins from the VFD (vacuum flourescent display) can have this problem and as its fairly involved to take it out, its simpler to do them all at the same time. You cant always see the expansion cracks when the display is cold so if you miss one you have to dismantle the amp all over again.
Thanks for the tips! I was able to repair a DSP-A1 that I've had in the family since it was new. With just a little clean-up it literally looks and performs like a new unit. These were Yamaha's original monster home theater receivers and they still outperform the newer units albeit without all the new bells and whistles.
dgolombowski 1 week ago
Thank you, thank you!
I had this problem for several years now and saw your video but was afraid to begin with it. I'm not an electronic expert but after failing of the whole display (tapping on the display wouldn't help either) i had to do it.
Following exacly your instructions i had it repaired in two hours!
Great video!
kees4325 5 months ago
I just give mine a tap on the display and it kicks on. Yeah, temporary solution, but if I try to fix myself, I know I'll screw something up. As long as it plays, that's all I need.
RayPaganJr 1 year ago
Thank you for your tutorial. Now my display is working well.
DoXer67 1 year ago
Good work, there is also a leaky back-up cel on
the dsp-board in this amplifier, you better replace
is for a new one before it demage the dsp-board
this are olso the problems with the DSP-AX1
BoudjeR6 2 years ago
JasonF99, I followed your instructions on avforum to fix the audio problem by desoldered the potentiometer from the volume control board. Then, I dismantled and cleaned all contacts and tracks. I also bend the metal contact a bit to increase the tension. After completion, I put everything back together, but it didn't fix the audio problem. Do you have other ideas?
phantom838 2 years ago
Great video. My amp has had this problem for over 4 years. I saw this video last week, fixed it the next day.
flintstone84 2 years ago
Could you have not done it with the lights on ?
Thanks for the video will give mine a go.
Cossydave 2 years ago
LOL the light was on, but it was a home cinema environment so still a fairly dark place to work. We didnt want to go to the trouble of moving the whole amp and disconnecting all the cables so we pulled the display and moved that instead.
JasonF99 2 years ago
Do you have solution:
left front channel is in more quiet than right channel, what would be the solution for that?
Ahvenistofan 2 years ago
Hello,
The one of mine had identical problem a while ago.
Solution: Use a RCA plug to plug in and pull out once or twice into the Main in and Main out on the back panel.
Good luck,
yingwang166 2 years ago
Hi, im the fixer in the video here, try Yingwang166s solution first but if that doesnt solve it the problem might lie in the volume control itself. Mine ended up having this problem. Its a very involved fix but it is fixable.
JasonF99 2 years ago
What capacity capacitors??how MicroF?
bogdan3010 2 years ago
I have a projector. And right now I have the vcr hooked up to the amplifier, with 5 speakers, but it doesn't work. I was wondering if anyone could tell me the exact way to hook them up. Mine is a Yamaha dspA1000
crazy8pauly 3 years ago
Thanks !!!
the video helped a lot.
my display was missworking for a long time
president2006 3 years ago
For the last year or so, my display would not turn on until the amp had warmed up for a few minutes or longer. Sometimes it would shut off again. I followed your instructions, and it's fixed! Newbie to soldering, but found a another video that explained how to do solder properly. The whole thing took me about 2 hours. Thanks!!!!!
2001e39m5 3 years ago
It's not even close to being the best Yamaha ever made, that'd be the MX-10000 and matching pre or the B-2x and C-2x. The A1 is largely compromised to get so many different sections and functions into a single 430mm wide box.
Still, handy vid for A1 owners.
morksbeanbag 3 years ago
Thank God I found this video...my display has been out for years and now I have a solution...Thanks!!!
baboymo2000 3 years ago
Thank you for this guide. Just one question, did you have to re-create the "volcano" on all of the connectors or just those three you were showing? Thank you very much.
fiberzip007 3 years ago
Belated reply, but any of the pins from the VFD (vacuum flourescent display) can have this problem and as its fairly involved to take it out, its simpler to do them all at the same time. You cant always see the expansion cracks when the display is cold so if you miss one you have to dismantle the amp all over again.
JasonF99 2 years ago