Arcam A85 - help, no sound!

Mwelliott99

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I turned on my trusty A85 and no sound. It switched, the display works, the relays for the various inputs work (click and light up) but zero sound. I download the repair manual and opened up the top. The two removable fuses are fine. The manual says to check the RL100A (volume control relay)....but no idea where this is (or how to test it.)

I realised that normally if I press 'Mute' on the remote there is a click from the machine. Now when I press 'Mute' there is no click sound although 'Mute' lights up on the screen so I think the mute relay is b*ggered...which I think is what the manual is suggesting.

Not sure it's worth a fortune to send off to a specialist - I'm reasonably practical (but not an electrical engineer!). Any ideas?

I attach the repair manual and photo of the internals.
 

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Factory reset before you start pulling components. May not work but costs nothing.
Also try pulling the power for 10 minutes
 
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Thanks, I tried these but sadly no joy! Is there a better place/site for me to post this - a tech site where someone might know the answer to this?
 
You could try this
 

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