[tonedaf]

Hi. I just bought a new rsa hornet yesterday and left it to charge with one of the included maha 300 batteries last night.

This morning, I disconnected it from the charger, plugged it into my macbook with a mini-mini, and to my hd650. When I switch it on, the power switch glows orange/amber (did i read elsewhere that it's blue?) and it sometimes has a sound... sometimes not. It seems to me that when I turn the volume up past a certain point, the sound totally cuts out until i turn the hornet off, and then on again. Seems especially evident when the gain is at high, rather than at low. Do I have a faulty hornet? Or is this natural if the capacitor runs out of juice or something?

Does flipping the gain switch while the hornet is on do anything bad?

 

[GAD]

The switch is not blue.

I've never heard so much as a pop out of mine - I'd check with Ray.

GAD

 

[Wildcard30]

The switch should be red.

 

[tonedaf]

Ok, so the switch color isn't indicating anything wrong (phew)

I didn't describe my problem precisely... I'd really meant that when I turn on the hornet, it sometimes produces music, and sometimes just produces silence. So, to fix that description:

This morning, I disconnected it from the charger, plugged it into my macbook with a mini-mini, and to my hd650. When I switch it on, the power switch glows orange/amber and it sometimes has music... sometimes not. It seems to me that when I turn the volume up past a certain point, the music totally cuts out until i turn the hornet off, and then on again. Seems especially evident when the gain is at high, rather than at low. Do I have a faulty hornet? Or is this natural if the capacitor runs out of juice or something?

Yeah, I'll check with Ray and the retail shop...

 

[tonedaf]

And the answer is due to batteries inserted in the reverse polarity... I'd actually looked at the picture, and checked the batteries twice before inserting it.

Let this be a warning to all that Ray means what he says about making sure the polarity is correct, and this can be a symptom of that.

Now what's left is for Ray to assess costs and whether it can be repaired. I can't believe I'd be the first to have done this though :-|

 

[Sieg9198]

So your hornet is dead because you have the battery in the wrong polarity??

 

[jamato8]

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Originally Posted by tonedaf /img/forum/go_quote.gif And the answer is due to batteries inserted in the reverse polarity... I'd actually looked at the picture, and checked the batteries twice before inserting it. Let this be a warning to all that Ray means what he says about making sure the polarity is correct, and this can be a symptom of that. Now what's left is for Ray to assess costs and whether it can be repaired. I can't believe I'd be the first to have done this though :-|

I would hope there is some sort of circuit protection if you insert a battery wrong.

 

[tonedaf]

Yeah, it appears to be so. I was told (by the retailer, not Ray) that inserting protection would affect battery life or sound quality, so that's that. I'm sure Ray wouldn't scrimp on polarity protection for a $350 amp if it doesn't compromise the sound or other important design consideration.