~~technical question about my stereo~~?

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i have a 5 disc RCA stereo...i know not great but it's a decent little unit. The problem is it was working fine one day & then the next time ( i don't know how long it was) i went to play a cd....no sound whatsoever. It looks like it's playing the tracks but nothing on the radio,tapes,etc. I thought maybe it was the speakers,so i tried a different set...still nothing. I may have had some power outages & someone suggested that they may have blown my transistors (whatever those are). The stereo is only 3 years old & i want to know if it would be worth taking it to a shop to have someone look at it & fix it. The unit cost about $150.00 & i know that's not much but right now i can't afford to buy a new one. Any advice from anyone??

Update:

the speakers it came with were the ones not working but also tested them with a different set of speakers & still no sound.

Bill R · Accepted Answer

I assume that there is some indication on the panel that it is reading the disc, track, track time, whatever.

that would indicate a problem other than in the drive mechanism or control circuitry.
the "transistors" referred to are the audio output devices.

it there is no noise from the speakers at full volume level, that is it.

that could cost more than have the value of the unit.
$10-$30 for each part (2) alone.

look for a tech friend or another unit.

Pyaree R · Answer

do you use the speakers it came with? like the attached ones? or do you have it connected to seperate speakers? if you have it on seperate ones check the connection, if you have it w/o them, then i don't think you should get it fixed...150$ and 3 years old...way not worth it...just go out and buy a discman for 20$ if you want music

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