57John Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) Can anyone help me set up my Krell Foundation preamp? Location Mernda, Melbourne. Can do Zoom etc too Thanks Edited December 30, 2020 by 57John Added location and Zoom reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted December 30, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 30, 2020 It's pretty much plug and play, aside from the Speaker measurement and EQ side of things which can be daunting if you've never experienced similar with an AVR before. What is it exactly you are having trouble with? Have you completed the wiring up and got sound/picture so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRC Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 You may need to hook the unit up to a TV or monitor to access the menu/set up functions. This may not be immediately apparent from the manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 40 minutes ago, Marc said: It's pretty much plug and play, aside from the Speaker measurement and EQ side of things which can be daunting if you've never experienced similar with an AVR before. What is it exactly you are having trouble with? Have you completed the wiring up and got sound/picture so far? Hi Marc So plugged my CD player rca into it and rca out to my Primaluna amp and nothing. Scrolled through the source menu and found cd. Still nothing. Not quite plug and play... Plugged my ethernet cable in. Got a network error message. Another dead end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Just now, 57John said: Hi Marc So plugged my CD player rca into it and rca out to my Primaluna amp and nothing. Scrolled through the source menu and found cd. Still nothing. Not quite plug and play... Plugged my ethernet cable in. Got a network error message. Another dead end. Thanks for replying Marc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 28 minutes ago, DRC said: You may need to hook the unit up to a TV or monitor to access the menu/set up functions. This may not be immediately apparent from the manual. G’day DRC. Haven’t been able to it connect to my network via ethernet cable yet. Getting an error message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted December 30, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, 57John said: G’day DRC. Haven’t been able to it connect to my network via ethernet cable yet. Getting an error message. Understood, but have you hooked up the HDMI output to a TV so you can see the interface/settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Just now, Marc said: Understood, but have you hooked up the HDMI output to a TV so you can see the interface/settings? Blue screen ... from HDMI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted December 30, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 30, 2020 Is this new, or second hand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Just now, Marc said: Is this new, or second hand? Used but apparently fully operational from SNA Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted December 30, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 30, 2020 OK there is no GUI for the TV display so scrap that. Setup has to be done via the OLED display on the unit, or a web interface which is no use given you are getting a network error. What does the display on the unit itself show? Have you done a factory reset via the onscreen interface? Start there and then hopefully the network might kick start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Just now, Marc said: OK there is no GUI for the TV display so scrap that. Setup has to be done via the OLED display on the unit, or a web interface which is no use given you are getting a network error. What does the display on the unit itself show? Have you done a factory reset via the onscreen interface? Start there and then hopefully the network might kick start. Marc thanks mate. i started with that factory reset during that I’m imagining I’m losing whatever software updates he’s done. So tick on factory update successfully complete. Im sure it’s something logical I’m missing in set up. im gunna bring it over to the router and plug it in there to see if I can get the net working ... will report back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted December 30, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 30, 2020 Factory resets IME don't generally undo firmware updates. This unit is renowned for having an unintuitive setup process, but nonetheless you should at least be able to quickly get picture and sound. IMO, chasing the network problem is not a priority at this stage. If you have done a factory reset, you should be able to get some output pretty quickly. Assuming you know how to wire up the system? You should have a HDMI cable from OUT1 to the input on your TV. You should have a pair of Audio Out RCAs from your CD player (or HDMI from a Blu-ray player) connected to Analog Input 1 (or HDMI1) on the Krell. Then on Source selection, you need to choose Analog Input 1 (or HDMI1). The Analog Audio Out from the Krell (L,R as shown above), should be connected to the inputs on your amplifier. This should give you sound of some sort or display a picture in the first instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 What does this mean? it’s downloading but not working... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, Marc said: Factory resets IME don't generally undo firmware updates. This unit is renowned for having an unintuitive setup process, but nonetheless you should at least be able to quickly get picture and sound. IMO, chasing the network problem is not a priority at this stage. If you have done a factory reset, you should be able to get some output pretty quickly. Assuming you know how to wire up the system? You should have a HDMI cable from OUT1 to the input on your TV. You should have a pair of RCAs from your CD player (or HDMI from a Blu-ray player) connected from the Audio Out (or HDMI out) to Analog Input 1 (or HDMI1). Then on Source selection, you need to choose Analog Input 1 (or HDMI1). The Analog Audio Audio (L,R as shown above), should be connected to the inputs on your amplifier. This should give you sound of some sort or display a picture in the first instance. Let me return to you soon after rewiring her back up after the visit to the router in the garage...much appreciate your support Marc thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 8 minutes ago, 57John said: Let me return to you soon after rewiring her back up after the visit to the router in the garage...much appreciate your support Marc thank you Ok here’s the set up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted December 30, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 30, 2020 It looks like someone has renamed an input to CD (guessing), so there's no telling if that actually is Input 1 or otherwise from your pic. The photo is not really helpful without seeing the entire wiring unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted December 30, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 30, 2020 What power amplifier are you using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 58 minutes ago, Marc said: What power amplifier are you using? Primaluna Dialogue Premium amp See the pic for update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Marc I assigned the input that was first on screen from blu-ray to cd... It didn't help... so far at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Marc Posted December 31, 2020 Administrator Share Posted December 31, 2020 If it were called Blu-ray by default - it may well be an HDMI input, rather than an Analog audio input. I would suggest that you factory reset the unit, make no changes, and try as I have suggested in an earlier post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Just got home, and will try this out later on and report back. I am grateful for your support Marc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Marc said: Factory resets IME don't generally undo firmware updates. This unit is renowned for having an unintuitive setup process, but nonetheless you should at least be able to quickly get picture and sound. IMO, chasing the network problem is not a priority at this stage. If you have done a factory reset, you should be able to get some output pretty quickly. Assuming you know how to wire up the system? You should have a HDMI cable from OUT1 to the input on your TV. You should have a pair of RCAs from your CD player (or HDMI from a Blu-ray player) connected from the Audio Out (or HDMI out) to Analog Input 1 (or HDMI1). Then on Source selection, you need to choose Analog Input 1 (or HDMI1). The Analog Audio Audio (L,R as shown above), should be connected to the inputs on your amplifier. This should give you sound of some sort or display a picture in the first instance. Let me return to you soon after rewiring her back up after the visit to the router in the garage...much appreciate your support Marc thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 6 hours ago, Marc said: Then on Source selection, you need to choose Analog Input 1 (or HDMI1). How to do this... the options are CD DVD DVR Game3 Game2 Game1 Sat2 Sat1 Cable2 Cable1 STB2 STB1 Bluray2 Bluray1 TV DMP CD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57John Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 So I’m not sure how to reach analog input 1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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