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Computer speaker problem

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Ok, so after reading some stuff online about Logitech speakers I had to get a set for Christmas, and I got the Z-5500. It work(ed) beautifully. I didn't have the cables I needed to hook them to my DVD player and Xbox, so I went to Walmart last night to get them. They didn't have the Xbox cable, oh well.

Anyhow so I get home with my digital coax cable in hand, and hook it from the DVD player to my control center. I turn it on. The control center is still saying "No input" from the digital coax, and then I see that the audio rca cables are still plugged into my input switcher for my TV. So, I unplug them. Perhaps this was a bad idea in retrospect (but I don't see why), but a moment after this I heard a crackling noise and then I smelt something a tad bit smokey like electronics burning. :shock:

So now, nothing works. Sometimes the test pattern for the speakers run and sometimes it detects my computer's input but there is no sound. Sometimes when I turn it on I get static. What the fuck did I do wrong?
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Post by Mr Bean »

NEVER WORK ON ENGERIZED EQUIPMENT UNLESS YOU HAVE TO!

That said I think its time for you to pull the "it was like this when I got it bit" as it sounds like you shorted something

Black smoke and sparking sounds are never ever your friend

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