hrbowie83
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Pioneer A-35R "tripping out"
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My first thought is that you are overloading the input of your Pioneer amplifier with the TV.  I assume the headphone output of the TV is volume controlled, and if that is what you are turning up before the Pioneer trips out, that may be your problem.

When I use a volume controlled device (TV in your case) as a source to an amplifier, I first turn the source (TV) down, then turn the amplifier up to the highest level I have normally used at for other sources.  Then slowly turn the source (TV) up to highest comfortable listening level you would ever use and leave it there. Then turn down the amplifier and use its volume control for future volume adjustments. This way there is less chance of overdriving the Pioneer.

You can use the TV as primary volume control, but you have to be careful that the Pioneer volume is never set too high.

Or maybe your Pioneer is broken, and then I have no idea. It might help if you tell what happens if you turn it on with no TV plugged in to it.  Better yet, try plugging in a CD player or something else and seeing how it works then.

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