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My recently acquired ARCAM AVR500 has been cooking by Blu-ray player, even though both are in a stand (components are over 3 inches apart) that has lots of ventilation in an air conditioned house. I couldn't believe how warm the discs became during a movie, so I felt the player and the glass shelf. They were hot enough that I put a thermometer to measure the temperature at the Blu-ray shelf. It was 37 C. Turns out that is the high end of the player's operating range.
I talked to my retailer (who had an AVR600 running noticeably cooler in the show room), who phoned his ARCAM representative. The rep said to bring in the ARCAM for a BIOS update to correct a problem that ARCAM had with some AVR500 receivers.
I'm posting this for the sake of anyone else who might wonder if their AVR500 is too hot.
After the machine receives the update, I will post the result.
I talked to my retailer (who had an AVR600 running noticeably cooler in the show room), who phoned his ARCAM representative. The rep said to bring in the ARCAM for a BIOS update to correct a problem that ARCAM had with some AVR500 receivers.
I'm posting this for the sake of anyone else who might wonder if their AVR500 is too hot.
After the machine receives the update, I will post the result.