S-DJ05 Stand-by to Power On trouble

@Foster > Great troubleshooting and thanks for the detail -- but have you tried reversing the connections?  (Controller in to left speaker, out to right speaker.)  That will help us figure out if it's the cable or the connection on the left speaker's in.

Thanks Pulse. I will switch the cables around now but it might be a week or so before it acts up again like last time.

I will report back if it does it again, or in a couple weeks if nothing.

Hey Pulse,

I switched the cables around yesterday, and surprisingly it did it again to me today. This time the exact same thing happened, except it was the left speaker turning on and the right speaker not turning on.

Set-up is now:

Controller plugged into "In" on left speaker, link from "Out" on left speaker to "In" on right speaker.

Here's what happened this time:

1. Power switch off on both speakers. (No lights, nothing)

2. Turn Power switch on right speaker first. Then turn power on left speaker second. (Red lights turn on as switch was turned on)

3. Press power button on controller. (Red light turns to blue and "Input 1" lights up blue on left speaker, right speaker stays red)

So I repeated the following:

Continued from Step 3 from above.

1. Press power button on controller again. (Left speaker turns back to red light, and "Input 1" goes out. Nothing happens to right)

2. Press power button on controller again. (Red light turns to blue and "Input 1" lights up blue on left speaker, right speaker stays red)

3. Press power button on controller. (left speaker turns back to red light, and "Input 1" goes out. Nothing happens to right)

1. Switch off power on back of both speakers. (Red lights go out on both speakers)

2. Turn Power switch on right speaker first. Then turn power on left speaker second. (Red lights turn on as switch was turned on)

3. Press power button on controller. (Red light turns to blue and "Input 1" lights to blue on both speakers.

So this time, I switched the cables around, and I also switch what speaker I turned on first. This time it did not require me to touch the cables in the back though and everything worked after turning them off and back on again.

Could it have something to do with which speaker I turn on first?

It's very strange because I turn on the speaker that is connected via link from the other speaker and is not connected directly to the controller. It makes me think I need to turn on the speaker that is connected directly to the controller first, but in my troubleshooting this second time, I still turned on the right speaker (not connected directly to the controller) first. And it worked after that...

I'm just really confused by what is going on and annoyed I have to keep playing around with them as it seems like every other time I turn them on. 

Please let me know what you think and if you have any thoughts or suggestions about the set-up or something for me to try.

Thanks in advance.

@Foster > I have mine on a power strip with the rest of my gear and leave them turned on (so when the strip is turned on, they both go to standby mode), and use the remote to power them up.  I've never had an issue with sequence of powering up, but with your problem, it would seem the connector cable could be the culprit as the problem speaker reversed when you switched the in/out for that cable; it was always the "downstream" speaker which had the problem.

I would contact Pioneer tech support in your country (links are at the right) and explain the problem, even pointing them here to this page if it helps speed up the process, and see about having them replace that link cable.  Hopefully that would resolve the issue.

There is no damage that I can see or could have caused to these happy wheels or the cables. Everything should work perfect as I bought them new.