Hi. I'm new here, so I feel a little lame asking for help immediately, but a gave the forum a search and didn't find anything on point, so here I go:
I just picked up a Pioneer SX-353 receiver for a decent, albeit not a steal price ($60). But, I'm in Seattle, and there's definitely a market vintage stereo equipment, so that's actually not bad. The metal front and wood case are actually pretty pristine, plus the LEDs and meters (the needle style work).
Anyways, I'm getting ZERO sound out of the right channel. Not on phono, FM or Aux. Left channel actually sounds really good, nice and crisp. My speakers are brand new, and switched them to double check that they're both functioning. I'm using brand new speaker wire (amazon basics) and what seem like good quality RCA cables (monoprice, they're thick and shielded). After doing some online research, it seemed like cleaning out the dust and deoxing the knobs was the place to start. Which I did, no problems there. Actually it wasn't that dusty, so it had definitely been well loved previously. Looking at the connectors for the right channel speakers inside, there was no obvious issue compared to the left channel.
Does anyone have any guidance on troubleshooting this? Or experience with this or similar receivers?
I did contact the previous owner, and he said he hasn't this problem. Is there some simple boneheaded mistake I'm making in the setup that's causing this?