OllieBommel wrote:
Stupid question... Was the FM actually working before you tried to connect
the extra speakers? That is, did you actually hear the FM playing?


Yes, that's what confused me into thinking that something else was
broken. For a short while, the receiver was playing with the antenna.

WHAT ANTENNA?

But after a few minutes I tried to hook up the second pair of speakers
to the same terminals and the moment I did that it suddenly stopped
playing, as if some kind of fuse broke or some kind of protective
circuitery jumped in.

Could be that the muting threshold was reached.

But for what I can read here (and I did not yet say this enough, but I
do appreciate all the help you have given, folks!) , both fm and
speaker connection would have nothing to do with each other...

Correct, but you could have done something else while you were back
there. CHECK THE ANTENNA CONNECTIONS! I've posted this a couple of
times, but you only seem to respond to people who support your fixation
that something must be broken.

Well, I think I must accept the fact that indeed something "down the
line" is broken and perhaps it's time to get it replaced with another
tuner.

Ollie,
I can't seem to emphasize this enough.

EXCUSE ME FOR SHOUTING, BUT HOOK UP AN ANTENNA OF SOME SORT!

You seem to be saying that nothing is connected to the terminals. If
nothing is connected to the antenna terminals there is NO ANTENNA!

In strong signal areas, a receiver may pick up 'some' signal without
one; but it will be tentative. At the threshold, almost anything, like
*moving some unrelated wires* in the vicinity, could take the signal
below that threshold. Lack of stereo indication on some stations
indicates you are near that threshold. You need some sort of antenna.

HOOK UP AN ANTENNA.

It may not help, but it's a lot cheaper than replacing the
receiver--especially if that one doesn't work any either, because you
didn't HOOK UP AN ANTENNA.

Your new receiver will need one, anyway. It may pick up 'something'
without one, but reception will be cleaner, clearer and more reliable if
you USE AN ANTENNA.

Report back.

jak