TLDR:
- Orange wifi light blinks, Klipsch claims it's wifi problem
- It's not a wifi problem since I can verify it's connected to the wifi through my router's admin and can actually visit the device's IP address and get a landing page
- While orange wifi light is blinking, nothing works, including buttons and wired connections
- Once in a blue moon it powers on, the orange wifi light stops blinking, and it works normally. So it's not completely bricked. However upon power cycling it goes back to blinking and not working for weeks or months
- Would like to repair it somehow, but I'm not sure what component could be causing this kind of defect/behavior
So first of a short history. I bought a Klipsch Stadium wifi speaker which after a while started having problems. Often when turning the speaker on, the orange wifi light on the front would flash quickly. According to the manual this means wifi problems and the manual suggests a reset. At first this problem infrequently, but often the speaker would just power and work on as normally. It started happening more often, until at some point it never started up correctly anymore and always showed the orange blinking light. When this light is blinking NOTHING works, it doesn't respond to any button presses and it won't play any music even over wired connections. At the time Klipsch support said it was a wifi problem, I of course tried all their steps, reset, etc but in the end nothing worked and I gave up out of exhaustion.
However, at some point I discovered that it's not a wifi problem at all, because in my router admin I could actually see the Stadium connected to the wifi, and I could even visit it's firmware update landing page if I typed in it's IP address in the browser - this is while the orange wifi light would be blinking and the speaker refuses to function. However it apparently IS connected to the wifi and so the orange blinking light must mean something else. However the manual isn't helpful, and neither is Klipsch support - they straight up refuse to give any real support on this product. (Bad company, avoid in the future)
Another twist, after a few months I decided to give it a try again in the garage. To my surprise the Stadium turned on, the wifi light started blinking orange for about 10 seconds, then turned solid orange and... it worked! I could AirPlay to it using my phone, it sounded great and worked perfectly. However since I wanted it in the house, not the garage, I moved it and... well, in the house it stopped working again. Back to the blinking orange wifi problem. I tried it again in the garage one more time and now there it also had the same problem again.
However it does give a little extra information; namely that it's not completely bricked. All the components on it *can* sort of work, since it's actually functioned (if ever so briefly) correctly earlier today. I however have no idea what component might be causing this extremely inconsistent behaviour. Based on forum post it seems like some other users keeping it off the power for a long time (weeks) and plugging it back in can cause it to temporarily start working again. Does anybody with some electronics knowledge have an idea what component might be the culprit and how it might be repaired?
I included some photographs of the internals of the speaker.
- Orange wifi light blinks, Klipsch claims it's wifi problem
- It's not a wifi problem since I can verify it's connected to the wifi through my router's admin and can actually visit the device's IP address and get a landing page
- While orange wifi light is blinking, nothing works, including buttons and wired connections
- Once in a blue moon it powers on, the orange wifi light stops blinking, and it works normally. So it's not completely bricked. However upon power cycling it goes back to blinking and not working for weeks or months
- Would like to repair it somehow, but I'm not sure what component could be causing this kind of defect/behavior
So first of a short history. I bought a Klipsch Stadium wifi speaker which after a while started having problems. Often when turning the speaker on, the orange wifi light on the front would flash quickly. According to the manual this means wifi problems and the manual suggests a reset. At first this problem infrequently, but often the speaker would just power and work on as normally. It started happening more often, until at some point it never started up correctly anymore and always showed the orange blinking light. When this light is blinking NOTHING works, it doesn't respond to any button presses and it won't play any music even over wired connections. At the time Klipsch support said it was a wifi problem, I of course tried all their steps, reset, etc but in the end nothing worked and I gave up out of exhaustion.
However, at some point I discovered that it's not a wifi problem at all, because in my router admin I could actually see the Stadium connected to the wifi, and I could even visit it's firmware update landing page if I typed in it's IP address in the browser - this is while the orange wifi light would be blinking and the speaker refuses to function. However it apparently IS connected to the wifi and so the orange blinking light must mean something else. However the manual isn't helpful, and neither is Klipsch support - they straight up refuse to give any real support on this product. (Bad company, avoid in the future)
Another twist, after a few months I decided to give it a try again in the garage. To my surprise the Stadium turned on, the wifi light started blinking orange for about 10 seconds, then turned solid orange and... it worked! I could AirPlay to it using my phone, it sounded great and worked perfectly. However since I wanted it in the house, not the garage, I moved it and... well, in the house it stopped working again. Back to the blinking orange wifi problem. I tried it again in the garage one more time and now there it also had the same problem again.
However it does give a little extra information; namely that it's not completely bricked. All the components on it *can* sort of work, since it's actually functioned (if ever so briefly) correctly earlier today. I however have no idea what component might be causing this extremely inconsistent behaviour. Based on forum post it seems like some other users keeping it off the power for a long time (weeks) and plugging it back in can cause it to temporarily start working again. Does anybody with some electronics knowledge have an idea what component might be the culprit and how it might be repaired?
I included some photographs of the internals of the speaker.