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Bnpositive

I've got an RCA home theater receiver. When you plug in the unit the "standby" light is on, but it won't come out of standby when the power button is pushed. I thought it might be a blow fuse, but all of them look fine. I'd rather try and figure out what the problem is before it just gets dumped.
The multimeter idea is good, but I wouldn't know what I was really doing with that. I tried posting something on Craigslist, but haven't gotten much response either.
Okay, next question. If I take it into a shop, how much should I expect to pay someone to diagnose the problem accurately and give an estimate on fixing it?