Disconnecting the speakers built into my HDTV.

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I have a Pioneer rear CRT projection HDTV, Elite.
I want to disconnect the little speakers on the front because there is a great deal of white-noise emanating from them.
When I disconnect them the monitor will not power up. I hear high voltage kick in and then it clicks back to stand by.
Silly.
Over the telephone, Pioneer technician says these are part of the boot/check sequence and they MUST be connected.
Logic tells me that I can just load the circuit with a resistor and all will be well.
The Pioneer technician says "No, this will not work. This will destroy your HDTV."
There are no other devices in line from the audio amp board to the drivers.
It must just check for continuity from the two wires. Right?
So is to safe for me to replace the speakers with resistors of the same Ohm?

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Topic - Disconnecting the speakers built into my HDTV. - An Anonymous Coward 11:26:10 02/16/05 (4)

You are right. - SysInfo 17:53:46 02/18/05 (0)

Re: Disconnecting the speakers built into my HDTV. - Kal Rubinson 08:29:46 02/17/05 (1)

On the PRO X 30HD series - johnvb 09:33:01 02/17/05 (0)

Re: Disconnecting the speakers built into my HDTV. - johnvb 12:01:59 02/16/05 (0)

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