The blue LEDs in this display will go extremely dim over time, this one was about 8 years old, and could hardly tell the difference when the red filter change light started coming on and when it was fully red (normally would have equal blue/red after about 5 months after reset and slowly dim out
Samsung DA41-00522A GGH-PJT Display Dim LED repair Read More »
This controller had a problem where a lot of digits at the top of the display were failing to show, which made adjustments impossible. Opening up, I found the memory backup ‘battery’ (actually a 5.5v 0.33F supercapacitor) had leaked and corroded through some of the nearby carbon vias from the microcontroller to the LCD display
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This cassette-based 4 tracker portastudio was in a bit of rough shape as it originated as a donor for another repair, the plastic head ‘sleeper’ (which mounts the heads and also holds a strong spring to maintain pressure when playing) had broken. More so the transport was all gummed up and hardly moved, the main
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Customer reported that this player started skipping on CDs and brought it in for a service. At first the fault didn’t show up, having played through a CD twice through. After checking with the owner, they said tried over several days and still had issues. One other small issue was that the Eject/Load tactile button
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Customer had some 2m long XLR cables they wanted shortening to use as patch leads, and make 4 out of 1. With two pairs, 2m each of green, light green and white Klotz cable this made up 24 patch leads in total. Fingers are sore! Heat-shrink sleeved the shield for neatness and prevent any potential
Made up some Klotz/Neutrik XLR-XLR patch cables Read More »
No sooner was one 414 about to be going out of the door, another was coming in! The customer of the Tascam 414 LED metering noise problem on the previous fix, had a friend with a 414 having the exact same problem, so brought it along to receive the same fix. Confirmed the same symptoms
Another Tascam 414 comes through the door as the previous one goes out! Read More »
Another customer recommendation brought this unit in to see if an odd problem could be resolved – a ‘flubbing’ sound that occurs when armed for recording and levels above -10dB on meters. The unit was pristine, inside and out – looks like it had hardly been used. At first the issue couldn’t be replicated –
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Customer brought in this 25 year old unit stating that it no longer works properly – turntable starts up and then stops a few seconds later. Switched over to a spare alternative and the turntable works, so wanted me to look at this unit. Looked inside and immediately obvious that two capacitors were bulging and
Michell Gyro Controller 2 turntable PSU repair (QC) Read More »
Customer reports that amplifier switches on but won’t click onto the source enabling it to play music. Found that half the power supply was not working, +63V rail was missing from which 5v logic and +24v rails are derived. Thermal imagery showed that the area of the PSU board with the regulator pass through transistors
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This cassette deck was stored in an attic for many years. Unfortunately no longer worked when tried, couldn’t open door etc. Saw pinch roller at the bottom of the box and luckily the retaining pin was floating around inside the unit. A quick look at the mechanism confirmed worst fears – the belts had reverted
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Not sure of the full story but think customer at some point had an accident (drink spillage) and tried clearing it up a while ago and the instrument had issues since. The biggest reported problems were a lot of keys were playing full volume (no velocity sensitivity), missing knobs on the control board and wobbly/intermittent
Nord Piano 3 repair (and refurbishment!) Read More »
Customer brought this vintage 80’s bit of kit to see if could get working as had sentimental value, they felt that the preamp was dead. Plugged in and there was no light on the preamp and indeed seemingly no output. However the preamp is powered from the power amp via a special cable, and could
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Customer brought this in with a nasty rattling sound and wanted a good going over, as hadn’t been used in a while and had some issues. All the tactile push buttons were oxidised and had to be stripped to be cleaned, restoring functionality. New batteries and backlight EL panel were ordered and arrived, testing the
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