lemmy999 wrote: > I have two Radios. One started having problems with not getting good > connection where the power plug inserted in to the back. I ended up > taking the Radio apart and fixing the problem. I had a replacement jack > but was able to fix it with a little solder. It has been working fine > now for a year since the repair. The 2nd one is about a year newer and > one day I came on and it was off. I thought it was a similar issue but > I took it apart and found that the jack was in perfect shape and that > the ~18V was making it on to the little "daughter board" and also making > it down to the main board. However I am having a hard time tracing where > the power is routed from that point. On the working Radio those > electrolytic capacitors near the bottom left (when viewing from the > back...just below the daughter board) have 18V and (I think) 1.5V on > them. On the dead one there is no voltage there. So if I had some idea > of where the power was routed from where it comes on to the main board I > might be able to fix it. Has anyone on here ever worked on the circuit > boards of these? Thanks.
Have you tried removing and reinserting the power jack a few times?, this sometimes kicks it into life! I have two radios and occasionally they will not charge when the power jack is inserted but repeated insertions eventually work. I have no idea why. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ slartibartfast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35609 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100255 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
