I recently encountered another posting from an employee of company who commented that they had received a pallet of these all with the same defect. So this is a two-part question (finally getting around to actually stating the question, sorry): first, is it easy enough to get to them? And second, once I do, do you (or anyone else) have suggestions as to 2.5's that might be up to the task as I've described it? Thanks!ĭid anyone here ever unearth documentation for this radio or come to any conclusion on the cause of the issue? It's been five years since I posted elsewhere about the same issue described here.
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But I'm wondering if it would be a reasonable project to open this up and replace these 2.5's with something with a bit more high end (and maybe throttle that bass driver in the process)? My high frequency hearing is sub-par, so whatever these speakers do have, or did seem to have in the past, is probably lost on me. More pressing to me though is that it has practically zero high-end. how difficult is it to take this apart, and did your disassembly gain you easy access to the 2.5" drivers? I've had my Model 88 for a long time and, while I do quite like it in general terms, as another writer mentioned, it has way too much "bass" for my taste (I put that in quotes because I guess it's bumped electronically somehow, being a rather small 4" driver and all). OK.since I posted this I have had a chance to disassemble the radio. My best bet might be to just get another non working unit and swap some parts? This might be a lost cause but I am certainly willing to replace some components on the board level to try to repair it since no parts are available. I realize my explanations might be a bit confusing. I appreciate anyone that has ever experienced any of these problems with audio equipment to comment. The radio has three audio settings (stereo, wide, and mono) in stereo, only the left speaker and sub-woofer is working, in wide all 3 speakers seem to be working fine, and in mono none of the speakers work.Ģ) If you do nothing and let it play, after about 2 minutes the audio will slowly fade out, the only way to get it back is to raise and lower the volume back to volume level 3 or 2, or if you go higher it will sometimes come back on at say volume level 6 but the volume is no louder, so I'm not sure the volume control is even working.ģ) When you push the volume up or down buttons there is a pop each time.Ĥ) One last weird thing, it has a AUX input, I hooked my IPod into it and it behaves the same way as the radio (audio fading out, bringing it back with volume level change) but when I went higher in the volume level, say 11 or higher, the radio could be heard bleeding through. Also, I spent a little more time after re-assembly trying to determine the exact symptoms:ġ) when you turn the radio on it goes to volume level 3 and it plays the radio. Also, there are no pushbuttons on the control board like I expected, just graphite contact points pushing against the board to activate the switch. hotspots, loose connections, water damage etc.
Mainly I was just inspecting it to see if I could find any obvious signs of concern, I found nothing suspicious, i.e.
Could it be a grounding problem, or a speaker problem? Just hoping for any feedback, these are incredible little radios when working properly, but nobody repairs them so you kind of have to give it a shot yourself. I don't have a scope so I can't follow the audio, I'm hoping to just try replacing a few parts, visual search for bad connections. My first thought is a possible bad control pushbutton or poor connection (cold solder joint etc) I can't see a problem but just curious if anyone thinks it might be worth the trouble to replace these or does this sound like and IC problem? I do not have a schematic nor is there one available to my knowledge. Volume controls are digital, so it's not something simple like a dirty volume control pot. I have a Model 88 that sounds fantastic when you first turn it on, but after a few minutes it goes completely silent, but you can get it back by adjusting the volume up or down.
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