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Broken jack 1/4 into AUX/SEND plug...
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| Neo Hacker |
I got a gig tonight and I'm having trouble with my Xone92.
Basically, 2 jack 1/4 to rca are stuck into the AUX/RETURNS. Somehow I managed to break 2 jacks while they were plugged in the mixer and the end of the connector is stuck INSIDE the mixer. There's no way that I can take this out without unscrewing everything. By the end of the jack, I mean where
Problem is, I don't have the screwdriver needed. It's a TORX T10 but the smallest I got is a T15, and it's too big. So I can't take out the front panel to extract the broken jacks.
I know, I suck hard.
Now, I can live without AUX/RETURNS for tonight BUT is there any way I can do the gig with my Xone without harming it ? So far, I don't want to power it up in case that there's a short. I can see the broken jacks inside but it seems to have gone deeper.... |
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| hooj1 |
| turn it on. there is now major power source going through the 1/4 inch jack. if it is grounding out you will get a buzzing sound in that aux. no need to worry about shorting out the circuits inside the mixer. |
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| Neo Hacker |
Thank you, this is good to know :)
I just hope I'll be able to take out easily the broken jacks. Should be pretty easy with the pcb out of the case...no ? I should have access easily to that jack...
damn I need to be more careful with my stuff:( :( |
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| Fledz |
| How the hell do you break that in the first place, unless you drop it :conf: |
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| AnomalyConcept |
Can you not get pliers to get whatever is stuck out from the inside?
Also, if you need a custom screw bit, in a pinch you can take a (stiff) plastic rod that can melt such as the middle part of a typical Bic mechanical pencil and melt it until you have a blob of molten plastic. Then, take it and jam it against the screw and wait for the plastic to harden. You're effectively molding a plastic bit, which may not be extremely durable, but should be enough to remove the screws.
I've done this with an irregular triangle slot on a mouse. It takes a few tries, but it works. Just have a few rods available to sacrifice. |
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| Neo Hacker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fledz
How the hell do you break that in the first place, unless you drop it :conf: |
Well, I was unplugging my stuff and I always leave my mixer in the roadcase, so to unplug I have to lift the back of the mixer until I can take these wires and plugs out. But the mixer felt back in the roadcase while I was unplugging stuff so 2 adapters were broken. Bad luck...only bad luck I had all day.
When I got to my friend's house for my gig tonight, he actually had a screwdriver that I needed, the Torx T10. I opened the mixer and found out, unfortunatly, that the jacks aren't on the front panel, but on the backpanel and I didn't see anyway to remove that panel easily...so I put everything back and powered up the mixer and did my gig. I didn't have my EFX nor my Sampler so I was fine with no AUX/SENDS for tonight.
I don't think pliers will do it. I think it's too far and the broken adapters seem to be in a weird position so it would be very difficult to take them out throught the jack hole. Since all stores are closed until Thursday here in Montreal, I won't be able to get a Torx T10 so I'll see what I can do with pliers, but again, I doubt it will work.
I'm pretty sure an electronic store would be able to fix this but it would cost me. If I can learn how to do it it will help me if someday it happens again. Anyway I got 2 days with no stores nor repair shop opens...so I got time.
Thanks for the tips guys and if you have anymore hints on how to take this out, I'd be happy to hear them...
Oh and by the way, this was my second gig, and I had a blast. Now everyone wants to hire me as a DJ. I did 2 sets...Trance (Nic Chagall, Sander, Armin,...)& Prog (Deadmau5, Gabriel Batz...) I know maybe you don't care, but I'm glad to say this.
Happy new years guys :) |
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| Inertia |
congrats on the gig.
but yeah, broken connectors are a bitch. |
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| Mmanu |
Take the screws on the faceplate out, lift the whole lot out of the bottom piece and push the plugs out. It should be a fairly simple procedure. Get the screwdriver from a neighbour/friend ?
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| Ryan0751 |
Haha, thanks for posting my pics Manu.
You can see though that the AUX jacks aren't in that picture. When you remove the main mixer portion, there's an additional PCB left in the bottom part of the case that has most of the jacks on the back panel on it.
I would think you could get some sort of access to it though.
Call A+H? They are known for their support! |
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| Mmanu |
Hey happy new year ;)
Yea I remembered what you posted some time ago. Better to have a good picture rather than a long explanation.. |
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| Neo Hacker |
Hey guys ! :)
I managed to take the jacks out...it was harder than I thought. As I said in my previous post, I had to remove the back PCB, because the TRS connectors aren't on the front PCB. So I removed the back PCB, which was a simple procedure. Basically, all you have to do is unscrew the XLR connectors (and 1 screw near the RCA Record Out) and then unscrew the TRS connectors. Once everything have been unscrewed, remove the PCB. Now the tricky part.
There's not enough room between the PCB and the TRS Connector to take out the nose of a TRS. So I had to, and this is very tricky and takes time usually, align the nose correctly back into the TRS plug and then press the small clip (the clip which lock the connector when it's in the plug), while having the pcb upside down to let the nose fall on the ground and out of the connector. I'm saying it takes time, but it's about 4min each nose (I had 2 noses stuck). It's just trustrating sometimes because the nose really have to be correctly align, otherwise it will jam again into the plug.
now, everything seems to be ok. :)
Thank you guys and all the bests for the new year ! :) |
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