jimbobvfr400 wrote: > I can see how that's annoying but on the other hand how much would you > pay for an expert to do this? Let's say its a couple of hours work to > diagnose it wouldn't be very long before you're paying far more than a > Radio is worth. > > It's fair enough if you have the spare time but quite difficult for it > to make business sense.
And that's why they don't even make cheap consumer electronics really serviceable anymoore the small surface mouth boards are one thing . But they probably don't even publish any kind of service manual or schematics ( to much work ) . The Bill of manufacturing for a Radio ( not the price ) is probably a tiny fraction of a work hour in the western world . So during warranty they just replace it and the broken ones goes to recycling . That is a bummer when you have legacy product with no current replacement what to do ? More expensive high end products products are serviceable , but they have a build that looks more like it used to be :) in the old days . My Meridian gear is modular on the inside , several sub boards that can be replaced and power supply module . I used to service industrial electronics large VSD system and stuff , but we exchanged whole circuit boards no soldering except in rare cases with really old stuff . On older products we could the board to our internal repair shop to get them fixed . But on more modern products no one repairs circuit boards it always makes more sense to get a new board , surface mount components and coating etc . And the coast of manufacturing is cheaper than repairing besides the quality standard can not be maintained if one tries to solder such a thing . If even possible to fault trace it's just a bunch if IC's nowadays ? You may need some specialised test equipment programmed to test that particular circuit board . Powers supply circuitry may be possible to follow if you got the skill and inclination , but if one of the smd circuits with like 200 legs on it seems to draw to much power how to be practical about that . So,it would be a hobby project to resurect such things good luck to anyone trying . A think the day of the repairshop is over , you just recycle stuff nowadays . OP keep us posted if do find out what's wrong , as there is no direct replacement we migth see more people needing this info . Cheers -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101548 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
