elliot-tronics
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Elliott, do you have an update on the amp repair for Kenny in NY? I can appreciate that you do this in your spare time and it's a lot of work, but you haven't replied to my last few e-mails, so I figured I'd give it a shot on here and hope for the same luck some others have had.
I haven't seen my poor amp in over two months, which is a while longer than the 30-business day estimate I got from you back in May. I'm actually a different address, now, so let me know the best way to send that to you privately. Thanks!
...After looking at it again last night I think the part number is CNR-14-D-181K which would make it a 115Vrms varistor with 300v clamping.
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Updates are needed please. I'd like to know the progress on mine as well...
Elliott, any update on the 5.1 amp repair for Justin in NY? I've sent a several emails over the last few months with no response, and it seems this forum is the best way to get in touch with you. About two months ago you said you were waiting on parts, but also indicated the amp would be ready within the week.
I really appreciate you spending your free time to help us desperate Klipsch owners. It's a great service and I can only imagine how many systems you must be working on, but I am hoping to get the amp back shortly (sent it to you in march). Please let me know and thanks again.
Thanks scooter_b, much appreciated. Sorry to hear about your amp, any idea where the failure is? What part stopped working (speakers, sub, control pod, all)? Burn marks may not show up on the top side of the boards assuming it was heat failure (they were hard to spot on my PMU 5.1 AC/DC Converter), but they should be very visible on the bottom. Resistors that look brown or splotchy brown or somewhat melted diodes are a good sign to follow.
Hi, updates were sent to your regular e-mails, let me know if you have other questions...
Elliott
Came back from vacation to find the whole thing non-functional. Have been pouring through the schematics that are available here: Dale Thompson's site to figure out how this thing works. My +/-15V supply voltage is sitting at about 3V (not sure what the other ones are... haven't measured them yet) and I know that one of the FET's on the sub-woofer amplifier board is shorted. Going to attack this first. I haven't found any toasted resistors yet. A couple look like they see some heat.
Can anybody answer this question... If you plug in a set of headphones into the headphone jack on the control pod, does that turn off the sound to the satellites and sub-woofer? The only reason I ask is that one of the problems I have is that the headphone jack doesn't work at all. I've looked at the schematic of the pod and of the I/O board where most of the circuitry is located and I've been able to verify that the circuitry seems to be working. One of the things that I do not understand though is how the HP-mode signal that comes from the microcontroller in the pod functions. There is no signal coming from the headphone jack that goes to the microcontroller so how would the microcontroller know when a headphone is plugged in?
I'll post more as I find out more.
The headphone jack works when you press the power button momentarily. It flips a relay on the line filter board that shuts down the speaker/sub power circuits and activates headphone amp output (HP blinks several times). The headphone jack doesn't get any power unless the mode is switched and just plugging in headphones while in speaker mode will not do anything at all. No offense if you know this, just answering the question as you posted it.
Got my 4.1 amp back from Elliot. Works great! So nice to have the system back up and running. If you need your amp fixed, email him, he will do it right.![]()
Good to hear that, but I haven't receive my amp back from Elliot yet and it's been two months already since I sent it to him for repair....
Have you emailed him? I got my amp back within 4 weeks of sending it to him.
I had no issues with emailing him or getting a hold of him through [H].
Hopefully he'll post on here and update you on your amp.
Hi, I got a question..
Eliott actually fixed my speakers about a year ago. Now the speakers died on me again, this time it's a blown fuse. I replaced the fuse with one from radio shack, and it immediately blew again. Any idea what's at fault? The speakers are powered off of my UPS unit, which also feeds the computer, so there should not have been any power spikes.
Elliott, any update on the 5.1 amp repair for Justin in NY? I've sent a several emails over the last few months with no response, and it seems this forum is the best way to get in touch with you. About two months ago you said you were waiting on parts, but also indicated the amp would be ready within the week.
I really appreciate you spending your free time to help us desperate Klipsch owners. It's a great service and I can only imagine how many systems you must be working on, but I am hoping to get the amp back shortly (sent it to you in march). Please let me know and thanks again.