repairs required

[mr Mag00]

Hi I have dropped something on my creative speakers volume control for my pc speakers. i have opened it up and the variable resistor is broken, i assume a variable resistor from o level physics x number of years ago .

these speakers do not work without this contoller the resistor has b50k written on i have 'googled' but found nothing

it is a round adjuster with 5 'feet' which solder on to the board and control the volume. there are no spare controllers available this needs a repair. anyone on here prepared to undertake the job?

or does anyone have a spare controller for a creative I-trigue 5600 system, highly unlikely.



cheers

 

[mr Mag00]

aww come on people??

 

[twowheelsgood]

A simple rotary 2-way pot. Acts as a gain control for each channel probably.

Something like this (the 47k one should be OK).

http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=2207
or a minature one
http://maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=2204 (but no 47k option here - try similar from Tandy or RS).

I wouldn't guarantee the pin-out though. The joy of "standards" is that there are so many to choose from...

 

[PatrickPending]

assuming its just the shaft thats broken, you should be able to use a multimeter in resistive mode to find out which pin is which.....

I'd guess you have a common earth, 2 wiper connections one for each channel, and 2 for the signals from each channel

oh and volume pots are normally log mind you that is not necessarilly the case

 

[mr Mag00]

no it is not the shaft the whole thing got crushed and the feet on the potentiometer are broken so need to remove and solder in new one.

i saw those on maplins twowheelsgood and they look nothing like mine. i must try and post a pic.