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A mishap that occurred while setting up my Emulator in my new  
apartment broke the Mix Output jack on the rear.  The plastic shaft  
of the jack is broken, and the jack now seems to wiggle a bit where  
it is soldered to the output board.

The jack at first seemed usable in the interim, but every so often a  
loud Pop noise is produced from the audio output.  The last time it  
did that, I thought the output board was cooked, because the synth  
stopped producing sound entirely (even on the channel outputs)!   
Fortunately, the problem corrected itself after about half an hour;  
but needless to say, I'm not taking any chances by powering up the  
unit until this problem is fixed!

I don't trust myself with these kind of repairs.  Could someone be so  
kind as to recommend me someone familiar enough with the EII who  
could service my unit?  Ideally, I'd just like to send the output  
board to have the jack serviced, and not the whole synth.

Thank you kindly for your time!

\\ Arthur

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Arthur W. Green" <awg@...> 
wrote:
>
> A mishap that occurred while setting up my Emulator in my new  
> apartment broke the Mix Output jack on the rear.  The plastic 
shaft  
> of the jack is broken, and the jack now seems to wiggle a bit 
where  
> it is soldered to the output board.
> 
> The jack at first seemed usable in the interim, but every so often 
a  
> loud Pop noise is produced from the audio output.  The last time 
it  
> did that, I thought the output board was cooked, because the 
synth  
> stopped producing sound entirely (even on the channel outputs)!   
> Fortunately, the problem corrected itself after about half an 
hour;  
> but needless to say, I'm not taking any chances by powering up 
the  
> unit until this problem is fixed!
> 
> I don't trust myself with these kind of repairs.  Could someone be 
so  
> kind as to recommend me someone familiar enough with the EII who  
> could service my unit?  Ideally, I'd just like to send the output  
> board to have the jack serviced, and not the whole synth.
> 
> Thank you kindly for your time!
> 
> \\ Arthur
>


Re: Arthur:  First you should let us know where you are from. I am 
near Cleveland.   Second, the female board jacks are still 
available, but as I recall, my EII+ has two different style jacks, 
one a straight 2 connect and other may have a metal strip to lift 
ground.  Either way it is just a matter of unsoldering jack and 
resoldering new one to board.  If you are unable to find resources 
in your area just get back to me and we will go from there.   Doug

Hey Doug.............
My Emulator Darwin has an output jack with the outter
sleeve broken off as well.
Do you have a suggestion on a replacement part ?
I'm OK with removing and soldering in the new part,
but am clueless on what and where to get
replacements.............
Thanks everyone for the discussions.  Although I'm not
really vocal in the discussions, I read and learn from
them all.
Thanks again.
Dave 
> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "Arthur W.
> Green" <awg@...> 
> wrote:
> >
> > A mishap that occurred while setting up my
> Emulator in my new  
> > apartment broke the Mix Output jack on the rear. 
> The plastic 
> shaft  
> > of the jack is broken, and the jack now seems to
> wiggle a bit 
> where  
> > it is soldered to the output board.
> > 
> > The jack at first seemed usable in the interim,
> but every so often 
> a  
> > loud Pop noise is produced from the audio output. 
> The last time 
> it  
> > did that, I thought the output board was cooked,
> because the 
> synth  
> > stopped producing sound entirely (even on the
> channel outputs)!   
> > Fortunately, the problem corrected itself after
> about half an 
> hour;  
> > but needless to say, I'm not taking any chances by
> powering up 
> the  
> > unit until this problem is fixed!
> > 
> > I don't trust myself with these kind of repairs. 
> Could someone be 
> so  
> > kind as to recommend me someone familiar enough
> with the EII who  
> > could service my unit?  Ideally, I'd just like to
> send the output  
> > board to have the jack serviced, and not the whole
> synth.
> > 
> > Thank you kindly for your time!
> > 
> > \\ Arthur
> >
> 
> 
> Re: Arthur:  First you should let us know where you
> are from. I am 
> near Cleveland.   Second, the female board jacks are
> still 
> available, but as I recall, my EII+ has two
> different style jacks, 
> one a straight 2 connect and other may have a metal
> strip to lift 
> ground.  Either way it is just a matter of
> unsoldering jack and 
> resoldering new one to board.  If you are unable to
> find resources 
> in your area just get back to me and we will go from
> there.   Doug 
> 
>

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, David Dehart <mytunes@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hey Doug.............
> My Emulator Darwin has an output jack with the outter
> sleeve broken off as well.
> Do you have a suggestion on a replacement part ?
> I'm OK with removing and soldering in the new part,
> but am clueless on what and where to get
> replacements.............
> Thanks everyone for the discussions.  Although I'm not
> really vocal in the discussions, I read and learn from
> them all.
> Thanks again.
> Dave 
>

Hi Dave,  First contact would be EMU as this type jack is used on 
the E4xt as well.  Next would be DigiKey, they are helpful and had 
what I needed for the EII.  An interim fix would be to just go to 
radio shack and get a standard 1/4" female and fasten to case, run 
the wires to existing connector, not familiar with the Darwin layout,
but you would be up and running in the meantime.  When my out jack 
on the EII was accidentally broken I took one of the 8 independent 
out jacks off and used it until I got replacements.  If you are 
unable to find one, let me know and I will do some digging.  Doug

An interim fix would be
> to just go to 
> radio shack and get a standard 1/4" female and
> fasten to case, run 
> the wires to existing connector 

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Mirage in the new MISC folder of the photos section. [w]


       
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Hey Doug............
Thanks for taking the time to send the advice.  I'll
let you know what happens.
Dave

> --- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, David Dehart
> <mytunes@...> 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Doug.............
> > My Emulator Darwin has an output jack with the
> outter
> > sleeve broken off as well.
> > Do you have a suggestion on a replacement part ?
> > I'm OK with removing and soldering in the new
> part,
> > but am clueless on what and where to get
> > replacements.............
> > Thanks everyone for the discussions.  Although I'm
> not
> > really vocal in the discussions, I read and learn
> from
> > them all.
> > Thanks again.
> > Dave 
> >
> 
> Hi Dave,  First contact would be EMU as this type
> jack is used on 
> the E4xt as well.  Next would be DigiKey, they are
> helpful and had 
> what I needed for the EII.  An interim fix would be
> to just go to 
> radio shack and get a standard 1/4" female and
> fasten to case, run 
> the wires to existing connector, not familiar with
> the Darwin layout,
> but you would be up and running in the meantime. 
> When my out jack 
> on the EII was accidentally broken I took one of the
> 8 independent 
> out jacks off and used it until I got replacements. 
> If you are 
> unable to find one, let me know and I will do some
> digging.  Doug 
> 
>