Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Here's a little more on fixing the pad from someone else. It's 
pretty much what I said, but it does have the radio shack part 
number for a new piezo: 
"Try:
1:
spray wd40 on a 1/4 jack and insert into the pad and move it around.
This cleans the contacts which sometimes oxidize.
2:
disassemble the pad, remove the circuit board, and resolder all
connections. Sometimes hairline fractures occur which are very hard
to see right at the point the through hole connects to the traces. 
You
may have to 'scratch' the trace to build a small solder bridge.

3:
Replace the piezo sensor with a Radio Shack 273-091 ( about $2 ).

4:
I have seen the pot on the circuit board go bad, again, this can be 
replaced
at Radio Shack

That's all there is - there's not much to one of these pads."

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "jadiebooshkie 
<jadiebooshkie@y...>" <jadiebooshkie@y...> wrote:
> 
> Hi guys! Need some help. I have a dual zone Yamaha cymbal pad, the 
> PCY65S, that came with my kit, and it was defective. I think the 
> connector( where the stereo cord plugs into the cymbal) is messed 
> up, but I can't be sure. If I jiggle the cord in the jack, it will 
> produce a sound. There than that it is dead. Yamaha replaced it 
with 
> a new one, but I have this one that doesn't work, and if I could 
fix 
> it, I would have another dual zone pad. How can I trouble shoot, 
and 
> fix it. I am a newbie to this hands on stuff, and I know some of 
you 
> guys can help me out. Also, do I need a special midi cable? I was 
> told that I needed one with a biult in opto-isolater (what ever 
THAT 
> is)...I wanna hook up my DTXpress II to my PC. ANY help will be 
> appreciated