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Re: [chromapolaris] Polaris parts

2013-01-21 by Mario Faelli

Seat Paul ,
                 I follow your instructions , trying to we'll examine circuits and connectors !!!
It was the new Audio Jacks isolated from chassis replacing the old badly connected !!!!!!! Eh eh

I connect at first the jack without understand that the HIGH OUTPUT ones is a "switched jack" with normally closed contact ( T -> Ts )  . I do the work soldering again all the cables from output board to jacks , and now Polaris sounds fantastic !!! 

Lower F  , D 4
Only R45 trim not work trying to turn clockwise and counterclockwise , the master volume LED don't light !!
Should it be ADC ??

In any case today I try to SCOPE ( Packard Bell ) all the signals from Polaris :) ..

THANK YOU PAUL FOR HELP  
Ciao


Faelli Mario

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Il giorno 12/gen/2013, alle ore 03:25, "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@...m.com> ha scritto:

> > I'm interested to change the ADC, DAC, and if possible the 
> > most importante CHIPs in the Polaris.
> > 
> > Are they still on eBay, on I need to buy here ?
> 
> The ADC is available from various distributors, like Digikey, but the DAC
> may be hard to find.
> 
> But I don't think you should change chips, especially rare or expensive
> ones, in the blind hope that one will magically fix your problem. The right
> thing to do is to have a technician debug the problem properly, and figure
> out what's wrong by analyzing the clues in the behavior.
> 
> I don't know any repair technicians in your area, but there must be someone
> who is capable of understanding how the Polaris works, and who is
> experienced with a scope and other tools. The service manual has good
> descriptions. I know, I wrote them. Unfortunately, they're in English, so
> you would need someone who can understand technical English.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul mailto:pderocco@... 
> 
>

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