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intransigent K5 buttons

2004-12-21 by Marvin Kaye

Hi folks,

I'm in the process of putting my studio back together and am using my 
K5 as a master controller.  I've got a new backlight on order (the 
inverter is ok) so that little item is taken care of.  I do have some 
buttons that don't always work on the first push and I thought I 
would follow the directions I found on the kfuenf.com site to clean 
them up, but my buttons don't seem to follow the same rules as those 
outlined in the tech area on kfuenf.com.  The individual switches are 
little cubic thingies, about 1/4" on a side, and the button head (the 
part you push on) mounts onto slots on either side of the switch 
actuator with a couple plastic tabs.  With the button removed from 
the switch I can see no apparent way to get into the switch itself to 
clean the contacts.  The switch actuator is captured by the switch 
body and it doesn't appear to be a user servicable part.  Have any of 
you run into this same problem with the switch type described, and if 
so, how did you deal with it?  I would imagine I should be able to 
squirt some electronics contact cleaner down around the edge of the 
actuator but I don't want to make matters worse instead of better.  
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I don't think so.  Any 
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance....

 <Marv>

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