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Re: Can a GR-1210 No(i)se Ring be upgraded to a 1210A?

2004-12-20 by drmabuce

(!!!)
i stand corrected...
and just in time for xmas!
(mrs. mabuse makes little trophies out of these missed calls!)
thank you ! professor & a cool yule from all here at mabuse manor!
-doc


--- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, "grantrichter2001" <grichter@a...>
wrote:
> 
> Yes, just add the two jacks.
> 
> Sincerely, I did not realize so many people wanted a white noise 
> source, or I would have just done this to begin with. An honest 
> oversight. But since this is a genuine enhancement, it is not 
> covered under warranty. Parts cost is about 40 cents, and it 
> should take less than half an hour to complete.
> 
> Here are the instructions.
> 
> "Wire" is #24 stranded or equivalent. It is not critical. 
> 
> 1. Drill two 1/4" holes to the right of the "Chance In" and "External 
> Change" faceplate jacks and and halfway between those jacks 
> and the two output jacks (on the same horizontal line).
> 
> 2. Mount two Mouser Part # 16PJ135 jacks in the 1/4" holes, 
> oriented the same way as the existing jacks.
> 
> 3. The ground lugs for the new jacks should be touching the 
> ground bus wire. Solder both new ground lugs to the ground bus 
> wire.
> 
> 4. Find the wire going from PC board solder point J11 to the 
> switch input of the "Chance In" jack. Run another wire from either 
> of those points to the tip contact for the new "Noise Out" jack.
> 
> 5. Run a 4 inch wire from the tip contact of the new "External 
> Chance" jack to connector J4 on the printed circuit board.
> 
> 6. Your done! Enjoy!
> 
> Once again, Wiard has the brightest, most experienced user 
> base you could wish for. The feedback of excellent new ideas is 
> fantastic. Whenever practical, these new ideas are immediately 
> incorporated in production modules. It is certainly not a trick 
> designed to make you buy the same module twice!
> 
> As it happened, the Stooge Panel guys quized me about all 
> possible outputs to fill up the larger panel. Then Andrew 
> Scheidler asked me if I could do the same thing with the 
> Frac-Rac version. That just happened to coincide with switching 
> to the Schaeffer faceplates, and 5 weeks latter, all new Noise 
> Rings orders have been upgraded to 8 jacks.
> 
> --- In wiardgroup@yahoogroups.com, RSA <wiard300@y...> 
> wrote:
> > Does it just involve adding the 2 missing jacks?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Rob A.
> > 
> > PS the "Nose" Ring misspelling was humorous.

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