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I would say that unless you are confident about dismantling your unit and changing components, the adaptor will do you fine - and you run no risk of breaking the HPM-10!
I have used my adaptor with no problems for almost 2 years now, and I know maplin still stock them as a mate works there and has recently bought one for his HPM-10
The choice is your's ;o)
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Posted: 2003-02-09 12:13:00
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ok i think i'll take the adapter and i've found a shop close to me so i'll go and have a look tomorrow . thanks
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Posted: 2003-02-09 12:36:00
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Unles ur an engineer or technician u wil be able to fixed it without the schmetic diagram, its ur fault coz u open it without thnkng that the parts of it are too much integrated and therfor disposable, for ur convinience i sugest u to buy a new one instead.
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Posted: 2003-02-09 12:42:00
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Could u post pics of what u did?
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Posted: 2003-02-09 12:46:00
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I’ve been busy thus I couldn’t check the topic, here comes the replies.
davebach172 where are you ? I need to find what those parts are.
Tias, if I could get a digi camera I would sent some pictures.
Mapua
I’m an electronic engineer, and no engineer or technician can fix it without a schematic unless he or she has the knowledge already. Dealing with SMD parts is no big deal if you know what you are doing and have the necessary tools. The device has many parts that you can take out and replace with a small soldering iron or heat gun, not so much disposable.
Oh by the way don’t worry about my convenience, I’m fine the way I’m. The question for this topic is, do you have any schematics or not ?
Bhang
If your right channel is not working, and if you are lucky either your earphone cable has a rupture inside somewhere or right earphone has a bad solder job and is not connected or the earphone jack is faulty or the earphone jack plug has a problem. Otherwise you need to open the device and have a look and don’t be too optimistic. If you haven’t electronic knowledge I strongly discourage you to do try this. Whoaa by the way I could buy it for 10 bucks man
nyk_2702
It is quite easy to open the player. You have to peel off the sticker underside of the device and pull out the two screws.
Mrwb
The part you tought that I’m looking is a crystal, I’m looking for the part which is just below this part.
Craggsy
It needs a little bit of patience and attention to the detail. Not so hard but I strongly advise you to not to try it if you are not familiar with soldering.
It depends on what you are looking for, if you don’t want to deal with the hassle of soldering you should better go with an adapter which would be a clean solution. Soldering the jack could easily torn into a mess and you should regret it after it is too late.
Driveforward
You are absolutely right. Good answer for craggsy’s question. If you think that you can do it, do it otherwise go to buy an adapter. In my case the goal is totally different. I wish I could find a schematic of this device and replace the non working components.
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Posted: 2003-02-10 22:30:00
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@Boogeyman
Im here! - sorry - have no net at home and have been actually working for a change! Will bring the player in tomorrow and will answer your questions - sorry bout the delay!
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Posted: 2003-02-11 11:37:00
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I could help you, boogieman.
I've got an electronics lab here so I could open my HPM-10 and unsolder the components you are missing and measure their component values.
You must only make a good pic of the board so I know which components to unsolder.
PM me. /floke
EDIT: Was a bit late
PM me if you still need some help...
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Posted: 2003-02-11 13:39:00
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Great Idea about the 2.5mm to 3.5mm jack, why didn't I think of that !!!
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Posted: 2003-02-11 13:54:00
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I've took pictures of the board. I can send them if you supply me an email.
There are two pin groups on the phone connector. The group on the left consists of two pins and these are power lines. The other group, the one on the right, has 8 pins.
I've checked the pins of the second group with an ohmmeter and surprised to see that other than the pin 6, all the pins are connected to the ground. Would you also please check this out and tell me what you've seen ?
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Posted: 2003-02-11 23:26:00
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@boogeyman
check your pm - theres my address you can send the pics to. Ive got it with me today so can check it out for you (when the boss is away!)
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Posted: 2003-02-12 10:56:00
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