Monsoon Planar Media 9 Audio System .Speaker Replacement

[bachfan77]

planar media 9 work without volume control?

planar media9 issue: can this play without the control puck? I opened the sub; fuse looks good still nothing; hook up the speakers to the sub with headphone plug to computer/iphone nothing? any ideas- really would love to get this working again.

 

[bachfan77]

hello David

Good to hear you got it going

I found my 3 boxes of monsson stuff.

dave

I need the control knob for the planar media 9; do you have one and if not will it work without; i just opened the sub and the fuse is good.

 

[bachfan77]

what stuff do you have? need the control center!

Good to hear you got it going

I found my 3 boxes of monsson stuff.

dave

 

[planet10]

I have lots of control centres, Don't know if any work. Also at least 1 complete system.

dave

 

[bachfan77]

great!! do you have a picture of one?

just to confirm we're talking apples to apples; also do you accept paypal?

 

[planet10]

Yes. I won't have a chance to even look at them till after diyFEST in 2 weeks.


dave

 

[bachfan77]

sounds good; i'll will reach out to you in 2 weeks

since you have 1 complete system; you can use that to test the other control centers to confirm if they do/do not work.

 

[planet10]

That is sort of the plan. They all have to be checked 1st, don't want to blow up the good system.

dave

 

[thoglette]

MH-502 system finally complete!!!

Got home today to see a pile of parcels on the stairs - great news!

One was a box from the USPS - the only thing it could be was a puck, power supply and sub for a MH-502 system. For which I've had the satellites for years!

Opened the box. Rattling noise. Oh-oh! Out come screwdrivers - fortunately USPS had only managed to knock part of the port loose (old hot glue is, well, old).

Stuck it back on and back together. Dug out a 240 to 110 converter and fired it up. Nothing. Nada. Keine. Wobble the puck. Some crackling.

Bypass puck and feed the system directly - it lives!!!

Sally Whitwell hammering out Philip Glass on a Stuart and Sons wundermachine.

And it sounds great! (Ok. for a pokey PC set up) Lynn Olson might not be overly impressed but I'm wrapped! (or is it rapped?)

Still got to fix the puck, or replace it. But I'm happy (and there's no hum, unlike my system 9)

 

[bachfan77]

control center

That is sort of the plan. They all have to be checked 1st, don't want to blow up the good system.

dave

dave,
please reply to this thread when you get back; thank-you in advance for your efforts.

 

[planet10]

During cleanup i set out the Monsoons (from the box of what should be working ones). Media 7 & 9 woofers/amps, 2 MH502 sats for Media 7, 8 planar sats for Media 9. 1 controller (i'm guessing it is a working one)

dave

 

[thoglette]

Planar 9 puck

planar media9 issue: can this play without the control puck? I opened the sub; fuse looks good still nothing; hook up the speakers to the sub with headphone plug to computer/iphone nothing? any ideas- really would love to get this working again.

The puck has both the volume control and the mute circuit.

IE the signal goes out to the puck and back again - the mute provides a DC signal to turn the amp on and off. (IIRC it's 5V for on, 5V off - but don't quote me).

If you can't find a puck I'll buzz mine out - I very much doubt there's anything active in it other than the LED - just two pots and a switch.

 

[bachfan77]

thanks for that

The puck has both the volume control and the mute circuit.

IE the signal goes out to the puck and back again - the mute provides a DC signal to turn the amp on and off. (IIRC it's 5V for on, 5V off - but don't quote me).

If you can't find a puck I'll buzz mine out - I very much doubt there's anything active in it other than the LED - just two pots and a switch.

So; I read that if you connect the two speakers to the bass module and run the headphone jack to your computer you'll get sound. I tried this with no success; David- I will be ready to proceed shortly have your returned from your trip.

Thanks!

 

[thoglette]

System 9 de-pucked

So; I read that if you connect the two speakers to the bass module and run the headphone jack to your computer you'll get sound. I tried this with no success; David- I will be ready to proceed shortly have your returned from your trip.

No - the System 9 puck has a mute function which turns off the amplifiers and the audio goes via the puck. No puck, no noise.

The MH-502 puck is just an in-wire volume control between the source and the amplifier system. It can be bypassed completely.

 

[bachfan77]

No - the System 9 puck has a mute function which turns off the amplifiers and the audio goes via the puck. No puck, no noise.

The MH-502 puck is just an in-wire volume control between the source and the amplifier system. It can be bypassed completely.

understand; hopefully planet10 can hook me up

 

[thoglette]

understand; hopefully planet10 can hook me up

Yup - took mine apart last night and there's a lot more in there than I expected. Lots of passives and an 8pin IC (dual op amp?)

Photos later

 

[thoglette]

System 9 puck

Photos later

Top and bottom of puck

 

[bachfan77]

Top and bottom of puck

the puck I have is fine it is the other end which plugs into the sub is destroyed

 

[thoglette]

Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

the puck I have is fine it is the other end which plugs into the sub is destroyed

Ah, well, that'll be the problem then!

The connectors are a dime a dozen MMSC 8-pin Mini–DIN Connector. If yours is completely banjax I can buzz out mine from the connector on the PCB to the mini-DIN

 

[bachfan77]

appreciate you willingness to help; however it appears that the cable is available however when you trace the cable to the control center it appears to be soldered into the board; so leads to the question how does one use a different cable to connect?