Help me remove a dual-gang pot out of the circuit!!

maglian · 7th August 2010, 10:32 AM

I got a Creative SBS 2.1 370 Desktop Speakers. Recently, one speaker stopped working or is very feeble. The other one is very good, works fine I mean. I'm sure that the POTENTIOMETER is faulty and causing all the problems. So I need to remove it, not replace. I don't need the volume control or the On/Off switch too (They are on the same board). Please tell me which wires need to be interconnected. I'm posting the pictures of the circuit, terminals, connector and the POT.

Picture 1 - View of the POT & the On/Off Switch
Picture 2 - Reverse side of the same board.
Picture 3 - The connector
Picture 4 - The cable with the RED marker is the output line. It has 3 wires(green,blue,yellow) + a portion of the Black wire. The other cable is the Input line, with 2 wires (red, white) + a portion of the black wire.

When connected to the socket, the green wire ends at the top of the board followed by white,red,blue yellow& black.

Find the pictures here

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maglian · 7th August 2010, 12:02 PM

Bump!!

epa · 9th August 2010, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maglian

Bump!!

i,am not an electrician,but here is what i would do.
first ,set de pot to the disered output,then desolder the pot whitout turning it.
then measure the resistance between each connection of the pot.
then simply solder resistors in place.
as for the on/of swich ,just bridge it in the on poss.(wire the legs together.)

hew128 · 17th December 2011, 12:25 AM

Hi,

Am experiencing similar problems with the same unit. Are you able to share the final resolution to the issue?

Thanks!

sreten · 17th December 2011, 03:45 PM

Hi,

To remove a pot you generally simply remove it and connect the
wiper point to the end of the pot point representing full volume.

rgds, sreten.

7th August 2010, 10:32 AM	#1
maglian diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2010	Help me remove a dual-gang pot out of the circuit!! I got a Creative SBS 2.1 370 Desktop Speakers. Recently, one speaker stopped working or is very feeble. The other one is very good, works fine I mean. I'm sure that the POTENTIOMETER is faulty and causing all the problems. So I need to remove it, not replace. I don't need the volume control or the On/Off switch too (They are on the same board). Please tell me which wires need to be interconnected. I'm posting the pictures of the circuit, terminals, connector and the POT. Picture 1 - View of the POT & the On/Off Switch Picture 2 - Reverse side of the same board. Picture 3 - The connector Picture 4 - The cable with the RED marker is the output line. It has 3 wires(green,blue,yellow) + a portion of the Black wire. The other cable is the Input line, with 2 wires (red, white) + a portion of the black wire. When connected to the socket, the green wire ends at the top of the board followed by white,red,blue yellow& black. Find the pictures here ImageShack Album - 4 images

17th December 2011, 03:45 PM	#5
sreten diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton UK	Hi, To remove a pot you generally simply remove it and connect the wiper point to the end of the pot point representing full volume. rgds, sreten. __________________ There is nothing so practical as a really good theory - Ludwig Boltzmann When your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail - Abraham Maslow

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7th August 2010, 12:02 PM	#2
maglian diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2010	Bump!!

17th December 2011, 12:25 AM	#4
hew128 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Singapore	Hi, Am experiencing similar problems with the same unit. Are you able to share the final resolution to the issue? Thanks!