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Subject: Re: Master Volume Fader

From: "karmakater" <karmakater@...>
Date: 2013-02-13

Hi Paul, 

this Polaris is mine, i already changed the panels & this works fine.
and yea, i can turn on the TUNE LED and get plus-or-minus, so i think the slider is fine.
The volume is always on maximum, i change it now through the assignable volume control, 
this works. The master volume didn't work even before i changed the panels, i hoped that
this panel change might fix it.

If the problem is the transistor Q1, is it "easy" to change? 
I got a little experience in soldering.

Thanks  so far
cheers Harald






--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. DeRocco" wrote:
>
> > From: karmakater
> >
> > i've got a problem with the master volume slider
> > it doesn't work when i try to regulate the volume.
> > but it looks like the physical fader is ok,
> > the "tune one" works. i did this LF D4 check
> > and the LED lits when i turn the slider up.
> > (even though i don't know exactly whta this checks? that
> > there is an amount of 256 volume steps available?)
> > any ideas for that issue, cause changing the fader seems to
> > be a bit complicate..?
>
> When you say Tune One works, are you referring to the auto-tune function, or
> to the slider function when the LED is on? If you can turn on the TUNE LED
> and get plus-or-minus one semitone of master tuning range with the slider,
> then the slider is fine.
>
> If the slider itself still works, the only failure I can imagine which would
> leave the volume on at a fixed level is a failure on the output board, such
> as a short in transistor Q1. Is the volume at maximum, normal, or soft? Did
> the master volume work properly before, or is this a unit you just bought,
> and it's never worked for you? Or are you fixing someone else's Polaris?
>
> --
>
> Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul mailto:pderocco@...
>