Rockbox.org home
Downloads
Release release
Dev builds dev builds
Extras extras
themes themes
Documentation
Manual manual
Wiki wiki
Device Status device status
Support
Forums forums
Mailing lists mailing lists
IRC IRC
Development
Bugs bugs
Patches patches
Dev Guide dev guide
Search



Donate

Rockbox Technical Forums


Login with username, password and session length
Home Help Search Staff List Login Register
News:

Thank You for your continued support and contributions!

+  Rockbox Technical Forums
|-+  Support and General Use
| |-+  Hardware
| | |-+  Background noize, what to do? (hardware)
« previous next »
  • Print
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Background noize, what to do? (hardware)  (Read 1340 times)

Offline JustACat

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 1
Background noize, what to do? (hardware)
« on: June 24, 2007, 02:44:53 PM »
I know that it's a RockBox forum, but I have a problem and I don't know where to ask my question...

Yesterday the sound of my DAP (iriver h320) became bad.
It's not clear lika everytime erlier.
I have a background noize with the music especially if I increase the volume.
Also now I have a bad sound like a bass stroke (very loud click) when I plug in or plug out my earphones... Even if the music is stopped...
I check my earphones - they are fine.
And I check this problem on the original iriver firmware - same probmlem.
So I think it's a hardware problem. But what could happen with my DAP?
And what should I do? (The DAP is not on warranty, and I have not a service in my town.)
Maybe I could check something myself?
Give me some advices, please...
Logged

Offline threepointone

  • Member
  • *
  • Posts: 14
Re: Background noize, what to do? (hardware)
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2007, 10:12:07 PM »
chances are that "bass click" is from a voltage offset at the outputs of the iriver. If you can, you should check with a voltmeter--if there's DC from signal to ground more than 30mV or so, it's probably not good for your headphones and you risk damaging them if you use them too long.

I suspect one of the passive components (DC blocking output capacitor, possibly, especially if they used a tantalum) has gone bad. Or maybe one of the ICs died. Unfortunately, either way, I don't know how you could possibly fix it without some electronics / soldering iron experience. . .

Or a better idea, see if the line-out still works.
« Last Edit: June 28, 2007, 10:19:39 PM by threepointone »
Logged

  • Print
Pages: [1]
« previous next »
+  Rockbox Technical Forums
|-+  Support and General Use
| |-+  Hardware
| | |-+  Background noize, what to do? (hardware)
 

  • SMF 2.0.17 | SMF © 2019, Simple Machines
  • Rockbox Privacy Policy
  • XHTML
  • RSS
  • WAP2

Page created in 0.064 seconds with 15 queries.