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Topic: Can someone fix my Tubefex? |
Paul O'Bryan
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Adelaide. Australia
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Posted 6 Apr 2010 6:03 am |
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| I have a Tubefex that was loaded with Newman settings.It has the memory chip in it and no battery apparently. I loaned it to a steeler friend of mine and he said it just stopped working one night whilst using it. I use a small step down transformer to run it obviously because its 110v. It was a great machine. Now you turn it on and it clicks like it always did and the screen lights up green but has nothing on it. Sometimes some red lights light up around the nobs but not everytime.I have tried everything but nothing works.If i send it back to the US,could someone look at it that maybe able to fix it? |
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Brian Powell
From:
sparta tenn
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Posted 6 Apr 2010 6:47 am repair
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hi getin contact with ken fox at 229 455 3469 he will fix you right up brian 
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Marvin Born
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2010 4:19 pm
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You can try a factory reset. Its in the manual.
That did correct the problem in my TransTubeFlex and Session 2000.
However, it will erase all the user memories. If you don't have it backed up, already, you could try backing it up now. Maybe that section is still working.
Marvin |
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Dennis Wallis
From:
Arkansas
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Posted 6 Apr 2010 8:53 pm
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Mike Wheeler
From:
Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 10 Apr 2010 3:22 pm
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I'm sure you all have read the recommendations from Ken Fox about old amps needing new filter caps, and such. Well, the same holds true for our older electronic devices...like rack effects units.
Considering the age of some of our favorite devices, the filter caps are getting pretty long in the tooth. I have recently had to replace a bunch of them in my effects units. The symptoms were much like Paul describes. Defective caps can cause voltages to drop very low, which, in turn, causes the chips to behave erratically.
Of course, there could definitely be other issues, but I was surprised to find all my problem effects were fixed by replacing all the power supply caps with brand new ones.
Just something else to think about.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 11 Apr 2010 2:48 am
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| Peavey factory service center is where it needs to go for repair. Ken is an excellent tech and does a lot of work on Peavey's but with the processor and surface mount components I would send it directly to Peavey. |
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 11 Apr 2010 4:32 am
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| I totally agree with Jack, I do not work on SMT type circuits, I send them off to the factory. |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 11 Apr 2010 6:11 am
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Surfact mount components require specialized (high $$)equipment to replace components. Usually these units have multi layer PC boards which can also be an issue without specialized equipment. I had to send a Peavey XR600F PA mixer/amp to Peavey for repair because of the SMT components.
I worked in a (contractor) NASA PC board repair facility one time. This was before Surface Mount Technology but there were multi-layer PC boards and the repair facility had the needed equipment to work on these boards. I had a NASA soldering certificate at the time, which was a requirement bascially before they would let me in the door. |
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