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K3PIN

No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade K3

I just upgraded the firmware in my k3(#2453) and now there's no audio from the internal speaker or the external speaker I have. I can get sound from the phone outputs. I think the FW upgrade fried my audio somehow. needless to say I'm pissed off! I aslo had another RF/SQl knob crack on me! maybe it is time to trash the k3 and go with a Flex 5000! Anyone else have a simular audio problem or any suggestions besides emailing and calling Elecraft which I already did.

Steve-K3PIN

Brett Howard

Re: No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade K3

Do you have mono plugs on any of your speakers?

~Brett (N7MG)

On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 11:13 -0700, K3PIN wrote:

> I just upgraded the firmware in my k3(#2453) and now there's no audio from
> the internal speaker or the external speaker I have. I can get sound from
> the phone outputs. I think the FW upgrade fried my audio somehow. needless
> to say I'm pissed off! I aslo had another RF/SQl knob crack on me! maybe it
> is time to trash the k3 and go with a Flex 5000! Anyone else have a simular
> audio problem or any suggestions besides emailing and calling Elecraft which
> I already did.
>
>
> Steve-K3PIN

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K3PIN

Re: No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade K3

No audio out of the radio speaker or external speaker after the FW upgrade?

Steve

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Do you have mono plugs on any of your speakers?

~Brett (N7MG)

On Sat, 2010-06-19 at 11:13 -0700, K3PIN wrote:

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Ken Kopp-3

Re: No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade K3

In reply to this post by K3PIN

Did / do you have a MONO speaker plug stuck
in the speaker jack? That's usually an audio
chip killer.

73! Ken Kopp - K0PP

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Dave Hachadorian

Re: No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade K3

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I'm not sure what happened in your FW upgrade, but the U1 audio
output chip is fragile. I have blown it twice now in two
different radios. Both radios had the "protective" AF Output Mod
installed. The chip is not replaceable in the field unless you
are an expert at soldering TINY little pins, VERY close together.
I'm a good solderer, and I had ordered the replacement chip, but,
after looking at it, I chickened out and sent the DSP boards to
the factory for repair.

Elecraft, the speaker amp needs to be more robust.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ

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From: "K3PIN" <[hidden email]>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 11:13 AM
To: <[hidden email]>
Subject: [Elecraft] No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade
K3

>
> I just upgraded the firmware in my k3(#2453) and now there's no
> audio from
> the internal speaker or the external speaker I have. I can get
> sound from
> the phone outputs. I think the FW upgrade fried my audio
> somehow. needless
> to say I'm pissed off! I aslo had another RF/SQl knob crack on
> me! maybe it
> is time to trash the k3 and go with a Flex 5000! Anyone else
> have a simular
> audio problem or any suggestions besides emailing and calling
> Elecraft which
> I already did.
>
>
> Steve-K3PIN
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N5GE

Re: No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade K3

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On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:13:40 -0700 (PDT), K3PIN <[hidden email]> wrote:

Upgrading firmware cannot disable your audio to the speakers.

I suspect the other posters are correct in their diagnosis of the speaker
malfunction.

I'm curious. What did Elecraft tell you when you called them?

If you called them or emailed them today, they may not be there, since it's
fathers day weekend.

Tom, N5GE
Licensed since 1976
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>
>I just upgraded the firmware in my k3(#2453) and now there's no audio from
>the internal speaker or the external speaker I have. I can get sound from
>the phone outputs. I think the FW upgrade fried my audio somehow. needless
>to say I'm pissed off! I aslo had another RF/SQl knob crack on me! maybe it
>is time to trash the k3 and go with a Flex 5000! Anyone else have a simular
>audio problem or any suggestions besides emailing and calling Elecraft which
>I already did.
>
>
>Steve-K3PIN

Amateur Radio Operator N5GE

Joe Subich, W4TV-4

Re: No Audio from speakers after FW 3.97 upgrade K3

Just last week someone mentioned a problem with lack of speaker
output after a DSP upgrade. That was traced to not properly
seating the front panel (front panel board thought headphones
were connected all the time).

Try Speaker + Phones to see if you get speaker audio to confirm
that diagnosis and/or remove and reseat the front panel assembly.

73,

... Joe, W4TV

On 6/19/2010 5:55 PM, Radio Amateur N5GE wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:13:40 -0700 (PDT), K3PIN<[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
> Upgrading firmware cannot disable your audio to the speakers.
>
> I suspect the other posters are correct in their diagnosis of the
> speaker malfunction.
>
> I'm curious. What did Elecraft tell you when you called them?
>
> If you called them or emailed them today, they may not be there,
> since it's fathers day weekend.
>
> Tom, N5GE Licensed since 1976 QCWA Life Member 35102
>
> [hidden email] http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net
>
>>
>> I just upgraded the firmware in my k3(#2453) and now there's no
>> audio from the internal speaker or the external speaker I have. I
>> can get sound from the phone outputs. I think the FW upgrade fried
>> my audio somehow. needless to say I'm pissed off! I aslo had
>> another RF/SQl knob crack on me! maybe it is time to trash the k3
>> and go with a Flex 5000! Anyone else have a simular audio problem
>> or any suggestions besides emailing and calling Elecraft which I
>> already did.
>>
>>
>> Steve-K3PIN
>
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