Monday, November 22, 2010

On the Desk: Pioneer SX-1280

So I've had this beast for quite sometime and decided to dust it off and give it a listen. Dirty switches aside, it sounded quite good. Later today the FM tuner just stopped working. Signal meters still function but no sound. I can still listen to anything else plugged in but it's probably best to leave this unplugged this until it's serviced. My heart sank since I know this will be a tricky job. A bad ending to a even worse couple days off.

Here's a web photo I found that shows this off in a better perspective:


This looks like it could be too big of a project for me, and since it's not a total POS, it deserves better attention then I can give it. But you never know.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 26, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    you better hope it isn't one of the hard to find Ic chips. That's what it sounds like...try taking fm muting off or hit multipath and see if there is any sound

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  2. flux junkAugust 27, 2011 at 7:18 AM

    Hi there and thank you. When the multipath is pressed I do get tuning back although not good sound.

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  3. JimApril 15, 2015 at 1:37 PM

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  4. JimApril 15, 2015 at 1:39 PM

    I have a SX1280 with the same issue. Did you ever found out what the problem was? It would really help me out a lot! Thanks

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