Re: Lexicon front panel display

["Nik" <fluke@gotadsl.co.uk>]

Bad solder joint.
Backlights for displays often have a little circuit to generate high 
voltage 
for them. This circuit cutting in and out could certainly put noise onto 
the 
audio signal path.
Alternatively the fault could be in the power supply.
Either way, take it to a good tech.

Nik

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mungenast@earthlink.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 4:43 PM
Subject: OT: Lexicon front panel display


> Hi Gang:
> I need to pick your mighty, collective brain.
>
> My Lexicon MPX-500's front panel display flickers, sometimes to the 
>point 
> of invisibility, and when it does, it also makes this disconcerting 
>burst 
> of white noise, a sputtering crunch not unlike a tube amp that hasn't 
>been 
> serviced in a long time.
>
> I have measured the wall voltage to check for fluctuations, but the 
> voltage stays steady while my beloved box makes that dire noise and the 
> display flickers like the lights on the Titanic,so I'm pretty sure it's 
> not a surge/brownout issue.
>
> I'd be grateful for any ideas.
>
> Yours in SOund,
> Tim
> www.mungenast.com
> www.myspace/timmungenast
>
>