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Old 29th June 2012, 11:34 AM
HPsauce HPsauce is offline
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Yes, I've got it, not the sort of thing I throw away!
This thread has good illustrations of the repair (ignore that it's about an A6 - it's the exact same unit): http://forums.audiworld.com/showthread.php?t=1728645

The board itself is a very tight fit sliding into slots on either side of the casing - obvious once you pull the end cover off.
I found that squeezing the top and bottom of the casing firmly between fingers and thumb (I put my thumb on the centre of mounting bracket) just bowed the sides out very slightly, but enough to let the board slide in and out easily.

Looking again at the soldering I'd say all 3 (2 for definite) have one terminal that looks "different" so is suspect, but redoing all 6 is advisable.

I'll just wait until the weekend to see if there's any other interest before sending a pm.

I'm in South Bucks, but believe you're in Essex. I'm not going that way in the foreseable future. Are you likely to be near me?

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On a tenuously-related note I heard some woman on Radio 4 this morning describing how she liked walking along the Yorkshire coast near Scarborough. Saying that what made it unusual was seeing the sea, as she came from "landlocked Essex".

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If you haven't explored the 350 miles of Essex coastline what are you waiting for?
As well as being a very rural county, dotted with pretty villages and picturesque countryside, Essex has one of the longest coastlines of any county in England. Indeed Essex boasts a real maritime flavour. The resorts of Southend-on-Sea, Clacton-on-Sea, and the quieter resorts of Walton-on-the-Naze and Frinton-on-Sea offer all the traditional fun of the seaside and more.
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