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[P5ychoFox]

My newly acquired Lynx 2 has some odd problems:

It has no sound through the speaker or via the headphones socket. Is this a sound caps issue?

Also, the A and B buttons are activating on their own. E.g. on Kung Food, the main sprite just punches and kicks continuously. The D pad is ok though....this could be that the casing has been removed and put back on incorrectly - I hope so

Any ideas how to fix these issues?

Edited by P5ychoFox, Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:41 PM.

[sage]

for A and B, just clean the contacts below the buttons. they use graphite for getting the contact, and somtimes there is a little graphite dust under the button. is this is not working yet, it might be that the rubber is a bit old. what you can do then, is to add a small additional spacer, like a piece of paper or tape with a hole wher the contact has to be.

[karri]

P5ychoFox, on Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:40 PM, said:

My newly acquired Lynx 2 has some odd problems:

It has no sound through the speaker or via the headphones socket. Is this a sound caps issue?
Any ideas how to fix these issues?

This is a very common problem that comes when someone plugs something wrong into the headphone socket. It fries the speaker. Usually people plug in the AC/DC adapter there.

The first thing is to disconnect the speaker and test the headphones again. They may work now. It is easy to find a same size speaker from some electronics component store.

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Karri

[P5ychoFox]

karri, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:25 AM, said:

P5ychoFox, on Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:40 PM, said:

My newly acquired Lynx 2 has some odd problems:

It has no sound through the speaker or via the headphones socket. Is this a sound caps issue?
Any ideas how to fix these issues?

This is a very common problem that comes when someone plugs something wrong into the headphone socket. It fries the speaker. Usually people plug in the AC/DC adapter there.

The first thing is to disconnect the speaker and test the headphones again. They may work now. It is easy to find a same size speaker from some electronics component store.

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Karri

Many thanks Karri, I'll try that.

[P5ychoFox]

karri, on Sat Jan 14, 2012 6:25 AM, said:

P5ychoFox, on Thu Jan 12, 2012 2:40 PM, said:

My newly acquired Lynx 2 has some odd problems:

It has no sound through the speaker or via the headphones socket. Is this a sound caps issue?
Any ideas how to fix these issues?

This is a very common problem that comes when someone plugs something wrong into the headphone socket. It fries the speaker. Usually people plug in the AC/DC adapter there.

The first thing is to disconnect the speaker and test the headphones again. They may work now. It is easy to find a same size speaker from some electronics component store.

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Karri

If I need to replace the speaker, would a Game Gear speaker work as a substitute?

[P5ychoFox]

Just disconnected the speaker and still no sound through headphones Must be a caps issue?