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Hi all,

First post so I apologise in advance for coming in with a question that's probably quite technical.

OK, I have a DSS1 that is being a bit naughty with me. Last week I put my headphones into the beast and it went crackly.... ever since then the right side of my headphones and also the Right jack plug is dead. I have tried contact cleaner, I have even opened up the machine to see if there was anything silly happening like a loose connection or a dry solder. Nothing!!

Any idea's on how to fix the problem would be appreciated. If there are any techy types I'm open to suggestions and don't mind wielding a soldering iron. I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination but help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!!

Anybody?? Any electronics experts in house that could help me pinpoint a problem?

Hi Pauly Q,

I think i had a similar problem with my DSS1.
When I inspected the connectors, i found out that the plastic of a (switching)connector was bursted/cracked, in a such a way that the metal points that form the switch of the switching mechanism worked no more.
I could not glue the connector together again, can't remember why.
The connector in question is a very rare Japanese type, i was lucky to
find (after some searching) a similar one in an old cheaply made Sharp double cassettedeck (from the end of the eighies, (same era as the Dss1), it must have sold a lot at that time, so with some luck you'll find one on the electronic scrapheap).
After replacing the connector my Dss1 worked and still works real fine.

Thank you for that I'd lost hope.

OK, now, being a novice at electronics which board should I be looking at inside the DSS1 and would you have a Part No or picture so I know what to look for?

Cheers, and very much appreciated.

Sorry to bang on but can anybody help me?? See Above.........ta.