Joe Jedi Wiring Help Needed (big time)

[Zook]

zook per the shoutbox conversation yesterday, it was determined that the board was doa and is being returned to the sender for a refund.

ok sounds good then...just when I saw he had the + and - hooked up backward it had me thinking he put power to it that way which would have blown up the card which is his problem not the sellers.

Its just one of the things that bugs me. People make mistakes and then blame others for it and try to get refunds. I guess it bothers me so much because someone did it to me with a high end Holley 4 brl carburetor several years back. He tightened the bolts down too tight and cracked the mounting ear and warped the plate. Said it was like that when he got it even though I know better (been working on cars a lot longer than he) and he was there while my car was running with the carb just before taking it off. Sorry for the non saber rant lol.

anyway since he didn't mess it up as he said then he is entitled to a refund for sure.

edited for spelling...I was tired but I didn't think that tired (misspelling holley...I should be ashamed my car buddies would have a good laugh about that).

[Kal El Rah]

I guess it bothers me so much because someone did it to me with a high end Holly 4 brl carburetor several years back. He tightened the bolts down too tight and cracked the mounting ear and warped the plate. Said it was like that when he got it even though I know better (been working on cars a lot longer than he) and he was there while my car was running with the carb just before taking it off.

A buddy of mine did it to 2 carbs I loaned him, cost him some good money to replace the throttle plates.

[ThreeQuadFive]

Howdy, yeah never hooked it up with power in reverse.
Just noticed prior to powering it on that I had it reversed.

In the event that things go sour and I can't get a refund on a dud card, are there ways of repairing these?

Like replacing resistors and capacitors?

[Zook]

Howdy, yeah never hooked it up with power in reverse.
Just noticed prior to powering it on that I had it reversed.

In the event that things go sour and I can't get a refund on a dud card, are there ways of repairing these?

Like replacing resistors and capacitors?

well I replaced the transistor on mine but that was simply to fix the LED output. The sound worked...just no LED. Replaced the transistor and fixed the LED output (after tracing voltage from another board to see whats supposed to be where).

If yours is completely dead it might be possible to repair it but probably not since most of the stuff is surface mount and hard to find.

[Matt Thorn]

I can tell you from experience that the Joe Jedi will not take 4aaa batteries. You'll fry the sound for sure. (I did it, twice.) The Joe Jedi board is way too easy to kill, which makes me wonder why it is so popular.

[Zook]

I can tell you from experience that the Joe Jedi will not take 4aaa batteries. You'll fry the sound for sure. (I did it, twice.) The Joe Jedi board is way too easy to kill, which makes me wonder why it is so popular.

cheap...and at the time I got mine it was the only sound board I could find. I later bought a whole joe jedi kit for less than I would pay for a MR board but I only bought that to convert my Anakin AOTC hilt using the entire JJ piece like others have.

[cardcollector]

Where Cheap?!?!?!

I always see them sell for around $80 on ebay.

[xl97]

quick question..

I need to run an 'led' (small illuminated switch) of the 616..so it only comes on when the saber is on.. of course I wanted it on when either jedi or sith sound is on.. so Ineed to use the leads to the LED form the 616...

my question is:

do I need the Red/Green/Blue wires? (I'd solder them all together to form one lead to the leg on the switch)..

or do I need:

Red/Green/Blue/Brown?

I dont recall what the brown wire was for...

Im assuking I can use the bottom of the board as well.. in the order?

(Red/Green/Blue/Brown)

[xl97]

Where Cheap?!?!?!

I always see them sell for around $80 on ebay.

previously... you could get the whole KIT.. (all parts) at RadioShack for around $35...

[Matt Thorn]

Well, since it's been out of production for some two years now, it's not surprising the price has gone up. And now that we have economical alternatives to Force FX boards of any kind, the Joe Jedi is looking less and less appealing as a generic soundboard.