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Its been a few weeks at least, and the speakers have never sounded better. Again, im sure there is something better then WD-40 out there, but its a poor mans fix, and I have had absolutely no problems with it whatsoever. Contact cleaner might be a better solution, but for me, it was either upgrade or try and fix this set with whatever means I had. WD40 has always been my friend, (I figured duct taping it wouldnt do much) so I gave it a shot. Anyways, glad I could help out some other klipsch owners. Im suprised klipsch hasnt started selling a CP "cleaner" for 29.99 a bottle.

---------------- On 8/21/2003 3:24:15 PM pgde wrote: Interesting. Some questions: Won't WD-40 mess up the connections since it is greasy? Isn't it conductive? Didn't it make a mess of your control pod? How would it fix crackling? Thx P. ---------------- no, WD-40 is ok for these conections. It doesnt take long for it to evaporate anyways in open air, so its not a problem there. As far as being conductive, im not sure, but yet again, I think its ok because it will evaporate. All its doing is cleaning the connections on the volume control, I didnt "soak" the entire board if thats what you mean. I guess some expensive electronics cleaner would be a better alternative, but I was just willing to risk it and it has worked out great. The crackling that I used to get was when I would turn the volume knob back and forth. There must have been something on the contacts, so just by getting something in there to clean the contacts it cured the crackling problem.

Im sure this is possible. I think the easiest way with the least fuss would be to run the inputs through your computer. Your TV reciever, or DVD player should have a set of RCA outs. You will need a converter to convert from RCA to a 1/4" mini plug I believe which can easily be found at radio shack or best buy. Run this into your computer sound card's line in port, which is usually blue. Then make sure to unmute your line in and you should hear the output from your DVD player played over your klipsch's. I hope this helps.

Check my post, it worked for me... http://forums.klipsch.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=38106&sessionID={5953417C-D5C0-49DE-BE49-C94C2EA3C5D9}

Hello All, I finally had enough with the static when I turned the volume knob of my 4.1's. I decided to take the control pod apart and fix it. Here are the steps. 1. Slide the control pod away from the speaker. 2. Remove the 4 screws and cover using a phillips head screwdriver. 3. Remove 2 more screws and flip over the PCB board. 4. You should see the volume knob, connected to a sliver knob. This silver part is attached to a blue box. In between the silver knob and the blue box you will see a thin gap (see attached picture). Take a can of WD40 and spray generously into the gap. Keep turning the knob back and forth to make sure it soaks in. (I did this with the speakers on to hear the static go away....DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK) 5. Put back together. Voila! Klipsch, shame on you for not posting an easy fix for this problem. Stop trying to sell your "new" CP-1! You are losing me as a customer. Great product, but I Dont feel like getting hustled because you made a design mistake.