craftsman

So, you're basically saying that your 4.1s was taken out in a mob hit to the transistor... Obviously, witness protection isn't working!

I believe that the part you are looking for is "IRF740A". What makes you think that the transistor is dead?

That stuff that you see at the bottom (or top) of the capacitor is glue to hold the capacitor down. Every v2-400 has the same stuff.

Any news or updates on how the process went? Thanks

A lot of intermittent switch failures are casued by dirt/oil getting into the switch mechanism. You can try some contact cleaner on the switch itself - of course, that would involve taking the CP-1 apart.

I've read that people have replaced their woofers with ones from www.partsexpress.com. You can also see if you can purchase a dead 4.1 subwoofer and use those woofers.

If you don't mind used, ebay usually has tons of Promedia 2.1/4.1 speakers for sale.

Okay, I've looked and this is what I found - I checked every leg of the secondary of the transformer starting from pin 9: Pin 9 connected to a diode which is connected to R27 (820 Ohms 1/2 watt 1%) which is connected to ground. This could be the one since it has two small electrolytic capacitors near by - very similar to what you have.

Hi Didyman, Unfortunately, it does not look anything like the 120V version. The PCB layout doesn't even resemble mine....

Almost any 5.1 amp will do - it will depend on the feature set you want. If you want to go cheap, I would recommend that you check out the local pawn shop as 5.1 amps (or receivers) have been around for years. As for the sub, the same advice goes. Think of it as shopping for a cheap home theatre rather than computer speakers.

Sure.

The sats are basically an inexpensive speaker system. They will work on the majority of amps and subwoofer systems that are rated for an 8 ohm load. You can if you want get an cheap 5.1 amp and connect the sats to it...

Normally, that might be a good idea. However, from what I have seen the 120V and the 220V units are completely different animals internally.

Hi Mickstafa, I'm sorry to hear about your issue. I too have a very similar issue with my 4.1s - what you are describing is almost exactly what I have (except that I replaced R12). You have to remember that I replaced the components before anything happened. On my unit, the +/- voltage coming out of the board has issues, if I connect the white ribbon cables (one of them is input and the other is output) the power coming into the regulators goes close to zero - which tells me that there is short somewhere. I replaced the regulators and the same problem exist. Unfortunately, I don't have enough time right now to address the issue. What I ended up doing was finding a used PM5.1 sub on Ebay and connecting my sats to it. Works fine.

Sorry, I've got the North American model.