Volume knob replacement pot?

[HomieTheClown]

I hope I came to the right place because I am clueless on how to fix this. I am in need of a new potentiometer (pot) for my control pod. The pot that I am replacing is the one for the volume control knob. I have the ProMedia 2.1 speakers so my control pod has two knobs (main volume and subwoofer volume) 

 

I am replacing the main volume pot but heres the problem.  The cicruit board for the control pod has 6 holes that the main volume pot was soldered into. (See picture).  I'm not expert but don't most pots have 3 tabs?  I bought one (see pic) with 3 tabs but don't know if I need to get a special 6 tab pot or what?? I am in the middle of a project and can't do anything until I figure this out.

Edited April 22, 2015 by HomieTheClown

[jimjimbo]

Have you called Klipsch Customer Service?  That would be a good place to start.....

 

Klipsch Product Technical and Warranty Support
1-800-KLIPSCH (1-800-554-7724)
Mon - Fri, 8AM - 5PM ET

[HomieTheClown]

Have you called Klipsch Customer Service?  That would be a good place to start.....

 

Klipsch Product Technical and Warranty Support

1-800-KLIPSCH (1-800-554-7724)

Mon - Fri, 8AM - 5PM ET

 

I did. They said that the technical service that they offer to the customers does not have this info. They also said that their engineers would know this info but the tech service people don't have access to this info.  A waste of time.

[babadono]

So getting a replacement from Klipsch is a nogo? That sucks, been there, done that. Not with Klipsch but other manufacturers.---" the engineers know the answer to your question but you're a nobody so you can't talk to them". Anyway looks like its a dual ganged pot(2 separate pots on the same shaft) for controlling 2 speakers.

[mboxler]

The pot you bought is a Mono pot (one channel) and is a chassis mount.  Using your picture, left to right, ground, out, in.

 

You need a stereo pot.  Are you planning on soldering a new one to the pcb, or wiring a chassis mount to the pcb?

 

Do you have the old (broken) one?

 

Mike

[HomieTheClown]

The pot you bought is a Mono pot (one channel) and is a chassis mount.  Using your picture, left to right, ground, out, in.

 

You need a stereo pot.  Are you planning on soldering a new one to the pcb, or wiring a chassis mount to the pcb?

 

Do you have the old (broken) one?

 

Mike

 

Thanks guys for taking the time. I fixed my problem. Here's what I learned in case it helps someone else in the future.  I'm building an arcade cabinet and was using the ProMedia 2.1 speakers.My goal was to wire a pot in the front below the control panel (joystick area) that was available for anyone playing to adjust the volume. Because of the control pod, I couldn't just use it's main volume knob. I had to wire my own pot to the control pod's circuit board.

 

The pot in the pod was a 50k but I switched it with a 100k. I thought I was going to have to use a dual gang pot but I got away with a single gang pot because of the way the pod is wired. IF you look in my picture, you will see 6 holes. The main volume knob pot that was plugged into the pod had two functions. One is to raise and lower the volume of the headphone jack.(That is the 3 holes on the top). The other 3 holes ,on the bottom, is what I soldered my pot into. The bottom 3 holes control the volume for the actual system. 

 

 

 

I was reluctant to use a 100k pot since the pod was using a 50k, but it sounded fine.

 

MAJOR EDIT.....

 

I contacted a guy who has done some extensive work with some of the Promedia speaker series. He knew quite abit about the circuit diagrams.  Anyway I was completely wrong about how to wire it up. I posted a pic. Appearently I needed to use all 6 holes for my pot. I needed a dual gang potientiometer. It's sometimes called a double pot.  I simply soldered the six wires to the new pot and it worked. 

 

Normally a regualr pot has 3 tabs for 3 connection to whatever circuit board that it goes too. For stereo applications like these speakers, there is a left and right channel. With my previous mehtod, I was only adjusting one of the channels (left)   Oops.. Let this be a lesson learned heh.

 

It's hard to see, but there are six wires soldered to the board. Thanks Evan.

Edited April 23, 2015 by HomieTheClown

[mustang guy]

 

The pot you bought is a Mono pot (one channel) and is a chassis mount.  Using your picture, left to right, ground, out, in.

 

You need a stereo pot.  Are you planning on soldering a new one to the pcb, or wiring a chassis mount to the pcb?

 

Do you have the old (broken) one?

 

Mike

 

Thanks guys for taking the time. I fixed my problem. Here's what I learned in case it helps someone else in the future.  I'm building an arcade cabinet and was using the ProMedia 2.1 speakers.My goal was to wire a pot in the front below the control panel (joystick area) that was available for anyone playing to adjust the volume. Because of the control pod, I couldn't just use it's main volume knob. I had to wire my own pot to the control pod's circuit board.

 

The pot in the pod was a 50k but I switched it with a 100k. I thought I was going to have to use a dual gang pot but I got away with a single gang pot because of the way the pod is wired. IF you look in my picture, you will see 6 holes. The main volume knob pot that was plugged into the pod had two functions. One is to raise and lower the volume of the headphone jack.(That is the 3 holes on the top). The other 3 holes ,on the bottom, is what I soldered my pot into. The bottom 3 holes control the volume for the actual system. 

 

I was reluctant to use a 100k pot since the pod was using a 50k, but it sounded fine.

 

Wait just a doggone second. You are building a what?

 

You MUST post some pictures! That sounds very cool!