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Title: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: McGirr01 on December 05, 2016, 04:52:43 PM
We bought a dancing Santa for the store and everything was working well,  dancing and singing but now he has stopped singing. I checked the wiring and all looks good. I even connected another speaker and you hear the sound for a second then nothing. The sound is crackling and then goes off.

Rang the supplier and they will give us a part refund as the cost to ship a new one is $160.

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It must be something simple.

Mark

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Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: HKB Electronics on December 05, 2016, 05:43:48 PM
Unfortunately these devices aren't as simple as they seem, it will have a microprocessor that does all the smarts, one output of the micro most likely drives a small audio output stage, if you have access to an oscilloscope, scope the outputs of the micro and see if audio is coming out of it, it may be in analogue or digital, if digital you'll see a stream of spikes that will feed into a filter, you should see audio wave form on the output of the filter. Also worth checking the plug pack.

You may have a dry joint, a fault in the audio amp if it has one or the micro itself could be faulty or have a data corruption.

Depending on how much it will cost to ship it back might be worth doing that or try for a better refund and cut your loses.

Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: McGirr on December 05, 2016, 06:04:21 PM
Yes something so small can be so complicated. Will try and see what I can do without blowing Santa up.  ;D

Thanks for the reply.

Mark
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: speewa158 on December 05, 2016, 06:13:33 PM
   Narrr Blow him up   ,     For many years he has Stuffed up my order  . ::)
What is complicated about " 1 Black H2 Hummer stuffed full of Cold  VB   Cans  " & an Unlimited fuel /service Card .
The closest l have got is a pair of black thongs  :'( :'(                  >:D
Worn Out Geriatric Fool       , Don't stuff this year or it might get nasty       :angel:
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: briann532 on December 05, 2016, 06:18:16 PM
Ok Jaimie.
That's enough......

Seriously the thought of you in a black thong is just........well.............WRONG!!!!

And a pair of them. Weekday and weekend outfits.....Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: speewa158 on December 05, 2016, 06:23:09 PM
Ok Jaimie.
That's enough......

Seriously the thought of you in a black thong is just........well.............WRONG!!!!

And a pair of them. Weekday and weekend outfits.....Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......

 ;D ;D ;D


                                  On The Feet l meant you sickoO  ::)
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: b1 on December 05, 2016, 06:40:24 PM
guage should be at least B&S 6  ;D

but agree with HKB. If you gently tug and push on the wires one at a time does it come good ?

I found a similiar problem at home and the problem would come and go. Eventually worked out which wire was causing the problem. When the particular wire was pushed, the wire came away from the PCB at the back taking the solder joint with it. Scratched a bit of the green stuff off the PCB and soldered the wire to the track. Problem fixed  ;D
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: GeoffA on December 05, 2016, 06:43:44 PM
We bought a dancing Santa for the store and everything was working well,  dancing and singing but now he has stopped singing. I checked the wiring and all looks good. I even connected another speaker and you hear the sound for a second then nothing. The sound is crackling and then goes off.

Rang the supplier and they will give us a part refund as the cost to ship a new one is $160.

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161205/6b871067487e48113497c18e784c1b5c.jpg)

(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161205/29b95e271f47ea1e54996fbe43b15773.jpg)

It must be something simple.

Mark

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk


Welcome to MySwag....hope you enjoy your stay.... ;D
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: b1 on December 05, 2016, 06:47:36 PM
Welcome to MySwag....hope you enjoy your stay.... ;D
Bet you a Penny he won't last  ;D
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: briann532 on December 05, 2016, 06:48:47 PM

                                  On The Feet l meant you sickoO  ::)

Yeah........Sure...............
  :angel:
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: McGirr on December 05, 2016, 07:32:08 PM
Why has my name changed from McGirr to McGirr 01  ???

Mark
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: McGirr on December 05, 2016, 07:33:09 PM
guage should be at least B&S 6  ;D

but agree with HKB. If you gently tug and push on the wires one at a time does it come good ?

I found a similiar problem at home and the problem would come and go. Eventually worked out which wire was causing the problem. When the particular wire was pushed, the wire came away from the PCB at the back taking the solder joint with it. Scratched a bit of the green stuff off the PCB and soldered the wire to the track. Problem fixed  ;D

Will try that and see what happens

Mark
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: KingBilly on December 05, 2016, 08:27:33 PM
Why has my name changed from McGirr to McGirr 01  ???

Mark

If you can't log in after all this time without creating a new account, what f*%#$ing hope has the dancing Santa got?

KB
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: McGirr on December 05, 2016, 08:31:24 PM
Ha ha...I logged in on Tapatalk it must have changed my profile on there.

Mark
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: duggie on December 05, 2016, 08:42:16 PM
Split personality  ???

Why has my name changed from McGirr to McGirr 01  ???

Mark

Or maybe OLDTIMERS   >:D
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: tracker on December 05, 2016, 09:01:16 PM
Ok Jaimie.
That's enough......

Seriously the thought of you in a black thong is just........well.............WRONG!!!!

And a pair of them. Weekday and weekend outfits.....Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......

 ;D ;D ;D

This is getting out of hand..... :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: edz on December 05, 2016, 10:25:24 PM
Could always just tuck an ipod in Santa's sack and let it play while he dances . ;D
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: Fizzie on December 06, 2016, 08:03:31 AM
And a pair of them. Weekday and weekend outfits.....Hmmmmmmmmmmmm......

The weekend set probably has lace & sequins  >:D
Title: Re: Need help with my dancing Santa
Post by: speewa158 on December 08, 2016, 08:17:13 AM
Why is it that you leave this to the end of the year to start this , when everybody is busy . Poor planning as you have had all year to fix this     :'(       >:D                      :cheers: