Broken Kenwood VR-405?

[ptmoore]

I bought a Kenwood VR-405 off of craigslist today. The seller waited until I got to his house to tell me that the unit had been dropped earlier this morning, but it "worked for 5 years without problems."

Well, I get home and it won't power on. The standby light is not lit when the unit is plugged in.

I opened it up and found the fuse, which appeared to be not broken (although I am not totally sure). Is there something obvious that could be easily broken if dropped? Is this a power supply issue? Other than that, I really don't know what to do in order to possibly fix this thing. I have e-mailed the seller so maybe he can help with the repair costs.

Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!

-Patrick Moore

 

[markw]

Not much to say. This pretty much says it all.

I bought a Kenwood VR-405 off of craigslist today. The seller waited until I got to his house to tell me that the unit had been dropped earlier this morning, but it "worked for 5 years without problems."

That would immediately set off my BS detector.

First off, being the skeptical curmudgeon that I am, when I heard that, I would have asked to see/hear it work. ...at least through a pair of headphones.

In lieu of that I would have run, not walked out of the house.

At this point I would see if you can return it for what you paid. It's not worth the cost of repairs.

Sorry, but good luck. I hope he's a righteous dude and does what's right.

 

[Seth=L]

All I can say is that I hope you didn't put much in it. I have had two of those and one would short out if you touched the volume controller (not really a big beef for $5 and I sold it to a hock shop for $40).

 

[Dolby CP-200]

Good heavens above mate, well it could possibly well be a cracked PCB (printed circuit board) or one of the solder joints came dislodged from the circuit board track, it could be a hairline fracture.

 

[Seth=L]

Good heavens above mate, well it could possibly well be a cracked PCB (printed circuit board) or one of the solder joints came dislodged from the circuit board track, it could be a hairline fracture.

Similar problem to the one I had, it would work fine if the PCB was not moved from its comfort zone (very limited zone). Adjusting the volume was tedious because if the board moved in or out the relays would kick the unit off.

 

[rnatalli]

In lieu of that I would have run, not walked out of the house.

Second that.