TD-V26 Speaker and Antenna Replacement

Scritto Da: Munesh Singh
  • Commenti: 2
TD-V26 Speaker and Antenna Replacement

Difficoltà

Difficult

Passi

16

Tempo Necessario

45 minuti

Introduzione

Radios are an everyday household item that are quite easy to break down after a few years or can wear down after many uses. Broken radios often just sit and collect dust and take up space. Fortunately, you can fix those radios and make them a functional device in your workspace. You’ll need some common hand tools and some replacement parts.

Once finished you can enjoy the sweet sounds of your favorite radio station.

Here some other guides to complete this project:

Come saldare e dissaldare componenti elettrici

Come testare altoparlanti e cavi

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    • Observe what the problem is. Determine if the radio requires a Speaker change, an Antenna change or Both.

    • When the radio is on and all you hear is static and have cycled through some stations it is a good idea to assume the Antenna is broken

    • When the radio is on and you do not hear anything at all from the speaker with the volume up, then the Speaker is blown and needs replacing.

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    • After the diagnosis you can proceed to unscrew the Antenna located on the side of the plastic plate.

    • Using a #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the 1 mm screw on the side of the radio.

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    • Remove the plastic holder for the Antenna to release its holding.

    • You will need to pull it out of its hole in order to do this. This can be done by hand, but if it is hard to remove use a pinching tool to remove it.

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    • Using a heat gun, loosen the glue holding the face of the radio.

    • Be careful not to overheat the radio.

    • Hold the heat gun about 3 inches from the radio face while moving away from it to prevent overheating.

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    • Use a plastic opening tool to remove the face of the radio.

    • Be sure to do this while the face is warm so the glue is still loose.

    • An easy way to remove the face is starting at a flat area and moving to the corners of the face while turning the tool to lift the face up.

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    • Remove the radio's Antenna and Battery.

    • Place the face of the radio to the side for access to the Speaker.

    • Gently pull back on the face of the radio.

    • The wires are short so be careful not to snap/tear them!

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    • Place the face of the radio to the side with the battery and thread the Antenna through the inside compartment to remove it.

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    • Pry out the Speaker from its holding position in the frame of the radio.

    • If the speaker is hard to remove use some heat to loosen the glue holding it.

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    • Unplug the Speaker Wire from the circuit by pinching the small clip and wiggling it out.

    • Do not pull the wire to remove the plug. This could break the wire.

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    • Cut the wires of the Speaker and the Antenna as close to the old parts as possible.

    • Cutting the wires close to the broken part ensures more working space and room for error

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    • Strip the ends of the wires where you cut so that some wire is exposed to solder to the new parts.

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    • Solder the positive and negative terminals of the Speaker with its respective wires.

    • Both positive and negative poles should be indicated on the speaker. If not, check out the link to find the polarity of your speaker.

    • Solder the new Antenna on.

    • If you need any help with soldering or how to check on the speakers, check out the two links provided below:

    • Come saldare e dissaldare componenti elettrici

    • Come testare altoparlanti e cavi

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    • Place the Speaker back in the frame.

    • Fasten it down to make sure it holds. You can use glue around the edge to achieve this. Be sure it won't fall out when moved.

    • Place the Battery on top of the Speaker and plug in the Speaker Wire to the circuit of the radio.

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    • Take the Antenna and thread it through the hole at the top before placing it in the plastic holder at the bottom.

    • Replace the antenna screw to affix the antenna back onto the plastic base plate.

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    • Check that the Antenna can extend through the hole and place the plastic holder back in place.

    • Place the plastic ring back on to the Antenna opening.

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    • Glue around the main panel to secure it in place.

    • Apply some downward force until the glue starts to dry.

Conclusione

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Autore

Munesh Singh

Membro da: 27/01/21

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2 commenti

Question..I just bought a td v26 mini cube radio speaker a week ago but the battery drain is very severe. It used to last 5 hours but now I'm lucky to get 3-5 minutes out of it per a full 2 hour charge with a 5 v phone adapter. Everything else on the mini cube radio works just fine..but the battery drain issue is just too unreal!! It's a 600 mAh internal battery to my understanding. It would have been nice if it was a removable battery like on my cellphone! I've been researching this issue online and it appears to be a very common issue for many. I really like this mini cube radio speaker but I can only get it to play music and fm by my phone adapter attached to it and to a wall outlet only now.

I was also reading up on the music ang3l radio speaker which is almost identical to the td v26 cube radio... it s specs are 0.4-1.0 A

Power supply id DC 5v -1000 mAh.

Could it be that the td v26 usesthe same ampage too? Thenit would mean that it can only utilize a 5v and at the most around a 5v - 1.0A ..I used a 2.5A

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I used a 5v - 2.5A cellphone adapter. So maybe the ampage may have been too high..I don't know... usually if close in range Ampage is really not an issue..but being 5 volts only is a definite must to my understanding... need help please...and darn I have very bad eyesight too aka cataracts and diabetic blurry eyes and black floaters issues..and terminal bone cancer too in both hands and wrists. I really love this mini cubed radio..it's just the darn battery drain issue that is messing everything up! I don't want to send it back..I just need the battery fixed.

Btw..the music ang3l radio speaker uses a 1000 mAh battery. Both are also lithium-ion batteries to my understanding as well.

I don't think it would be a real biggy issue to fix..it's just that I'm dealing with terminal bone cancer and very blurry vision with added black eye floaters. Maybe I can thengive the info from this website afterwards to a repair guy or a good friend with steady hands and good eye vision in my town. Thanks...

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