Custom Bass Cube Remote

[Kirghiz]

A while back someone here on the Phorum said that they had made a custom bass cube remote that the light brightened and dimmed depending on the boost level. Does anyone know who that might have been? My cube remote is going out, and I am exploring the possibility of having one made that better integrates to the dash.

Thanks in advance

[trickyricky]

How is your remote going out exactly? Potentiometer worn out/scratchy? Perhaps broken solder joint on one of the pots?

[Kirghiz]

Seems like there is a short in the dial where it turns it on/off. Road bumps make it cut on/off sometimes, and tapping the dial can do it too. It's probably a simple soldering fix.

Ever since I read where someone made one that you could tell what level the boost was from the light I have wanted one though, but that has been a few years since I read it.

[trickyricky]

Try using contact cleaner such as deoxit, spray it on the push/pull potentiometer (both the rear end and the front as the rear is the switch mechanism and the front is the potentiometer). Push/pull as well as rotating clockwise/counterclockwise about 20x once sprayed and see if that does the trick.

I made a few remotes but they are exact replicas (same push/pull switch and pots) so it doesn't have any LED dimmer. I can let you get one for 50.00 shipped if you can't get yours working.

[RayBuck]

Kirghriz I think you are referring to jacampb2 bass cube remotes I have one from him that I got a couple years back but haven't installed it yet I think that is how his works.

[RayBuck]

Pics

[RayBuck]

Trying to load pics not working yet

[Jacampb2]

That picture is not one of mine. The final revision of mine were pretty much identical to the stock PG remote, it even fit the stock bracket. I was not active here for about 4-5 years, but I think I recall reading about someone who was trying to duplicate my remotes and used one of my first revision board layouts that was missing one jumper in the board layout I posted. If I recall correctly they said that it caused the LED to vary in brightness based on the boost knob setting, but I am also almost certain that it was an error.

It would be easy enough to design one that works as you request, however, the push/pull switched pots that these used are getting hard to come by. No US retailers carry them anymore, and the manufacturer wants a run of 2000 to make them. As the most expensive part of the remote, I doubt that any of us could recoup our investment. To do what you want, and to not screw up the original remote output, we would need to source a dual gang push/pull switched pot. They do exist, but it will be even harder to source.

That said, I have purchased a few samples of the normal single gang push/pull pot we need from some Chinese wholesalers. If I can find one with decent quality it sounds like they will work on quantity with me. I have 5-10 of the US sourced pots as well as blank boards and the rest of the errata from back when I was doing a lot of this. I may start working on it again someday, but right now I have my plate full with repairs and a side project I took on for EricD.

**Edit for pics**

These are mine:





Thanks,
Jason

[trickyricky]

Here's the batch I made.

[RayBuck]

Sorry Jason I thought it was you. I need to go through my pm's. Who ever it was is from New Mexico.

[Jacampb2]

No need for apologies! We are all good. I think I did three different revisions total and probably sold somewhere around 50 of them. The first couple had different pot styles and I think my very first run had a separate on off switch, but I never built any on perf-board, so I can't say where it's from. I think a few different people made them again over the last few years.

Good Luck,
Jason

[Kirghiz]

Pics

Pretty sure that is the one I am thinking of if the lights in the center got brighter as the boost level was increased.

[RayBuck]

Got it from audiophyle_247