LTD OCTANE REPAIRER

jinglis · Post by **jinglis** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:14 am

a channel has blown on my limited edition phoenix gold octane amp

the channel is on the high pass section of the amp and is the left channel

i currently have the amp in the UK and noone can fix the problem and due to the nature of the amp i will be willing to ship it to the USA to have it fixed price dependant.

im hoping some1 on here can help with this, i should be able to get an engineers report of exactly what is wrong with the amp to help out the situation

thanks

James

Post by **AVICJR** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:36 am

Is it for sure blown? Reason I ask is because the pots on the xover for that line of amps tended to have issues. If you "play" with the pot turning it up and down it may temporarily resolve your issue.

You can do a search on this forum for more info.

jinglis · Post by **jinglis** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:03 am

well the amp is still at the place that was trying to fix it but when i get it back i will have a play but it only seems that one of the channels is down wouldnt the x over affected both channels?

also has anyone got the workshop mannuals for the ti400.2 amp as this might help fix the problem

shaheen · Post by **shaheen** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:28 am

Speak to Marko on the phorum he has done some reapirs, alternativly take the cover off the amp , show us whats is going on and we can point u in the right direction.

Or I will buy the amp from you

jinglis · Post by **jinglis** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:35 am

all you lot are the same

i already spoke to marko who offered to buy the amp lol

and i dont have the amp back yet i got a call today saying that the engineer couldnt fix the amp

shaheen · Post by **shaheen** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:40 am

Well then you have 3 options,

1. doc fosgate - Have his details
2. Cecil - Someone here will be able to provide them , I just did not note them the last time, both can repair your amp.
3. Sell me the amp , Marko will not mind

, I can collect

No seriously , let me know if u want details , some of these guys with good enough pics will tell u what is needed too

marko · Post by **marko** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:04 am

it might be easier/cheaper to source a zx400ti and swap the guts out. to ship that beast back and forth then pay for repairs would cost a pretty packet... that's what i'd do if i had the amp.

SolacE · Post by **SolacE** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:39 pm

I dont think it would be worth repairing it...just send it to me for disposal.

tipracer · Post by **tipracer** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:15 pm

shipping will kill you, sending part of it might work out better for you, lots of padding

Post by **AVICJR** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:29 pm

jinglis wrote:well the amp is still at the place that was trying to fix it but when i get it back i will have a play but it only seems that one of the channels is down wouldnt the x over affected both channels?

also has anyone got the workshop mannuals for the ti400.2 amp as this might help fix the problem

PG doesn't release the schematics on amps if that's what you are asking. Also yes the bad potentiometer can affect only one channel. Here are a few prior questions/posts on the Ti's. I believe RolandK who posted in one of the threads is a PG employee.

http://phoenixphorum.com/repair-ti-500- ... ght=repair

http://phoenixphorum.com/ti500-4-noise- ... ght=repair

Post by **Rold Gold** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:30 pm

Marko, I thought the same thing......

jinglis · Post by **jinglis** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:10 am

i think marko's suggestion is very helpful and probably what i'll do but there are slight complication with this whole thing as i dont have the amp back with me yet. if you wanna read whats going on here is the link to the thread about it http://www.talkaudio.co.uk/vbb/showthread.php?t=255803

martinkruit · Post by **martinkruit** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:12 am

Bertje, a Dutch forum member can also repair this amp for you.

Shipping it to Holland would be cheaper than to the US.

jinglis · Post by **jinglis** » Thu May 29, 2008 4:53 am

thanks for the response guy but at the moment im just waiting to get it back so i can try having a play with the x over and take some pics to post up etc

marko · Post by **marko** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:36 am

who was the shop that said they couldn't repair it?

jinglis · Post by **jinglis** » Thu May 29, 2008 9:55 am

the shop is AAS electronics who had the distribution rights for phoenix gold in the uk before BBG.