DIY Electronics Repair: Restoring an MP3 Speaker to Full Functionality.

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So there was this speaker, which we all know as an MP3 music player that we use to play music and play videos, which a friend had and was planning on disposing of, so I thought to collect it, and I decided to work on it. So while I was working on it, I saw the fault in it, but actually, before losing it, I was already predicting what might happen to it, and luckily for me, it was part of the problem that I was able to discover. While I was working on it, I noticed some parts of the wire connection was not really firm and some had cut off, so I took my soldering iron and the soldering led to make the wires firm so that it can work back.

While I was trying to fix that, I discovered that the part holding the speaker of the MP3 player had broken, so I had to fix it back and look for a way to hold it in the meantime while I got glue to hold it firmly. When I plugged in the soldering iron, it was just hot and was unable to melt the soldering led on the surface of the panel of the speaker or the other parts. I was not happy, and I thought of what to do because I wanted to really fix it since I had gotten the things I needed.

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I had no other options than to go look for another soldering iron to use, but I could not get any, and I had to buy a new one. Likewise, I left home with the last money with me and went to the electric store to buy a new soldering iron of 60 watts, which I already saw online, so when I went to the store and the price was said, I had to buy it.

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Getting back home, I plugged in the soldering iron, and then it started producing heat, which was really needed for the work to be done. So when I started, I took my soldering led and went to where the first fault was, and I had to join it with the soldering led and do some that needed little amendments. I used the black tap to hold it together, and I got some new wires to add to the length of the wires that were there before.

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Final Stage.

When I was done, before coupling it back, I had to plug it in and test the work I had done to see if it was going to work or not. Lo and behold, when I plugged it, the blue power light came up, and the speaker didn't sound because the wire had cut while I was dragging to plug it. I had to join it back again and then plug at intervals while I couple it, and finally, when I was done, I plugged it and everything was working as I wanted, so I had to connect the Aux cord to the speaker and play music as I like.



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Wow weldone I wish I can do this too thanks for sharing this with us on this community.

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You are welcome. It took me so much time to get this fixed well.

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Wow!! a lot was done to fix your speaker and you did it against all odds Good job friend and thanks for walking us through the process of fixing your speaker.

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Yeah, alot actually, it took much time to get it done. Thanks for checking out my post..

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