The Linn Kairn I did recently came bouncing back .... (Click here for the original article)
"The remote doesn't work"...
In my defence, I didn't try the remote... and I didn't know the unit's whole history.
It was part of a Linn multi-room set up.
I checked that U7 and U10 on the user menu were set to zero... they were.
So , out with the front panel again ...
And remove the front panel PCB...This is the area of the board responsible for the infra-red receiver... it's a band pass filter to remove any noise from the carrier, amplify it and pass it to the microprocessor for decoding.
It's fed by an infra-red photo-diode on the other side of the board ....
..... except for it's missing!! Someone has un-ceremoniously snipped it out!Swear words were duly ordered, along with a replacement diode.
Which provided (unsurprisingly) a complete cure!
(Cathode of the diode goes to the "square" hole by-the-way... like I'm ever going to need this info again!!!)
