I was thinking to remove the piece of PCB with the headphone jack with the single pro sound jack. Reasons: 1) saves space 2) the native jack is corroded 3) i don't need pre amped output anyway.
I just wonder is it safe to remove the whole thing?
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does anyone know of a way to remove the whole or part of the pcb and still retain speaker functionality? I don't mind losing the jack, but I do want to keep the speaker.
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CA
AFAIK the speaker is not dependent on the jack PCB.
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Czech republic
friendofmegaman wrote:
AFAIK the speaker is not dependent on the jack PCB.
Well, it is - in a way. There's a switch in the headphone jack which turns the speaker on and off. But I think it should be always on if you cut all the wires.
Here is the gameboy scheme, the switch is in the bottom right corner (of the first picture).
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Cincinnati, OH
ashimoke wrote:
friendofmegaman wrote:AFAIK the speaker is not dependent on the jack PCB.
Well, it is - in a way. There's a switch in the headphone jack which turns the speaker on and off. But I think it should be always on if you cut all the wires.
Here is the gameboy scheme, the switch is in the bottom right corner (of the first picture).
If you make the new prosound jack pre pot then you can turn down the speaker with the volume pot like normal and still hear the jack. The bad thing is there will be no volume control when using headphones.
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I guess I assumed they were related since my speaker went out immediately following removal of that pcb, but my rca pro sound still works. I must have inadvertently did something else in there. I'll check again.
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matt's mind
you can just add a jumper to ground the speaker again if you remove the headphone PCB. try attaching where the white wire was to ground. i *think* the white wire is the post-switch speaker wire at least, perhaps that isn't right. memory
removing this PCB basically removes the switch that engages the speaker. you've got to switch it back on again somehow. a jumper should do the trick. or a bit of hook up wire if you want it insulated
the switch in the jack is a grounding switch.
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CA
Oops, yah I was totally wrong, I completely forgot about the switch. Sorry about that 
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clovis CA
yea, just ground the white wire. the reason the prosound still works is its bypassing the amp. the amp reads the digital input and chooses whether the speaker stays on or off 
Last edited by Alley Beach (Apr 1, 2014 11:08 pm)
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beautiful. that did the trick. I figured it would require some kind of jumper, just didn't know where without you guys.
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Matthew Joseph Payne
Don't forget http://thursdaycustoms.bigcartel.com/product/dmg-audio ! They aren't available with headphone jacks installed right now, but it's a nice little space saving thing that keeps the DMG looking stock.
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Hey guys, I’m having the same problem. I had a broken headphone board, so I ripped all the cables that connects the headphone board on the main board.. now I got no sound from the speaker. Can someone please help me on that?
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Sea of Souls
Ntnd.fn wrote:
Hey guys, I’m having the same problem. I had a broken headphone board, so I ripped all the cables that connects the headphone board on the main board.. now I got no sound from the speaker. Can someone please help me on that?
See Kitsch's or Alley Beach's replay above.
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Orgia Mode wrote:
Ntnd.fn wrote:Hey guys, I’m having the same problem. I had a broken headphone board, so I ripped all the cables that connects the headphone board on the main board.. now I got no sound from the speaker. Can someone please help me on that?
See Kitsch's or Alley Beach's replay above.
But I don’t have the headphone’s board anymore, so I can turn the on/off. I guess that I need another solution, if there’s one.