Update ...
The bad news: Rode doesn't want anyone working on these. I called them about perhaps buying some parts, and the support rep told me that, since they're so hard to work on, they don't offer any parts for sale (he also said that's why they give a 10-yr warranty for this mic, which unfortunately doesn't help me).
But ... just for anyone who ever wants to work on one of these, a little info, because I really had a hard time finding anything online. To disassemble, unscrew the bottom part of the body. Then turn the little flathead screw at the base fully clockwise, which allows you to pull out the 5-pin connector and get at the connections. Then unscrew the ring near the top of the body (if you're looking at the front of the mic, turn it to the RIGHT). This allows you to separate the top part of the body, at least as far as the slack of the wires to the capsules will allow.
You can then desolder the wires from the 5-pin connector, and slide the plastic inner assembly, which holds the PCB, UP and out. The PCB just rests on little pegs on the plastic, so it will just lift off and then you can get to everything on the PCB.
If you need to get to the capsule wiring, there are two phillips-head screws at the top-inside of the top part of the body. If you unscrew those, you'll have a much easier time moving the wires that go to the capsules. It's a very small passageway that they go through.
Hope that helps someone. And now, a question: The PCB on this one was corroded to hell, so I cleaned everything very thoroughly. Between that and cleaning some corrosion out of the capsule connections, I was able to get the mic passing signal again. However, one channel sounds perfect, but the other has a faint but audible high-frequency whine. Any idea what could cause this?
I've swapped channels to make sure it's not the cable, interface, etc. I've also swapped capsules, and the whine remains on the same channel, so it's not related to the capsule. Interestingly, it also remains if I turn the phantom power off.
Any advice highly appreciated -- thanks!!
The bad news: Rode doesn't want anyone working on these. I called them about perhaps buying some parts, and the support rep told me that, since they're so hard to work on, they don't offer any parts for sale (he also said that's why they give a 10-yr warranty for this mic, which unfortunately doesn't help me).
But ... just for anyone who ever wants to work on one of these, a little info, because I really had a hard time finding anything online. To disassemble, unscrew the bottom part of the body. Then turn the little flathead screw at the base fully clockwise, which allows you to pull out the 5-pin connector and get at the connections. Then unscrew the ring near the top of the body (if you're looking at the front of the mic, turn it to the RIGHT). This allows you to separate the top part of the body, at least as far as the slack of the wires to the capsules will allow.
You can then desolder the wires from the 5-pin connector, and slide the plastic inner assembly, which holds the PCB, UP and out. The PCB just rests on little pegs on the plastic, so it will just lift off and then you can get to everything on the PCB.
If you need to get to the capsule wiring, there are two phillips-head screws at the top-inside of the top part of the body. If you unscrew those, you'll have a much easier time moving the wires that go to the capsules. It's a very small passageway that they go through.
Hope that helps someone. And now, a question: The PCB on this one was corroded to hell, so I cleaned everything very thoroughly. Between that and cleaning some corrosion out of the capsule connections, I was able to get the mic passing signal again. However, one channel sounds perfect, but the other has a faint but audible high-frequency whine. Any idea what could cause this?
I've swapped channels to make sure it's not the cable, interface, etc. I've also swapped capsules, and the whine remains on the same channel, so it's not related to the capsule. Interestingly, it also remains if I turn the phantom power off.
Any advice highly appreciated -- thanks!!
