Shure FP42 Stereo issue

[dimebucker]

Hey guys,
I'm a kit builder with good solder skills, but cant really troubleshoot that well :-\

My Shure FP42 works fine in mono mode but in stereo mode the right channel is very, very quiet.. almost silent.

Does this sound like anything obvious?

 

[Bo Deadly]

If you pan hard right in mono mode, does it still work as expected?

The answer to that will isolate the point-of-failure considerably.

 

[dimebucker]

Hey, thanks for the reply

I'm not near the unit now.. but I seem to remember that panning in mono mode has no effect/ works as expected.

 

[dimebucker]

If you pan hard right in mono mode, does it still work as expected?

The answer to that will isolate the point-of-failure considerably.

Ok I just checked, when I pan hard right in mono mode I get nothing. No output.

 

[Bo Deadly]

Then it's the mono / stereo switch. Look closely for a broken wire or bad solder joint. If it looks ok, squirt some Deoxit in there and move the switch back and fourth a lot. If that doesn't work and you don't want to try to source a new switch and you don't use the mic / line on that back, that's a two-pole switch.