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Title: Jb3 On/Off Button Broken? (Dropped)
Post by: thierryhenry on May 04, 2005, 06:19:24 PM

So yeah, I just dropped my Jb3 on the ground, like a moron. I picked it up and it scrolled, and played, etc. etc. everything fine (this is my 2nd backup Jb3 by the way). I was about to turn it off, and noticed that the On/Off Button was compressed all the way in, and it wasn't able to turn on/off. I turned the unit off by switching the idle shut down time from 15 min to 1 min, now it is off. Although I can't really turn it on without getting that button to work any ideas? Please help me! Thanks.

Title: Jb3 On/Off Button? (Dropped Content)
Post by: thierryhenry on May 04, 2005, 06:19:49 PM

So yeah, I just dropped my Jb3 on the ground, like a moron. I picked it up and it scrolled, and played, etc. etc. everything fine (this is my 2nd backup Jb3 by the way). I was about to turn it off, and noticed that the On/Off Button was compressed all the way in, and it wasn't able to turn on/off. I turned the unit off by switching the idle shut down time from 15 min to 1 min, now it is off. Although I can't really turn it on without getting that button to work any ideas? Please help me! Thanks.

Title: Re: Jb3 On/Off Button Broken? (Dropped)
Post by: Brian Skalinder on May 04, 2005, 06:26:21 PM

Is the power button wedged in position by the case, perhaps?  This happened to me once when pushing it in/out - the case held it in place.  I was able to easily pop it loose.  If yours is wedged, try prying open the hole in the case surrounding the button to see if it frees it up.  But be careful!  Too much stress may damage the case and/or display.

If it's not wedged in place, then I bet you'll have to pop the case to get a better look.  And again - be careful!  It's easy to damage the display, apparently.

Title: Re: Jb3 On/Off Button Broken? (Dropped)
Post by: thierryhenry on May 04, 2005, 06:36:40 PM

Thank you Brian, how do I go about popping the case (the easiest way?)

Title: Re: Jb3 On/Off Button Broken? (Dropped)
Post by: fozzy on May 05, 2005, 08:10:27 PM

Quote from: Thom Yorke on May 04, 2005, 06:36:40 PM

Thank you Brian, how do I go about popping the case (the easiest way?)

happened to me once all i did was flick the button with my middle finger(like flicking a cigarette) and it popped right out.

Title: Re: Jb3 On/Off Button Broken? (Dropped)
Post by: F.O.Bean on May 05, 2005, 08:15:08 PM

Quote from: Thom Yorke on May 04, 2005, 06:36:40 PM

Thank you Brian, how do I go about popping the case (the easiest way?)

screws under rubber feet

Title: Re: Jb3 On/Off Button Broken? (Dropped)
Post by: thierryhenry on May 06, 2005, 01:57:28 PM

It's fucked, I've messed around with it. Thankfully it was my backup (for patches, and just mp3 player around campus here). I can't use the on/off button, but I have the idle timer on 1 minute, and to get it to turn on/off I just pop in/out the battery...

I guess it will have to do. Thank you Brian.