By fengland
Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:50 pm
this might be helpful to someone, I have an mpc 60 II that had a worn out encoder. I tried one of these: http://search.digikey.com/scripts/DkSea ... ND&x=0&y=0
It's not a perfect match, but it works. the old encoder pins are marked. Looking at the back of the encoder, the wire going to pin 3 on the old encoder goes to the center pin on this one. old pin 1 goes to new pin one, old pin 2 goes to new pin 3. The 2 extra pins on the opposite side are for a built in push switch so they're left unconnected.
The main problem is the shaft isn't long enough - pressing the knob on makes it farther down in the case than the old one. I took my knob apart and put some sculpmetal moldable epoxy between the 2 parts so the knob sits up at the right height - works perfectly now. It's a little less clicky than the old one.
It's not a perfect match, but it works. the old encoder pins are marked. Looking at the back of the encoder, the wire going to pin 3 on the old encoder goes to the center pin on this one. old pin 1 goes to new pin one, old pin 2 goes to new pin 3. The 2 extra pins on the opposite side are for a built in push switch so they're left unconnected.
The main problem is the shaft isn't long enough - pressing the knob on makes it farther down in the case than the old one. I took my knob apart and put some sculpmetal moldable epoxy between the 2 parts so the knob sits up at the right height - works perfectly now. It's a little less clicky than the old one.
