BUTTON NOT WORKING!!!

the left selector button on my 1000 is not working. i have to really force it down to get it going. what can i do to fix it? ive opened up the machine to have a look and everything looks okay. no broken parts , no dust. HELP!!

you may still need to replace the sensor on the circuit board. check the plastic button first if its bent then that may be causing it. if not then its that red button and you can get one on mpcstuff.com you will need soldering knowhow though.

Mine had died two times now. But get yourself some switches on mpc stuff:

http://www.mpcstuff.com/mpc-red-under-button-swtich.html

Get a bunch, they'r good to have!

are they hard to install? is there a guide anywhere?

Gawth Al Azam wrote:are they hard to install? is there a guide anywhere?

jus need basic solderin skills

There is a guide by mpcstuff.com on youtube on how to upgrade the pads, if you follow the first few basic steps it shows you how to take the lid off and from there its just basically unscrewing the circuit board from the 1k frame finding the solder points, desoldering them (buy desoldering braid highly highly recommended) remove button and place new button and solder.


when soldering dont just blast the board with heat you can fk it up

i myself soldered a new jog wheel on a 2kxl with basically zippo on soldering experience.

if you attempt to do this yourself #1 item that is a must have (besides a soldering iron is desoldering braid) the braid sucks up solder like nonones business.

i wish i could help more but i dont have a 1k anymore.

ive got a friend whos a phone engineer whos going to do the soldering for me. i did take it apart the other day and the board that the buttons are on have a few leads attached. do these need to be removed?

i found this image on google but its an image someone posted one here

Take the screws out and carefully remove the white clips (the ones with all of the cables on it) you then should (maybe) be atleast able to flip the board over. you should then be able to desolder it and now after looking on mpcstuff.com the red button they sell is the wrong one that goes under the bigger buttons only. and it looks like they dont sell the smaller one as indicated on the pcb board



hahha damn after looking at that pic its mirror flipped around.

i took a look on vst and didnt see it either.

ive just ordered these bad boys from ebay on the recommendation of another poster. can anyone confirm if these will do it?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=003

Whoa!!! Before you do all that.
Go buy some Detoxit or Contact Cleaner
Take the Lid off the MPC and Blast underneath the Button into the (tact switch) a few times.
Press the button about 10 times to work the cleaner.
Blast one more time.
And you should be good.

thanks ceo ill try that first. do you know what causes it?

ok i opened up the machine and with a cotton buds put some rubbing alcohol on the sensors and gave the rest of the buttons a little clean as well whilst i was there. i let it dry for a few mins and viola, the button is now working. its not 100% and needs to be pressed right in the middle but it does work. pheww....it should hold out until i get my tact switches delivered in a couple weeks.

thanks peeps

well that was the shortest fix in history. just a couple hours and its gone again. oh well have to wait for the new switches to arrive