stereo help/repair

[36Tango]

I have an Alpine 7863 in the Sea Ray, and late last year, the volume control knob stopped working. It has a removable face, so I cleaned the contacts. I also "reinitialized" it by hitting a little reset button, but to no avail. Anybody have any easy answers? I would not think that it would be worth sending anywhere for repairs, so I'll replace it if I cannot figure it out.
Thanks.

[Christian]

you might try cleaning the conatcts on the face and the chassis with a pencil eraser and see if that helps, alos try pulling puwer from the back to hard reset it.

If nothing else you could check on ebay for a replacement face or try pacparts.com and see if they have one

http://cgi.ebay.com/alpine-cda-7863-faceplate_W0QQitemZ9729504250QQihZ008QQcategoryZ71 535QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

is the last faceplate listed on ebay

[BoatnFool]

Not to hijack this thread...but, what's the best tool to use to cut a new speaker hole in fiberglass? Jigsaw with a good sharp blade?

[AMER3]

rotozip work the best

[Christian]

body saw with a good sharp blade or a sharp hole saw, body saw works the best for me as it does not walk like a hole saw can.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?pid=00919668000&vertical=Sears&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

http://holepro.com/

[cvx16]

Not to hijack this thread...but, what's the best tool to use to cut a new speaker hole in fiberglass? Jigsaw with a good sharp blade?

A good hole saw is what you want. Something you can put in your drill and cut a nice clean hole, the exact size you want. I'm sure others can point you to good examples they have used. But here's one I found from just doing a quick google....

http://www.holepro.com/

[BoatnFool]

Thanks guys......one mistake and momma would not be happy. [smilie=011.gif] [smilie=011.gif]

[BDiggity]

I used a rotozip, all i had access to. Wasnt easy, but got it done.