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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: [Hardware mod idea] button/panel modRe: [Hardware mod idea] button/panel mod
From: scott <die_pokemon_die123_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:30:06 -0800 (PST) --- Minuk Choi <Choi.Minuk_at_verizon.net> wrote: > Hey gang, > > My Archos... which I was enjoying greatly thanks to rockbox ran into a problem. The F2 > button snapped off. how 'off' is it? my F2 and F3 are both broken, but they stay inside the archos still. > I tried to super glue the piece back onto the support bar thingy(if you've taken it apart, > it's that long plastic piece that's connected to the F1-F3 keys and provides the "resistence" > feeling of pressing a button. 'tried' implying that it didn't work? i know some people have done this sucessfully. i would've by now if i had some superglue... > Anyway, while I was looking inside, it looks like the buttons themselves are not directly > beneath the buttons(some buttons have extensions that depress the button on the circuit). if memory serves, only the F buttons are like that. > Has anyone thought about doing a hardware mod which would replace the rather fragile buttons? i've _thought_ of it, but not realistically. > Right now, I've half a mind to just remove the entire buttons layout part from the cover, so I > can just depress the buttons on the circuits directly... i thought of this, but i don't like the idea of the circuit board being so exposed. > they look like the buttons on a mouse anyway(even down to the "click") and shouldn't be hard to > devise a different layout that'll depress the buttons. i think implenting it is the challenge, not the design. offhand i can't think of a way to redo the buttons without making new buttons and modding the hell out of the faceplate. > It would be cool if the button panel can be replaced with the touch buttons of the 3rd > generation iPod :-P. might be cool, but would probably be a lot more work than it's worth. > Anyone with any insight, or even interest reply here. I definitely need a more permenant fix to > the broken F2 button... and I'd like to have a discussion before I start making physical > changes. i'm definitely interested in a soltion, as i have 2 buttons that are broken, and down is feeling kind of weak. i don't see a very practical solution though, as much as i'd like to. -scott __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ Received on 2003-12-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |