UCS Millenium Falcon Sound Problem
I have the sound connected and when I use the falcon engines the start up goes and once the engine sound really starts to kick in the speaker breaks up into static. It will work if volume us very low. But at a low volume you can barely hear anything.
I did try separate power source but still same issue.
Any help appreciated. Seems like bad speaker.
3 replies
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Hi Eric, thanks for your note. 99% of the time whenever customers report this issue, the cause is either insufficient power or using one power supply instead of two. We published a knowledgebase article on the topic that may help:
Please check it out, and let me know if this resolves the issue.
Thank you!
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Can you let us know which two power sources you are using? Meaning, is there some indication on them of the current output? If these are USB adapters, the measurement will be in milliamps (mA) or amps (A). Should be at least 1000mA or 1A for each power supply.
If the issue was with the speaker, it would happen all the time, not just when volume was high.
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I had a very similar difficulty when I built my Falcon, and after much experimenting, I finally tracked it to a sound track I had added that I had shortened using an audio editor. Every time that song played, the speakers popped and hissed and i thought they might rupture the speaker. Removing that one edited track resolved the problem.
I also discovered after much frustration that Rob had really outdone himself: you cannot start the engine with the boarding ramp open.
So, if you have an issue where the boarding ramp doesn't close all the way, (which very frustratingly causes the engine to not start, period;) if you raise the ramp, then manually raise it all the way, then raise and lower a few times, you can get a feeling for how much more it needs to be adjusted. Mine took two tweaks to get it to go all the way up. The trick is to adjust it to just a hair past "closed all the way."
Aaaannddd- make sure your two plugs for power are plugged in in different outlets. Even if you have a basement like mine, that was wired by an absolute freaking moron who put all the basement power outlets on one 15 Amp breaker. If at all possible, try to have them on different circuits and different outlets, but at least different outlets, to minimize feedback. (The feedback mine had was a buzzing/humming sound, which was aggravated by the hissing and crackling caused by the sketchy track I had added.)
So just remember, stay calm, and troubleshoot one issue at a time. You're going to spin your wheels if you try more than 1 at a time.