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alabora

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Hello my masters,

I changed the encoder on the radio control panel of my ford fiesta vehicle. The old encoder was amplifying attenuation but not on off. The encoder I just installed worked on the opposite side, but it does not do the sound reduction and amplification in any way. Looking for advice from my masters

I am also attaching the original encoder pictures20230719_123223.jpg20230719_123240.jpg20230719_123258 (1).jpg20230719_123306 (1).jpg20230719_123306.jpg20230719_123314.jpg20230714_141941.jpg20230714_142019.jpg20230714_142008.jpg20230714_142028.jpg
 

Alec_t

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Welcome to maker.pro.
Clearly the replacement encoder is not an exact match for the original, so perhaps the pinout is different?
 

alabora

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Welcome to maker.pro.
Clearly the replacement encoder is not an exact match for the original, so perhaps the pinout is different?
Thank you. yes, the pinouts may be different, but I can't find the original encoder. Is it possible for me to make any corrections for the encoder I just installed?
 

Delta Prime

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Behold! Your master need to know...
the make , the model, the year ,
of your chariot (Ford fiesta) .
You have been granted three wishes. choose wisely.
(No lottery numbers!).
 

kellys_eye

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Is it possible for me to make any corrections for the encoder I just installed?
Perfectly. Isolate the three traces coming from the rotary encoder then hard-wire the connections according to the 'correct' pin-out.

If the old rotary encoder is only suffering from on on-off problem (push-to-select) then bend back the four locating tabs on the bottom of it to expose the push-button contacts inside it. You could clean them up and replace the thing or even swap the parts from the old to the new (or vice versa)
 

alabora

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Perfectly. Isolate the three traces coming from the rotary encoder then hard-wire the connections according to the 'correct' pin-out.

If the old rotary encoder is only suffering from on on-off problem (push-to-select) then bend back the four locating tabs on the bottom of it to expose the push-button contacts inside it. You could clean them up and replace the thing or even swap the parts from the old to the new (or vice versa)
I disassembled the old encoder, the spring inside is broken and unfortunately there is nothing to be done for the spring. i have no choice but to buy a new encoder
 

Bluejets

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Looks to me like any old run-of-the-mill rotary encoder with a switch such as that below either as a module on a pc board or separate unit.

Don't know what all this other attenuation and amplifier guff you are on about is referring to, nothing to do with a rotary encoder.

Pinout below looks the same to me.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/193237882542

Shaft might be a bit different to yours, nothing a bit of mod won't cure.
 

Bluejets

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Can't you make a new spring from some suitable springy material?
Have you actually seen the insides of these miniature devices....?
Good chance it's guts has been destroyed by getting it apart to begin with.
Maybe if ones job was swiss watches......completely new rotary encoder is a tad over $2.00 for crying out loud.
 
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