Behringer PCB Needed

[zor]

I have a B215D active speaker that died. I swapped parts from another speaker and the problem is the amp pcb. Does anyone know where i can get this (PCB898040REVA/01) pcb? I called a dealer and was told they can't sell parts.

[philbo]

I have a B215D active speaker that died. I swapped parts from another speaker and the problem is the amp pcb. Does anyone know where i can get this (PCB898040REVA/01) pcb? I called a dealer and was told they can't sell parts.

Try here:
http://www.behringer.com/EN/Support/...formation.aspx Service Information

It's possible one of the dealers will sell you the part or maybe fix the PCB.

Otherwise you could maybe try to find somebody to troubleshoot the card. From what I can tell from their web site, it's a biamped speaker, with 280 Watts for the woofer and 65 Watts for the tweeter (how they get that to add up to 550 Watts total? You'd have to ask their marketing department). Anyway, they are both Class D amps. I got this info here:
http://www.behringer.com/assets/B208...ebBrochure.pdf

[zor]

Philbo, thanks for the info, Earlier today I contacted MUSIC-Group (are they the distributors for the dealers ?) and got the part# for the PCB (Q05-A2E01-09453). I called a few dealers and again i was told they couldn't sell it directly but had too send the speaker in too be repaired. I haven't called them all, but maybe someone will sell it too me. Thanks again.

[philbo]

You might have better luck if you introduce yourself on the phone as "Hi, I'm Zor, a technician from Alpha Audio Electronics" or something similar.

[zor]

I found a dealer that will sell me the board, one that I purchased equipment from in the past. Thanks.

[Enzo]

Let me ask something. This dealer, did he HAVE the boardf? or was he willing to ORDER one for you? As Behringer service center, I have found they often cannot come up with a board for something or it takes MONTHs and MONTHs. Just a warning, this in not like ordering a speaker from Fender.

[DrGonz78]

Yeah I read that it can take months and months as well... I say fix if you can. Maybe it's just a bad solder joint somewhere, but yeah those boards are horrible to work on. I buy a lot of amps to fix up and sell. Never have I bought a line 6 or Behringer as a rule that most or all of them have surface mounted components. They may sound good but not so good to fix when they don't sound.

[Jazz P Bass]

Then again, it may be more economical to have it repaired.
The tweeter IC is a TDA7293, I think. (upper right corner)
The main amp is a small D class IC.

[zor]

Enzo, I will be ordering the board today and I will let you know. This board will cost half what the speaker costs, is there someone you could recommend who can repair it?

[jrfrond]

No Behringer service center in their right mind repairs those. Only a board swap. The board topology and construction does not readily lend itself to repair. Of course, there will always be people who will endlessly play with something.

We sell the Amp Assy for $78.00. Of course, we never have any to sell privately, because we use them all in warranty and non-warranty repairs. If someone has the module to sell you, consider yourself lucky.

[diydidi]

So If no-one is willing to repair these boards, I suppose a schematic should be in order.. Anyone???

[km6xz]

If you can't find a schematic, which is often the case nowadays, and you have the right test instruments and electronics knowledge, it is not too difficult to figure out the subsystems in any unit that is based on functional blocks, ICs that are complete functions, like the Class D driver by going to the IC's manufacturer's application notes. It is far easier to follow the IC designer's prototype boards and values when designing end products because layout with Class D boards are critical in parts and trace placement. So the engineering notes are often used as source material for the design/board layout of the product. Don't expect much deviation in glue component values either.
The Behringer boards are not bad at all, in fact, for the price, are pretty good. It is not common to have general sloppiness in the pc board stuffing or soldering that plague smaller production run companies.

[tim]

Just a warning, this in not like ordering a speaker from Fender.

Although I ordered a speaker for a Fender Passport once and it took me 2 months to get it...customer was not a happy camper. It literally had to come from China in a large bulk order...stateside parts had none to give me.

[52 Bill]

Although I ordered a speaker for a Fender Passport once and it took me 2 months to get it...

Had a similar problem with a Passport power supply board. Took 2-3 months to get one from China, and this was a warranty replacement.

I think what Enzo was talking about was more like a basic guitar speaker that they always have in stock ready to ship.

[Enzo]

Yes, no OEM anywhere has everything all the time, we all have our horror stories. But if you call Fender and ask for a part, they can, if you ask, tell you if they have them in stock, and if not, when they might come into stock, or if they are strictly special order. Within the Behringer world that doesn't happen. And if you are REALLY in a bind for a customer, you might get Fender Service department to pull your part from a returned amp and get you on your way. That would NEVER happen at Behringer.