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I built this media enclosure so I could listen to music back
in
November of 2012 and it's
worked great over the years. However, lately while listening to mp3
files using my flash-drive, things have been hit-or-miss. What I mean
is, when a song ends it should just play the next one...but sometimes it
doesn't...and just sits there, up to 10 minutes before switching to the
next song.
If I push the 'next song' button it usually works and
plays the next song, but occasionally it doesn't do anything and just
sits there. To work around this problem I'm forced to turn off the power
and then power it back on, which works for a few songs and then it fails
again. This has been happening for months now, and I've tried different
flash-drives which hasn't solved the problem either. That means
something is failing internally, which isn't surprising because of the
age of the Kenwood player, along with the dusty environment while wood
working.
If you're not familiar, I added two fans on the back
(intake and exhaust) to circulate air through the enclosure so I
wouldn't have stagnate air inside. But this could have lead to the
problem of a very dusty environment. And as we all know, dust and
electronics don't play nice together. So with that being said, it's time
to replace the Kenwood unit with a new one.
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This unit has a few features that my old one doesn't.
For instance, a second USB port for another flash drive. The information
on the front panel has lots of colors that it can cycle through, and it
has more watts per channel. Let's get it installed and see how well it
works.
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When I built this unit many years ago, I spliced in a
universal plug (white) so I could connect all my wires easily. What I
plan on doing now is cutting the wires in the middle of those two
original plugs,
and then spice in my new harness (on the right) using the six solder-less
connectors below.
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