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Quickie FiiO E3 mod (woodie, volume control, batteries)

post #1 of 12
12/16/08 at 5:15pm
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While waiting for DX to ship my E5 i needed something that could be used with line out on my touch, considering how crappy the headphone out sounds >.<
Had a spare E3, and spent 3 hours making it useful. Stripped it, added two parallell AA batteries (the E3 runs on one AAA, so this should be 6-8 times the battery life), a potentiometer on the out for volume control (with off button). Took some pieces of wood, a router, made a box, added hinges and a lock, put in all the **** and mounted the potentiometer. The connection for the headphones and the LOD is inside the box for sake it...something.....not mounting the jacks on the outside. Last i took a cheap silicon skin i had lying around and nailed it to the lid so i dont have to use those rubbers and whatnot everyone uses.

Just a quick and dirty job, will last until the E5 gets here.





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post #2 of 12
12/16/08 at 5:20pm
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**** wrong forum >.<
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post #3 of 12
12/16/08 at 5:49pm
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Originally Posted by Captain Ødegård View Post
**** wrong forum >.<
Maybe, but still a very cool build.
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post #4 of 12
12/16/08 at 5:58pm
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was supposed to go in the portable headphone section. i never read the whole forum title xD reported myself to get it fixed
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post #5 of 12
12/16/08 at 6:10pm
Odegard, you've got too much time on your hands my friend. Looks.....well alright it looks atrocious, but I admire your initiative.
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post #6 of 12
12/16/08 at 6:40pm
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its going out the window when i get my e5 so i cant say i cared much for looks
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post #7 of 12
12/16/08 at 7:45pm
Goodness, that increased the size of the E3 by a LOT.
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post #8 of 12
12/16/08 at 7:49pm
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indeed, but it was the only pot i had, no tins, so i thought i might as well put in some extra juice. might last until i get the e5 actually, then its out the indow anyways
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post #9 of 12
12/16/08 at 10:38pm
The biggest E3
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post #10 of 12
12/17/08 at 1:40pm
More nice woodwork by the Captain!
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post #11 of 12
12/19/08 at 4:45pm
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Frankenfiio V2:



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post #12 of 12
12/22/08 at 3:00am
howd you install that potentiometer onto the fiiO?
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