Where to find UDA1380TT for broken iRiver H120?

[ntsour]

I was playing the other day with my SM3 and I somehow managed to fry the SM3's left channel and damage my iRiver H120. Don't ask how, I have no idea.

The lineout of my iRiver has only one channel and the headphone has the same channel distorted and lower volume than the other.

I looked at the schematics (at rockbox.org) and headphone out is taken directly out of the UT1380TT with only a resistor in the path.

So I think (any opinions on that?) the problem is the UDA1380TT. Since my iRiver has been out of warranty for quite some time now, I guess my only option is to replace the chip myself.

Any ideas where to get it? No parts seller I have looked carries this chip. So far the only idea I have is to look at ebay for a broken iRiver and take the chip out.
Any suggestions?

 

[DaKi][er]

You wouldn't belive it, I did the exact same thing a few weeks back

exept I killed the headphone driver section of the chip while the lineout still worked (but does not have the power to drive er-4p's)

I posted a message on the rockbox forums asking if anyone could spare me one of these chips and one of the developers sent me the one he desoldered off a player, that was the one in the high res pcb shots of the player with the chips on and with them removed, in their wiki
I did successfuly replace the chip and my player is back to its normal self, so it is certainly possible to do the transplant but you would really want to be skilled with a solodering iron to do this task the pins are dam small

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=1783.0
here is the forum thread i made on it. Someone else managed to get one of these chips from Phillips directly but he said it took a lot of convincing to get, maybe you could have some luck there

Worst thing comes, I can send you the one I took off mine, it has a broken headphone output that makes a lot of noise and statric over the music but the lineout of it still works fine

 

[ntsour]

It's comforting to know I am not the only one

I posted a message on the rockbox forum. Let's see if I there is any luck.

Thanks for the suggestion. And if your offer was serious I will definitely consider it. After buying the SM3 I very rarely use the headphone out and I am confident that Xin will repair my SM3.

 

[DaKi][er]

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Originally Posted by ntsour And if your offer was serious I will definitely consider it. After buying the SM3 I very rarely use the headphone out and I am confident that Xin will repair my SM3.

Of course it is, pop the chip in an enevelope and its trivial to send it anywhere, though no guarantee that the chip will work for you, etc. the chip did take a bit of heat to get it off in one peice