toneman2121 wrote:

 

i hope you're going to contact  line6. they might help.

Toneman,

Well...., I guess they might. But in fairness I knew when I purchased an out of area POD that I was taking a considered risk, and on balance, I have had pretty good luck in the past, so I feel I just have to take the rough with the smooth.

It does sting a little more though, when I feel it is a product fault rather than a random failure (though of course this is my opinion).

hurghanico wrote:

 

Dear CairnsFella

I have sympathy for you, and I read willingly your posts ..

 

hurganico

Your thoughts are appreciatted (as is the fact that you read my posts... even though mine do not really constitute the kind of solid advice that your helpful contributions represent).

a moment ago I was preparing some patches working directly on the POD and while I was just playing my guitar the audio suddenly disappeared..

to get everything working as before I had to re-press the patch footswitch ..

this thing had already happened to me I think about two or three months ago (probably after the last firmware release), and after the usual boring resets procedures did not happen anymore, I was hoping that would not happen again, but ...

I begin to have serious doubts about the quality of the materials used for the POD and especially about the reliability of this device which for my work is important..

I am sorry to hear that gremlins are getting to your POD too. Intermittent problems in particular can be extremely frustrating (with an out and out failure at least you know where you stand).

Im curious to know if your POD was connected to the PC at the time of the failure. I only ask because I have had a few spontaeous resets and audio drop outs over the last few months. Maybe a half dozen or so over the period of ownership, and mine is always plugged into the PC (obviously not counting the broken USB cable period). However, given that so many people use the unit live, I'd have thought there would be more outrage expressed if such glitches occurred during a set, and I cannot say I recall any such comment.

Anyway, lets hope your problems are now in the past.

spaceatl,

Apreciatted, and valid advice indeed.

Due to my lack of warranty I feel the most likely action is for me to replace the socket myself. (Im not professing to be an expert but I do have some experience with similar electronics having assembled a few 'kit based' projects.) Though this will depend upon the location and exact nature of the internal element of the socket. Again, I realise this is not a reccomended action.

The current 'balancing act' is only temporary, and although I felt confident the pins would not be shorted, your post has rather reminded me that although I always boot up 'Edit' when I use my POD, for the last couple of weeks I have focussing on actual practice rather than tone hunting. As such I'll probably whip the cable back out until I get a chance to look at it more closely.

Well...... yeah. I mean I guess I cant lose by asking... and I certainly dont want to appear ungrateful for any advice intended to help my situation. But I just cant see them wanting to facilitiate me working on my own hardware.. warranty or no warranty. I mean if they provide part, then somehow I managed to electrocute myself on the HD afterwards, it wouldnt look so good that they assisted / supported my tinkering with the unit.

But as I said, nothing to lose, so I'll drop them a line later.