XT Live: Foot pedal doesn't switch between wah and volume [solved]

[NebWeb]

I just bought POD XT Live (second hand, of course, in excellent condition).

I don't understand the foot pedal. Isn't it supposed to change from wah to volume no matter which patch ('channel memory') I have chosen?

I get a nice click when I toe down, but it either stays on volume or stays on wah, depending on whether I chose on/off in the wah settings.

But I can't change between wah and volume using the toe switch.

 

Thanks for any solution/clarification.

 

EDIT: I figured out that it wasn't anything in the settings, but that the switch was simply physically broken.

[cbrillow]

Thanks for following up on your issue. It's helpful for others who use this forum to learn...

[NebWeb]

Well, then here is some more detail!

 

The switch is two sheets of metal stuck together. One is concave, which produces the 'click' when you depress it.

I guess the contact switch is sandwiched in the middle.

In my case, the sheets of metal had moved away from the centre of the hole or aperture. I still got the click, but the contacts were not touching.

 

The switch has a sheet of plastic over the top to stop dust getting in.

My plastic was ripped and degrading anyway, so I cut it out. Under it, I could see the metal sheet of the switch, and a bit of green circuit board to one side.

So I slid the metal sheet back to the centre (there is a small depression in the centre). This fixed the switch.

 

On my pedal, the underside has a plain metal prong which depresses the switch. I'm willing to bet that it used to have rubber on it, but that it came off. I didn't like the idea of this metal prong pressing directly into the switch, so I used one of these things that you stick onto the bottom of chair legs to stop them scraping on the floor - basically a little bit of cloth with a very sticky side. It has stuck firmly onto the prong, and protects the switch nicely. Because it is a few millimeters thick, I now don't have to put all my weight on the pedal to change from volume to wah, which I've read is a common complaint.