My DL32R has been misbehaving and it's time to spank it - again.
For a while now, input 5 was not working - no signal from anything plugged in, so I just avoided that for a couple months.
One of the aux outs has been down that we use for our horn section monitors - sometimes it works, sometimes not, so we moved them to another output.
Channel 12 has been up and down for months - that's been a rack tom - we just moved it to another input.
Input 8 where our Subkick was stopped working at a gig a couple weeks ago.
And the straw that broke the camel's back - the "Left" output failed during a show where we were sending a stereo feed to a pro audio company that was running FOH...... It worked at sound check, but failed during the show. We run a stereo mix, so we had to center everything for them to hear those left channel sources.
Had it failed before the show, it would have been no problem - we would have had time to swap the output and then use the matrix to re-route the left channel to another aux. and then you would have never known from the console.
How to "fix" this situation on a more permanent basis, short of sending it in for repair?
Since this is a slow week for my band, no rehearsal, and just one show so I brought the rack in and ripped the DL32R from it and unscrewed eleventy-billion screws to remove the top.
I then *carefully* pulled each ribbon cable loose (but not all the way out) and then *carefully* slide it back into place.
This is apparently enough to clean the oxidation from the contact points and reestablish the connection.
A quick check before putting the cover back on and all is okay (for another few months hopefully)....
I believe it was about July the last time I did this. Maybe I will write the date under the cover =)
If you are losing channels on your DL32R - it's likely this same issue. If under warranty - send it in for sure and don't do like me, put off sending it in until it is out of warranty because you are using it every night.
Want to see inside? Go here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/xnkhL![](https://imgur.com/a/xnkhL)