Any microphones fail if handled carelessly. Often the malfunction is minor and can be quickly rectified. This requires only wire cutters, a screwdriver and a soldering iron.
Instructions
Step 1
Connect the microphone to the device with which it is usually used (voice recorder, computer, amplifier, karaoke system). Try squeezing and kinking the cable in different places. If the problem lies precisely in the cable, then the specified manipulations in relation to a certain point of the cable will lead to a crackling sound. It is there that the cliff is located.
Step 2
Disconnect the microphone from the device. Having retreated from the break point by three to four centimeters in both directions, cut out the faulty segment from the cable.
Step 3
Strip the cable on both sides that adjoined this section earlier. If the cable is shielded, connect the shield to the shield and the center conductor to the center conductor. If it is two-wire, connect the conductors of the same color together. Do not try to strip varnished wires with a knife or lighter - both will damage them. Remove the insulation from them by pressing firmly with a rosin-coated soldering iron to a wooden plank and pulling them out. Then tin it in the usual way. Make all connections by soldering, not twisting. Insulate them carefully.
Step 4
Reconnect the microphone to the device. Make sure it now works smoothly. If this is not the case, look for other places of the cliffs. Long microphone cables can fray in several places, especially if they are stretched under the carpet and are not visible to those who walk on them, which is often the case in theaters, houses of culture and studios.
Step 5
If you find other breaks, eliminate them in the same way, not forgetting to disconnect the microphone from the device before that.
Step 6
If the breakage is located close to the plug or the microphone body, it is better, instead of splicing the cable, to shorten it slightly by removing the faulty section, and then solder it back into the microphone or plug. If necessary, replace the non-separable plug with a collapsible one.
Step 7
To avoid new problems of this kind, handle the microphone and its cable with care in the future.
