[A6] New A6 Unit question.

Chris Pickett chris.pickett at mail.mcgill.ca
Wed Jul 30 20:41:22 PDT 2003


No, it's not a problem.  That jack is just recessed by design for some 
unknown reason.  At least, my unit looks like that and there's no damage 
to the jack inside.

Cheers,
Chris

vespine at netspace.net.au wrote:

>I just got my supposedly brand new A6 two days ago and it's beautiful and so 
>far working flawlessly BUT I noticed when I was plugging in the midi cables 
>that the right most jack (when looking at the back, I can't remember if it is 
>in or out) is slightly recessed, like it has been pushed in a bit or something. 
>It's only about a quarter of an inch, but definitely not in line with the 
>backplate like the middle and left jack. It's still "straight" and when I push 
>it with my finger or plug the cable in it still offers as much resistance as 
>the other two jacks, it isn't loose in there or anything.. I'm pretty sure they 
>should all line up evenly with the backplate, I guess what could have caused 
>this is a midi cable being plugged into that jack and then the unit being slid 
>back against a wall or something with the plug still in the jack, that could 
>have bent it in a little, but it's supposed to be a brand new unit. Can anyone 
>comment on this? Are anyone else's plugs uneven? Could it have been an assembly 
>error? More to the point: Is anyone familiar enough with the guts of this beast 
>to comment as to wether this kind of "damage" is likely to have damaged the 
>contacts inside the unit (not fatally because midi is working) or is it just a 
>mounting bracket deformity? 
>I've had the unit shipped from halfway across the world so sending it back 
>would only be a last resort option.
>Cheers.
>-Andee.
>
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