When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

On 05/25/2014 10:19 AM, wrote:
When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly,
but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give
static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is
the system a total loss?

Anything can be repaired, the question is how much you are willing to
spend/do in order to repair it.

Jon

On Sun, 25 May 2014 10:19:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

Have you since removed the hanging basket or removed the player away
from the dripping water? I'd start there.

On Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:19:04 AM UTC-7, wrote:
When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

This little unit was rather expensive. Yes, when the water drips happened I immediately unplugged the unit and turned it over to allow possibility for water drainage. Both the digital clock and remote work perfectly so it seems that just the speaker/s were damaged.

On 05/25/2014 07:09 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:19:04 AM UTC-7, wrote:
When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

This little unit was rather expensive. Yes, when the water drips happened I immediately unplugged the unit and turned it over to allow possibility for water drainage. Both the digital clock and remote work perfectly so it seems that just the speaker/s were damaged.




That's poor logic. The speakers work, it's the radio that doesn't.

I'd start with the RF section, then check the IF

On Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:19:04 AM UTC-7, wrote:
When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

This is the one I bought and how Amazon shows it:

Price: $499.95 & FREE Shipping
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Bose.
Lifelike sound from Bose® waveguide speaker technology
Plays all your music sources: CDs/MP3 CDs, FM/AM--plus your iPod®, smartphone, computer, tablet or Bluetooth® device with optional accessories
Includes CD player, advanced FM/AM tuner, headphone jack, remote, clock
Now with: Touch-top on/off/snooze controls; dual independent alarms; displayed song/artist radio info
6 new from $499.95 7 used from $399.00

On Sunday, May 25, 2014 7:09:56 PM UTC-4, Jon Danniken wrote:
On 05/25/2014 10:19 AM, wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water

dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly,

but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give

static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is

the system a total loss?



Anything can be repaired, the question is how much you are willing to

spend/do in order to repair it.



Jon

I'd start by finding out what the minimum charge is to get it
diagnosed and a guestimate on what it might cost to repair.
And then I'd look at Ebay and find out what used ones
that work are selling for. Buying a used one might be a better
option.

You mean 'CD' player I reckon..

wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

Do yourself a favor and toss the Bose in the garbage, and then buy your
next radio from a company that isin't first and foremost a marketing
brand.

On 05/25/14 10:54 pm, HomeGuy wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

And any other sound equipment he has is hooked up using Monster cables.

Do yourself a favor and toss the Bose in the garbage, and then buy your
next radio from a company that isin't first and foremost a marketing
brand.

Yeah! The OP could do what some have said the BOSE name stands for:

Buy
Other
Stereo/Sound
Equipment.

Perce

On 05/25/2014 08:31 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 05/25/14 10:54 pm, HomeGuy wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

And any other sound equipment he has is hooked up using Monster cables.

Only Monster cables use high-valence, de-oxygenated copper in their
cables, so you retain the sonic purity of the source, ensuring the
highest degree of clarity, without the muddying effect of inferior cables.

Jon

On Sun, 25 May 2014 22:56:39 -0700, Jon Danniken
wrote:

Only Monster cables use high-valence, de-oxygenated copper in their
cables, so you retain the sonic purity of the source, ensuring the
highest degree of clarity, without the muddying effect of inferior cables.

Jon

Huh? You mean there is no de-oxygenated gold in their
cables.

On Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:19:04 AM UTC-7, wrote:
When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

trader_4 thank you for back up with the good advice that I had already thought of. I posted here first to try and learn if the unit was simply a complete loss, or if there was a possibility it may be fixed. The closest electronics knowledgeable place I have nearby in my little town I may talk with about this is a computer shop so I will be waiting for an "electronics geek" good friend to get back from the North where he is currently working to look at it for me first. Again, thank you all for advising.

On Monday, May 26, 2014 12:22:36 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:19:04 AM UTC-7, wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?



trader_4 thank you for back up with the good advice that I had already thought of. I posted here first to try and learn if the unit was simply a complete loss, or if there was a possibility it may be fixed. The closest electronics knowledgeable place I have nearby in my little town I may talk with about this is a computer shop so I will be waiting for an "electronics geek" good friend to get back from the North where he is currently working to look at it for me first. Again, thank you all for advising.

I assume this has a CD player too? Does that part work? If it does, then
it sounds like it's probably whatever board the RF stuff is on that needs to be
replaced. That might be the whole board that everythings on, but who knows..
You could ask a repair shop what the cost of replacing the tuner/rf is.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's a lot. A friend of mine bought one of the
flat top stoves for a rental property he has. Within a month it had a
chip the size of a quarter and corresponding 6" crack. He had already
refunded the deposit before he realized it. The stove only cost $350.
I looked up the cost of the new top, and it's a whole unit, elements
are part of it. The cost was like $275. If you had to call a repair
company to fix that, clearly not worth it. Most of those repair parts
are jacked way up, because they can

Jon Danniken writes:
On 05/25/2014 08:31 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 05/25/14 10:54 pm, y wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

And any other sound equipment he has is hooked up using Monster cables.

Only Monster cables use high-valence, de-oxygenated copper in their
cables, so you retain the sonic purity of the source, ensuring the
highest degree of clarity, without the muddying effect of inferior cables.

100% prime grade-A cow manure.

Wire is wire, particularly at frequencies less than 20khz. So long as
the wire will accomodate the required current with mimimal voltage drop,
it is more than sufficient.

On Tue, 27 May 2014, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Jon Danniken writes:
On 05/25/2014 08:31 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 05/25/14 10:54 pm, y wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

And any other sound equipment he has is hooked up using Monster cables.

Only Monster cables use high-valence, de-oxygenated copper in their
cables, so you retain the sonic purity of the source, ensuring the
highest degree of clarity, without the muddying effect of inferior cables.

100% prime grade-A cow manure.

Wire is wire, particularly at frequencies less than 20khz. So long as
the wire will accomodate the required current with mimimal voltage drop,
it is more than sufficient.

I think he was being sarcastic, but perhaps not. At best, he's just
repeating what Monster cables must be saying.

The odd thing is, either Monster Cables are commonplace, or you can now
buy cables that look like them, because I'm finding quite fancy looking
cables attached to the VCRs and cable boxes that I find on the sidewalk.

Michael

Oren posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On Sun, 25 May 2014 10:19:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

Have you since removed the hanging basket or removed the player away
from the dripping water? I'd start there.

The school superintendent had a secretary with a hanging plant above her
computer. Warned several times. Total count 3 monitors, 2 computers and 1
printer which led to a h/d recovery that yielded NOTHING of value. Got her
new furniture. wonder why school taxes so high? Meanwhile I had to scramble
to get her up & running and instantaneous attention was not acceptable.

--
Tekkie

Percival P. Cassidy posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On 05/25/14 10:54 pm, HomeGuy wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

And any other sound equipment he has is hooked up using Monster cables.

Do yourself a favor and toss the Bose in the garbage, and then buy your
next radio from a company that isin't first and foremost a marketing
brand.

Yeah! The OP could do what some have said the BOSE name stands for:

Buy
Other
Stereo/Sound
Equipment.

Perce

HAH I like that, worth the price of admission.

--
Tekkie

On 5/27/2014 8:16 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
Oren posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On Sun, 25 May 2014 10:19:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

Have you since removed the hanging basket or removed the player away
from the dripping water? I'd start there.

The school superintendent had a secretary with a hanging plant above her
computer. Warned several times. Total count 3 monitors, 2 computers and 1
printer which led to a h/d recovery that yielded NOTHING of value. Got her
new furniture. wonder why school taxes so high? Meanwhile I had to scramble
to get her up & running and instantaneous attention was not acceptable.


Was she a blonde?

On Tue, 27 May 2014 20:16:31 -0400, Tekkie®
wrote:

Have you since removed the hanging basket or removed the player away
from the dripping water? I'd start there.

The school superintendent had a secretary with a hanging plant above her
computer. Warned several times. Total count 3 monitors, 2 computers and 1
printer which led to a h/d recovery that yielded NOTHING of value. Got her
new furniture. wonder why school taxes so high? Meanwhile I had to scramble
to get her up & running and instantaneous attention was not acceptable.

As an acting CSM (IT manager) I had a limited budget. I made the
Dept. Head get off the money. I can help you but you get to pay for
your department. Some folks could not function unless I turned on the
monitor. These were government employees, to boot

I had already spent the budget to build the network of 70 nodes and
supervise the rollout. Never again!

On 5/25/2014 8:09 PM, wrote:
On Sunday, May 25, 2014 10:19:04 AM UTC-7, wrote:
When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works
correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will
only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be
repaired, or is the system a total loss?

This little unit was rather expensive. Yes, when the water drips
happened I immediately unplugged the unit and turned it over to allow
possibility for water drainage. Both the digital clock and remote
work perfectly so it seems that just the speaker/s were damaged.


Try this group for better answers sci.electronics.repair

On 5/27/2014 4:49 PM, Michael Black wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2014, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Jon Danniken writes:
On 05/25/2014 08:31 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 05/25/14 10:54 pm, y wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

And any other sound equipment he has is hooked up using Monster cables.

Only Monster cables use high-valence, de-oxygenated copper in their
cables, so you retain the sonic purity of the source, ensuring the
highest degree of clarity, without the muddying effect of inferior
cables.

100% prime grade-A cow manure.

Wire is wire, particularly at frequencies less than 20khz. So long as
the wire will accomodate the required current with mimimal voltage drop,
it is more than sufficient.

I think he was being sarcastic, but perhaps not. At best, he's just
repeating what Monster cables must be saying.

The odd thing is, either Monster Cables are commonplace, or you can now
buy cables that look like them, because I'm finding quite fancy looking
cables attached to the VCRs and cable boxes that I find on the sidewalk.


Hardly commonplace. I think most cable companies supply very good
connection cables so they don't have call backs because of a failed
cable. My cable company Bright House supplies some really good
connection cables. I also have a Comcast account and they supplied
really good connection cables. A friend of mine has CenturyLink and they
also supplied good cables.

Why you are finding these on the "sidewalk"? Are people so stupid that
they just trash good cables? rhetorical

On 5/27/2014 8:17 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
Percival P. Cassidy posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On 05/25/14 10:54 pm, HomeGuy wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

And any other sound equipment he has is hooked up using Monster cables.

Do yourself a favor and toss the Bose in the garbage, and then buy your
next radio from a company that isin't first and foremost a marketing
brand.

Yeah! The OP could do what some have said the BOSE name stands for:

Buy
Other
Stereo/Sound
Equipment.


HAH I like that, worth the price of admission.

Yeah, no highs, no lows, must be BOSE.

I haven't seen one recommendation/alternative (with the same features)
to the BOSE Wave that the OP owns for less money.

Frank posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On 5/27/2014 8:16 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
Oren posted for all of us...

And I know how to SNIP


On Sun, 25 May 2014 10:19:04 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

Have you since removed the hanging basket or removed the player away
from the dripping water? I'd start there.

The school superintendent had a secretary with a hanging plant above her
computer. Warned several times. Total count 3 monitors, 2 computers and 1
printer which led to a h/d recovery that yielded NOTHING of value. Got her
new furniture. wonder why school taxes so high? Meanwhile I had to scramble
to get her up & running and instantaneous attention was not acceptable.


Was she a blonde?

I originally had that in there but deleted it. YES! The only thing we could
figure out was she had pix or a story on someone...

--
Tekkie

On 2014-05-25, wrote:
When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water dripped onto the top of my Bose. The remote control works correctly, but since the water spill any channel of the AM/FM will only give static response. Is there possibility this mat be repaired, or is the system a total loss?

Bose is junk! Serves you right for buying the overprice crap.
Advice: toss it and buy some real audio equipment.

nb

On Wed, 28 May 2014, Ron wrote:

On 5/27/2014 4:49 PM, Michael Black wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 2014, Scott Lurndal wrote:

Jon Danniken writes:
On 05/25/2014 08:31 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 05/25/14 10:54 pm, y wrote:

When watering a hanging plant a few years back a wee bit of water
dripped onto the top of my Bose.

Let me guess - you also own Beats headphones?

And any other sound equipment he has is hooked up using Monster cables.

Only Monster cables use high-valence, de-oxygenated copper in their
cables, so you retain the sonic purity of the source, ensuring the
highest degree of clarity, without the muddying effect of inferior
cables.

100% prime grade-A cow manure.

Wire is wire, particularly at frequencies less than 20khz. So long as
the wire will accomodate the required current with mimimal voltage drop,
it is more than sufficient.

I think he was being sarcastic, but perhaps not. At best, he's just
repeating what Monster cables must be saying.

The odd thing is, either Monster Cables are commonplace, or you can now
buy cables that look like them, because I'm finding quite fancy looking
cables attached to the VCRs and cable boxes that I find on the sidewalk.


Hardly commonplace. I think most cable companies supply very good connection
cables so they don't have call backs because of a failed cable. My cable
company Bright House supplies some really good connection cables. I also have
a Comcast account and they supplied really good connection cables. A friend
of mine has CenturyLink and they also supplied good cables.

Why you are finding these on the "sidewalk"? Are people so stupid that they
just trash good cables? rhetorical


Yes, and sometimes the cables may be more useful to me than the box they
are attached to.

I've found four set top boxes that included 320gig hard drives. A 60gig
iPod that I think needs a new battery, endless DVD players are now
appearing, but I got my blu-ray player last year by finding it on the
sidewalk (just needed the blu-ray lens inside to be cleaned, before that
it didnt' recognize blu-ray disks). Endless DSL modems are appearing now,
not that I have any use for those. I'm not seeing much in the way of
comptuers these days.

Michael