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Title: Wired Correctly - Still No Sound? Post by: SuperiorSam on October 24, 2016, 03:42:02 AM Hi all! I'm a new poster and a first time DIY-er. So I'm excited to be here!
I've finished wiring my US Dark Initiate. The LED works and everything's installed according to the diagram provided on the sticky I got with my OSB. I made sure that everything's wired just right, but I can't seem to get the sound working. When I take the batteries out and put them back in I get an ignition sound, but nothing afterwards. Do I have to activate the soundfiles via the launcher? Any help you guys can offer would be much appreciated! Title: Re: Wired Correctly - Still No Sound? Post by: Rapine on October 24, 2016, 10:32:24 AM Hey SuperiorSam!
Welcome to the forum. :) Excellent that you've taken on building your own saber. I'm not great with that type of thing myself, but I'm confident that someone who is will be along shortly. Just wanted to welcome you. :) Title: Re: Wired Correctly - Still No Sound? Post by: Racona Nova on October 24, 2016, 02:51:37 PM Are you using the Premium Obsidian or the Obsidian Light sound board? The Premium version only works correctly when it's powered by two 14500 Li-Ion batteries. Normal AA batteries don't work! The Light version is powered by 4 AAA batteries (either rechargeable or non-rechargeable).
Also, what kind of sound do you hear? The actual "Power Up" sound of a lightsaber or just something like "Obsidian"? The second would only imply that there's power available, but it doesn't distinguish between a Li-Ion and a normal AA. With AA, you will only have light, but not sound. However, if it's the real "Power Up", and you're using Li-Ion batteries, then it might be a board or battery pack/speaker issue. I don't think it's the wires. The sound font doesn't need to be activated in the launcher, it works right out of the box. It could be that, if you have the v4 Obsidian board, you activated the pre-loaded Silent font by accident... Title: Re: Wired Correctly - Still No Sound? Post by: SuperiorSam on October 24, 2016, 05:33:17 PM First, thank you so much for such a warm welcome!
Are you using the Premium Obsidian or the Obsidian Light sound board? The Premium version only works correctly when it's powered by two 14500 Li-Ion batteries. Normal AA batteries don't work! The Light version is powered by 4 AAA batteries (either rechargeable or non-rechargeable). Also, what kind of sound do you hear? The actual "Power Up" sound of a lightsaber or just something like "Obsidian"? The second would only imply that there's power available, but it doesn't distinguish between a Li-Ion and a normal AA. With AA, you will only have light, but not sound. However, if it's the real "Power Up", and you're using Li-Ion batteries, then it might be a board or battery pack/speaker issue. I don't think it's the wires. The sound font doesn't need to be activated in the launcher, it works right out of the box. It could be that, if you have the v4 Obsidian board, you activated the pre-loaded Silent font by accident... Thanks for taking the time to respond. I have the premium OSB, powered by Li-Ion batteries. The sound I'm hearing is the sound of lightsaber ignition. I have a Monarch blade with everything pre-installed, and when I charge the batteries and replace them, I usually get the "obsidian" sound - which is what I was expecting when I powered up my Initiate. I haven't installed the US sound board program on my computer, so I don't think I've accidentally activated any fonts. Unless it's something that I could have done on the board itself? Title: Re: Wired Correctly - Still No Sound? Post by: Racona Nova on October 24, 2016, 07:03:38 PM For the v4 yes, you can cycle through up to 8 fonts (which can also be modified via the Launcher) where the 8th is the Silent font. But it needs a special procedure and it normally can't be changed by accident - you would need to do it wittingly. So I think you have a faulty board, but I would contact UltraSabers for this as well. Maybe there's an easy solution without the need of a replacement board :)
Title: Re: Wired Correctly - Still No Sound? Post by: SuperiorSam on October 25, 2016, 03:27:13 AM For the v4 yes, you can cycle through up to 8 fonts (which can also be modified via the Launcher) where the 8th is the Silent font. But it needs a special procedure and it normally can't be changed by accident - you would need to do it wittingly. So I think you have a faulty board, but I would contact UltraSabers for this as well. Maybe there's an easy solution without the need of a replacement board :) Thank you again for all your help. I took your advice and emailed Ultrasabers, hopefully they'll be able to help me out. I appreciate it again! |