Yamaha cymbal pad stopped working today, help?

[Asattwanger]

Hey guys my son's Yamaha cymbal pcy130sc just stopped working today. Yesterday it was fine. It wasn't cutting out or anything out of the normal.

I did the normal cable check and everything is fine. I tried cleaning the cable jack and input with connection cleaner. I removed the cover and check out the pc board nothing there. I also cleaned the connections on the pc mounted ribbons and still nothing.

Anyone out there have any experience or helpful ideas? We have a set we need to play on Wed. for his 5th birthday and half the songs requires a ride.

Thanks, DAVE

[clrizz]

Did you try the bad cymbal in place of a working one?

[Ike]

If you determine that it is the pad and not the module based on the advice above, go to Yamaha's website you can look up local service shops. Also - how old is your kit? I'm pretty sure Yamaha covers stuff like that for a year after purchase. If you bought the additional warantee, you've probably got 3 years coverage.

[Asattwanger]

Yeah did that as part of the cable check.

Thanks

[clrizz]

Do the 130's have an adjustment screw on the bottom like the 135's? Try turning that while striking the cymbal, if not I'm fresh out of ideas...

[late8]

Some questons:
#1-Do you see the cymbal pad's LED read out at the module when it's hit with a stick? My DTXpressIII module has a visual representation of each pad on the face of the module and a LED bar graph jumps up and down to indicate that the module is receiving a signal from the pad.
#2- If the answer to question #1 is yes, select the "voice" command and see if you see the actual parameters of the cymbal in question to see if all of the pre-set settings are still in the memory.
#3- If the answer to question #1 in NO, and you see nothing on the module to indicate it is receiving a signal from the pad, then it's either a bad cable, or it's a faulty pick-up sensor at the pad (defective pad).

[Asattwanger]

Thanks guys.

Sense everything was working one day and not the other I think it shouldn't be the sensor as that would mean all three went at the same time. Yamaha said change out the input jack....

I'm gonna do that and order a new one.

Thanks again,

DAVE