Hi all,
I've got a horrible problem: my Creative Nomad Zen 20GB Mp3 player rotary dial/switch thing had become a bit dodgy and so I decided to try and fix it. It's now no good for anything.
Creative won't help, I know that much, but these parts must be made by someone and are perhaps available somewhere?
I'm not even sure what it would be known as. It's a jogger, when you spin it, it moves things up and down a list. Under the wheel were 3 little metal fingers which pressed against a few circles of metal on the wheel base, the metal circles were dashed, with only one being continuous.
But it's also a momentary switch. Push the dial in a bit and it presses down on a metal pop-button and clicks.
What might the whole contraption be known as? It's surface-mount, incidentally.
If someone here had this and wanted it working without buying a new one, how would they go about finding out if the part is available somewhere? It has no numbers or ID on it anywhere, unfortunately.
All help greatly appreciated... I am an unhappy bunny since it was my wife's and I have now ruined it.
Thank you,
James
I've got a horrible problem: my Creative Nomad Zen 20GB Mp3 player rotary dial/switch thing had become a bit dodgy and so I decided to try and fix it. It's now no good for anything.
Creative won't help, I know that much, but these parts must be made by someone and are perhaps available somewhere?
I'm not even sure what it would be known as. It's a jogger, when you spin it, it moves things up and down a list. Under the wheel were 3 little metal fingers which pressed against a few circles of metal on the wheel base, the metal circles were dashed, with only one being continuous.
But it's also a momentary switch. Push the dial in a bit and it presses down on a metal pop-button and clicks.
What might the whole contraption be known as? It's surface-mount, incidentally.
If someone here had this and wanted it working without buying a new one, how would they go about finding out if the part is available somewhere? It has no numbers or ID on it anywhere, unfortunately.
All help greatly appreciated... I am an unhappy bunny since it was my wife's and I have now ruined it.
Thank you,
James