Speaker issue Hen Long/Mato Tanks

[tankme]

If there is a volume control it would look like this:

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[Jofaur86]

Hello, its sputtering, does it come when you turn the volume knob or constantly? you can spray WD40 on the potentiometer track,
it is a very effective product for electrical contacts

[SamuraiGreen02]

I feel that if it would have a volume adjustment it would be on the controller. But no, I do not see anything like that inside my tank. As for the WD40 trick, I might have to try that, but I don't want to further mess it up if it doesn't work.

[Model Builder 4]

Hello SG, it all depends on what mfu is fitted to your tank? The newer boards especially from heng long do indeed have the volume control on the transmitter/controller but older types do not. If you turn the tank on it's side and look underneath you may be able to see a volume control knob protruding out from inside the tank, it will be round and usually have a slot across the middle of it so you can place a screwdriver in to adjust the volume, if yours has one of these try adjusting it in small increments to see if the sound improves at all

Cheers,Lee.

[Ludwig von wigbearer]

Mato Tanks often came with a Clark tk22/24, if its not the volume pot at fault it could be the amp on the board,
I had one repaired recently at Clark for about a tenner.

[SamuraiGreen02]

After screwing around I really think it's the control/mother board. I'd like to replace that. Anyone got any recommendations?

[SamuraiGreen02]

Mato Tanks often came with a Clark tk22/24, if its not the volume pot at fault it could be the amp on the board,
I had one repaired recently at Clark for about a tenner.

You can send it in to get repaired? Huh. I'll try that. I have to figure out how to get it out of the tank without damaging it.

[TankDriver]

I noticed this same thing when i bought my Mato tank... the volume is controlled from the transmitter, not from a knob on the tank itself. That'd be fine if it were just analog sound, but the Clark board steps the volume down in 8 increments by removing 1 'bit' each time, so at the lowest amplitude setting you are playing a crappy 1-bit sound, instead of the original 8-bit quality! To change the volume on your Clark board with the FlySky radio, push the left shoulder wheel upward - I bet you unknowingly bumped the wheel a few times & now you're on a low volume setting. Needless to say I was disappointed that to have best sound quality I had to listen at top ear-splitting volume, so I added my own discrete volume knob; now my ears & wife are happy again... see my post "Why Add a Volume Knob to your Clark board? Here's Why!" on this subject here: viewtopic.php?p=362340#p362340