PURE Jongo T2 Speaker | how hard can it be?

I got this Wi-Fi speaker off of eBay for £18. It was sold as faulty, no power, and that's what I got!
Let's crack this open and see if we can work out what's wrong with it!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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[@StezStixFix]

Stupid copyright claim

[@rbcmptrmn]

Thumbs down for the copyright 😢

[@pelculator]

[redacted]

[@Flash_Of_Lightning]

Hi Steve, love your videos, may I ask why they give a copyright strike? Sorry if this has been asked before but I don’t understand how they let you say brand names and show video footage of games with the music of the game playing which is all copyrighted but yet, you play a bit of a song and they strike you for it? Regards….a fellow Steve

[@goku445]

@@Flash_Of_Lightning it's a bot that does that.

[@sanityormadness]

@@Flash_Of_Lightning Legally, there's no difference between playing a game and playing a song. The difference is game companies generally err on the side of "publicity is good" over "kill the blighter".

[@BlackheathTownhouse]

I have the same speaker - you can use it as a normal Bluetooth speaker - no app required, just pair it as usual.

[@chongtak]

Your comment needs to be seen.

[@kittyztigerz]

doesnt work that way at end of videos he say he try conned to Bluetooth but does nothing at all

[@iNFiNiTE69]

​@@kittyztigerz no

[@mojoblues66]

He's too stupid to do that. That's why we watch this channel.

[@JVerschueren]

I can explain why you got a spurious reading out of circuit. The two pins you're calling "ground" are actually a normally closed switch. Plugging in the power jack opens the contact, so you got the full voltage on one pin (the one the barrel of the plug connects to) and a spurious reading on the other, now floating one. This is used in devices which have non-rechargeable batteries, to break the connection to the batteries when you plug in an adapter. As they say: hope this helps.

[@temporaryscars]

Usb: has blutooth symbol on it Steve: "what is that? Is that wifi?!"

[@sam3317]

classic Steve

[@kingofgreed1992]

Could possibly swap it out with another Bluetooth dongle and connect to it without the pure app

[@309electronic5]

Also steve: winbond: thats gonna be the wifi chip isnt it? (Clearly ram/flash for the main cpu)

[@Loki-]

​@@309electronic5 your joke doesn't land as well as the ubiquitous Bluetooth symbol.

[@3DJapan]

I didn't even see the symbol but guessed it was Bluetooth.

[@RyanMercer]

You bought a pure brick online and had it delivered via the mail...

[@mattsephton]

"I'm going to put this back together...yep" a man who knows his audience. Love it.

[@rafaelgsbr]

4:58 did you plug that dongle back in? It's clearly a Bluetooth dongle, therefore the speaker should work without any special app via Bluetooth.

[@oliverer3]

I think I've seen you accidentally identify winbond chips as wireless ICs twice now so I figured I'd mention that Winbond only makes various kinds of memory and flash storage chips. So while they tend to hang around close to microcontrollers or processors they're not generally indicative of anything more specific by themselves. Loved the video as always, keep up the great work! ❤

[@charlescortes1935]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that the reason for the take over the power button is the same reason I do something similar. I like to sleep with my room as dark as possible and most devices these days have either green or blue LED lights for their buttons and power status. So I tend to use take to cover them up. That power button seems obviously like a lite up button. The only ones I don't cover are red lights because red isn't bright and it doesn't bother me at in the dark plus I love the color red.

[@Framed-Naraht]

yeah, that's my thought - the power button glow can be obnoxious, so covering it helps block the light (though I usually don't use duct tape cause it leaves gunk)

[@harpingon]

@@Framed-Naraht I have some tape that is mostly opaque, it dims especially those hyper active blue LEDs to a far more acceptable level. It took years and years to develop blue LED and now all they do is annoy us.

[@KRaftopoulos]

He came to that conclusion himself in the video.

[@getfitter928]

you have too much time on your hands!

[@KRaftopoulos]

@@getfitter928 because I commented? Does that not imply that you too have too much time on your hands since you also commented?

[@Johadart]

Wow Steve, shocked to see the sign “since melted plastic” is at 51, wow good job mate. 🤙🏼🇦🇺 Joe from Australia 🤙🏼🇦🇺

[@XSpImmaLion]

Steve, that USB nub inside the speaker was a USB Bluetooth adapter... so perhaps if you replace that with a generic USB Bluetooth adapter it might eliminate the need for an app. Weirdly awkward way of putting Bluetooth in your speaker, but also kinda prescient if you can just replace that with a generic one.

[@TheSlyMouse]

I was thinking this exactly. That's the only reason the app would be needed hopefully

[@SPGDetailing]

Just thought I'd let you know, you totally inspired me to turn an old broken Ruark R1 DAB radio into a bluetooth speaker. I'm listening to this video through it as I type. It took about an hour from start to finish! I was going to send it to you to fix, but I think I prefer it now!

[@Heckatomba]

Regarding the 5V reading: an explanation could very well be you are seeing "ghost voltage" (not sure what else to call it) from a floating leg IE one of the legs is not connected anything. It is not connected to GND and it is not connected to the supply. When you are using an ordinary multimeter you are attaching a 1+MOhm resistor (see datasheet for your multimeter) cross the two leads. If there is any capacitive coupling to a floating lead then it might show spurious voltage. Another way you can get a false reading is if there there is high resistance between the supply and the floating leg then you might see a voltage but that connection is not able to carry any current. Let's say your multimeter has an internal resistance of 1MOhm Resistance. If the connection between the supply voltage and the floating leg is 3MOhm then you will see a voltage drop of 3.75V across your multimeter (U = R* I, we know U = 15V, R = (1M + 3M) etc....). But the 3MOhm connection is not enough to carry any current worth of note. So it is effectively disconnected. Some modern multimeters have a Low Z / Low Resistance mode which can reduce these kinds of spurious reading. Another tool (and something used by electricians) is the so called "voltage testers" which applies a higher load (I believe the load is usually around 200 kOHm, which provides some current draw but not enough to trip and RCD by itself).

[@MikeG-rh1lk]

Maybe you need to use the reset pin to wipe previous settings then go see if the wifi shows up on phone and connect to see what app does

[@mr.stinky3116]

I have two of these. They are bluetooth enabled out of the box..... The old wifi app was crap when it worked anyway.

[@maicod]

Hi Steven, I watch all your vids. I really like your wittyness and the tech part. Keep up the good work !

[@fixn-n-mixn8663]

At 10:40 just as you apply heat to the solder wick you can see the solder move like a damaged pad. Right there was your dry/cracked joint. Given the state of the joints before, I'd say it was never soldered properly to begin with.

[@matthewbowers88]

Great spot!

[@mojoblues66]

Yup, that happens when dumbass designers use solder joints as mechanical support. Or call it planned obsolescence.

[@jimunsigned]

Another cracking video Steve thanks, I managed to fix a PS3 and a XBOX 360 off the back of your videos, the kid was well chuffed. Anyways Ive seen you videos about your equipment and what they are however could you let us know where you get your consumables. Components, solder, flux and tape etc. As it seems to me you got them in bulk from somewhere ? Thanks.

[@bellman1]

you can just pair via Bluetooth on the phone and it works fine. also, the pulsing green means it's in pairing mode, once paired the green goes solid.

[@nullbyt]

Steve's flow has improved a huge amount over the last year. Impressive skill. Keep at it!

[@Andoryuuu]

The little USB dongle thing is a bluetooth receiver, you could perhaps try locating it in your phone's Bluetooth devices and see if you can pair to it that way, it's very strange that they'd have it use a bluetooth dongle rather than a dedicated bluetooth chip, it may have been for internal testing? I honestly wouldn't have a clue.

[@vdubzbug]

HAY Steve, Regards to the App WIFI function. I had a similar issue with an old LG Wireless speaker (Music Flow) I was not able to download the App from the Store but I could get the Music Flow APK from LG support page and works fine. Alternatively check in Google Home see if pops up there to add as a new device while the speaker is in pairing mode. Poss might not be visible in Google home until you have paired it with Pure App tho. Hope this helps🤔

[@roy-wg7dz]

At 818 you can see the smallest of the three terminals has a dry joint this would give an intermittent fault. Had several of these on my Mk 4 VW Golf

[@pelculator]

The usb Bluetooth dongle is probably to avoid having to pay for certification of the speaker. They use an already certified Bluetooth radio instead. Probably. Maybe…

[@mccririck01]

Also perhaps can be upgraded with a newer bluetooth dongle?

[@ScottMadeAThing]

I wonder if the black tape over the power button is to stop the room being lit up at night, I have electrical tape all over the place in my room, I put black electrical tape over the LEDs then put a little pin-prick in it, so there's still an indicator LED but not one that lights up the room! Stupid LEDs.

[@devttyUSB0]

Yep! Hahah. Especially the blue ones. THE GOGGLES! THEY DO NOTHING!! 😎

[@StezStixFix]

Yep, I think you're spot on Mr MadeAThing! 😁

[@309electronic5]

I actually did the same with my wifi router which is in my bedroom. Its a deco m4 and i tell my father to turn the led off but he always forgets so i took matters in my own hands and taped all the leds. Or i unplug the gear

[@NissanSkyline901]

@@devttyUSB0 The blue ones really are the worst. I have a tower fan in my bedroom that has blue lights and I have had to cover the lights because without that there is a pretty noticeable blue glow lighting up that part of the room all the way up to the ceiling. I also took it apart and removed the stupid speaker so it wouldn't loudly beep every single time I press a button. Stupid modern electronics.

[@ScottMadeAThing]

I actually have gone one step further now... man I'm dull 😂... if it's something I've made/repaired that I don't think I'll sell on, I actually bought some black nail polish (sadly the old ones I had in my cupboard from a previous life had gone rock hard), carefully mask and then paint a layer or two on, then again a pin to prick a tiny dot of light through. Electrical tape always ends up becoming a sticky mess. If a flat surface I guess maybe sellotape and then nail polish, so that if you need to remove it, you don't need to use acetone. Hmmmm... I think I've just invented something by accident. *Adds to list of things*

[@zedcarr6128]

A good way to test power connectors is to solder a couple of wires to a power resistor, enough to draw, say, an Amp of current or so, and then solder them to the back of the connector where the power goes to the board. Connect your ''multimidder'' to the power resistor with crock clips and then monitor the voltage while you wiggle the connector. The higher current draw by the power resistor will show even the slightest poor connection through the power connector. I always have a few power resistors ready-made up on my bench to use as loads for PSUs, amplifiers, etc.

[@briangray00]

My Pure Amp/Subwoofer 5,1 system just gave up after a mere 22 years... (might be the cable). Headphones are my GOTO, but occasionally I like it room filling. It's going to be genuine fun replacing it; I'm not about to settle for less, however it was very good. If you want it I'll send it your way. Woofer seems fine, it's the middle piece, or the cabling. I wouldn't require you returning it. Really enjoy your work/vidz.

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

Hello Steve, if you ever give an audition for play school a try, your a shoe in for the job. Your voice is so smooth and relaxed and your explanations and questions to your audience so reserved and cool. Yep, likes and subscription are a definite. Your giving Vince a run for his money, and one of your patrons is also one of his. A lovely relaxed video, very watchable and interesting, please keep up the good work. Soddered?? I thought i detected an unmistakeable British accent?????

[@michaelmiller641]

I've got a pure one internet radio which is now a paper weight, because they have closed down the server it connects to for internet radio! Fortunately I can now get french radio stations via my smartphone now!

[@matthewristeff9654]

Bro u make my Saturday awesome!! Thank u

[@MajorMokoto]

Probably had the tape over the light to block it at night when it was on. I have several devices I've tapped because the lights are always on and it's super annoying.

[@Wonners]

Wasn't the USB thing a bluetooth dongle? Looked as though it had a bluetooth logo on it in the brief shot of it shown...

[@wisher21uk]

Brilliant and easy fix thanks Steve 😊

[@thebaldconvict]

Probably not worth it but I reckon this might be a candidate for one of those cheapo bluetooth boards, turn it into a bluetooth speaker, at least it might have some kind of use then.

[@Okurkaarrgghh]

There should be a law against devices stopping to work when an app doesn't get updated anymore.

[@mojoblues66]

The app still exists, he was just too dumb to find it.

[@markjames3328]

Hey Steven just a suggestion the internal USB port yes it might be a Wi-Fi chip that is in there but has about replacing it with a Bluetooth chip

[@rimmersbryggeri]

There are connector (Like dell laptop chargers) that hav outer sleeve inner sleeve and centerpin connections.

[@VinylinStrangePlaces]

You unlocked my memory bank with that song coming through on the radio! Haven't heard it in ages! "Hit 'Em Up Style" by Blu Cantrell for those curious! Cheers

[@ralphj4012]

At a guess, the contacts in the DC jack are failing and the jack will need replacing at some point (if you can get the pairing sorted etc).

[@soviut303]

This would be an interesting one to try and turn into a bluetooth speaker.

[@PantsManUK]

Tape over a power button - wild guess it's obnoxiously bright blue LED backlit. I use the same trick (but using black elechicken tape) on so many "modern" devices in an effort to keep my room not ridiculously brightly lit at night. EDIT: Haha; just saw @ScottMadeAThing comment saying (mostly) exactly the same thing.

[@KRaftopoulos]

Steve came to this conclusion himself in the video.

[@okhouri]

I think it is possible for undervoltage to blow it up because lower voltage may force it to try to draw more current, and the extra current may have blown something up

[@AG-cg7lk]

It's worth double checking the polarity of a DC power supply vs the label on the device, not just correct voltage. Reverse polarity can give you a bad day.

[@lazyhominid]

Probably cracked solder joints. Nice that the fix was so easy.

[@skyoreece9805]

the rivet from the centre pin may have been an issue and could do with soldering. had this issue on many laptops giving all sorts of voltages due to poor centre pin rivet.

[@andrewj99]

App loads and works on note 10 and older devices. The quality of sound is very good. I have a dozen all purchased for under $30 each on ebay. Party mode does sound through an entire home with no strange echos.

[@riche4073]

The rivet on the back of the centre pin @09:12 may be loose after a whack. I always add a bit of solder, even on a new part.

[@Eric_G65]

You're a brave guy to fully assemble without testing. Or maybe foolish but love your content my friend!

[@dave_s_vids]

I reckon the taped up power button was from someone who had it on a bedside table and the power LED annoyed them!

[@whodatdere1]

You should be able to replace the internal BT module with a generic one to bypass the software issue

[@kubicccek]

Cpc has some tips for desoldering gun. I got some different sizes when I got my Duratool. They goes very cheap like a pound or something for each tip

[@ashgunshorn7497]

Hi Steve I have recently discovered your channel and I am hooked! Looking to get into repairs myself, how did you gain so much knowledge?

[@simonolphin]

New camera angle Steve? Very....... Nice! Get in there!!!

[@DeathMetalDerf]

I'm no electronic engineer or electrician, but I remember something about black outs and brown outs being opposites of each other. Like instead of getting too much current and blowing things out it's a very short and very sudden dip in current?

[@mtshark7]

Nicely done Steve!

[@tonywharton5220]

I've had a similar problem with my WiFi radio. I didn't use it for about 5 years and now it's no longer supported. Paperweight ✌️

[@Chris558576]

I have an Jongo thing called A2 somewhere. It has a usb dongle too. Not supported any more but i did get it connected to wifi without the ap, through a page in my browser. Cant remember the details. I soon got bored with it.

[@edgray2437]

great production value. You should be bigger!!!

[@Scitch87]

IT guy: "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" Steve: "Have you tried disassembling and reassembling it again?"

[@MichaelM28]

Have you tried sticking it up your arse?

[@clutterdust]

Don't suppose you ever do synths?

[@JonTait-gu1uj]

5 volt will be for usb circuit. 3.3 will come from the 5v somewhere

[@Freeo4th]

I'm pretty sure the tape over the power button is because they wanted to remove the light. Many people sleep with music but don't want the light from a button to light up the room. My girlfriend did the exact same thing on one of our speakers.

[@NorCalPhil]

I thought for sure it was going to be an issue with the power button. Did you look at the Bluetooth connections on your phone and see if you could pair to it that way instead of the useless app?

[@DodgyFPV]

Tape could be to hold power on so they can use remote sockets etc maybe or just the light bugs the crap outta them and attracts different bugs

[@DrivenTrigger]

Your raps always remind me of Goldie Looking Chain if you ever heard of them. This one in particular sounds like Eggsy from the group.

[@mccririck01]

I have two of these speakers. I haven't used them for years as they sound kind of dull.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

Is the 5v supply a virtual ground/reference voltage rail for the op amps in the circuit?

[@hotelmario510]

Jongo is massive!

[@michaelmiller641]

He may have been using that radio in a darkroom, hence the need to block any light that's not red, I had to do the same with the display of a digital radio

[@shane-o2204]

Hi StezStixFix, great vlogs keep up the great work what's your po box please and if I send something to u how much is it to send something also do u return once fixed if possible

[@reeepingk]

Old 12V power adapters were often unregulated and... quite often, actually output near 15V.

[@calvee1100]

I'm sure theres a way to put it in BT pairing mode and it will pair. Ive never hear of a BT speaker that HAS to use the app. It can almost always pair wothout it you just may not get all the features.

[@Nele_BiH]

that dongle is not standard one he need to change it to anything generic and hope that internal software will reconize it

[@SkyfighterZX]

That usb dongle looks like a bluetooth dongle? Regardless it's great when devices lose functionality when they are paired to some stupid app that stops supporting it so, at least this one still has some use

[@tubeMonger]

What if the Bluetooth dongle works and allows for pairing?

[@iso-c]

@StezStixFix what happened to track car video?

[@ValuedTeamMember]

The U.K. definitely has a "manly residential grid".... Here in 110V land, not so much. And 220V at all your outlets? 🔥⚡R.E.S.P.E.C.T ⚡🔥

[@turji]

You taip up the power button if you dont want the light at night etc, many do listen to sleep sounds or music for sleeping. Me included.

[@JohnSmith-yw3jr]

"Pure and simple" - you kill me man 😂

[@nullbyt]

Solder wick is a godsend

[@patrickradcliffe3837]

I would hazard that was bluetooth dongle and not the wifi. You might be able to connect via bluetooth with you phone.

[@FiveStringCommando]

3:33 Happy to be part of that 140k. Thanks for the fascinating content!

[@djangoungamed2879]

Tape was definitely to cover the led light round the power button

[@kiphakes]

You CAN buy nozzles of varying sizes - but probably not that big.

[@StezStixFix]

Ooh, thanks Kip! I need me some of those.

[@alexbennett429]

Hey Steve, I always had a question m, what do you do with all the products you fix? Do you sell them?

[@Dannon1111]

good job on getting to a medium sized city of followers

[@mikecro1111]

Power button taped up because it has a light on it, and those things can catch your eyes when you're trying to sleep.....

[@coondogtheman]

Have you tried pairing it to your phone via bluetooth menu?

[@Nemesis2K]

I have a ps4 that doesn’t detect controllers. Would you be interested in it for a fix?

[@pappy601]

Quickly approaching 150k!

[@nige4287]

Win bond is a bios chip

[@Lee20242]

Did you notice.. the correct power lead you got out was the same name as the speaker 👀

[@jzlharvey]

🤫. You’re messing with his strategy.

[@MichaelM28]

He's bought PURE brand products before

[@andrewgrant6516]

Mostly the deodorant, but...

[@robertomoi2044]

I don't think he's blind.

[@Lee20242]

@@robertomoi2044 He might need new glasses then 🤷‍♂️😂

[@EikottXD]

Side load the old version of the app.

[@coryengel]

In a recent video @Adriansdigitalbasement speculated whether plugging a 220v device into 120v would cause it to fail. Commenters pointed out that reducing voltage ups current or something. Blame Ohm.

[@sharpie6136]

You say it's not supported anymore but I believe it's still being sold on Amazon .. oh boy

[@jamesearl5071]

Yes ... cool dodgy radio? But obsolete speakers 😢 lol had a smart bulb like that ...

[@iNFiNiTE69]

The USB dongle inside is a Bluetooth adapter. The winbond chip is wifi. Shouldn't need app for Bluetooth

[@jamestheinsider]

Steve (et al) Am i mistaken or is the PCB cracked? 5:55

[@ekspatriat]

Wouldn't it be great if each product came with a schematic or you could get a 'Haynes' manual.

[@mattsephton]

A lot of products have service manuals available for engineers that include circuit diagrams and parts lists. Sometimes you can find them by googling/searching the FCC or CE certification for the device. This will also show you which other products are the same but badged with different "brand" names.

[@Smuttleydog]

You could get a bluetooth receiver that will plug into aux

[@SONNYemc]

Changing the usb dongle might fix the outdated issue, "might"