Trying to REPAIR an Assortment of HONEST FAULTS

Here we have a job lot of items which are all retired from use due to faults BUT no repairs have been attempted on them...so they are honest faults.
Many thanks to Mike for sending them into the channel 👍
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Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things. I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things, so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series. Many thanks, Vince.

[@Mymatevince]

Initial response is not good for the yellow mat...Whilst I do like it, even my wife said it hurt her eyes watching my video 🤣 What do you think? Run with the yellow mat for a bit or change back to the blue. Have I made a big boo boo? Comment down below 'Yellow' to keep the new eye squinting yellow mat or 'Blue' to bring back old faithful 👍👍👍

[@MickeyFKNMouse]

It's not easy on the eyes. It does make things hard to watch, because its so bright it's making darker objects harder to see. A for effort though

[@FakeMiniMe]

Vince, Surely by now you know you should always listen to the wife ;)

[@bufordmaddogtannen]

I hate Ryan air for the same reason. The yellow is in my face and it's painful to look at for extented periods of time.

[@BuyitFixit]

Deffo go back to the blue Vince! The yellow seems way to harsh on the eyes.

[@garishanth]

Blue. 👍🏽 (I've got a headphone, the H8i by Bang & Olufsen, with the left side not working. It suddenly stopped working. Can I send you it, so you can show it in a video and hopefully get it fixed and send it back to me please?)

[@StezStixFix]

RIP blue mat 😢

[@Mymatevince]

😂

[@marcianzero_yt]

I would have expected you‘d sang a song to mourn.

[@BuyitFixit]

Don't worry Steve, I'm sure it will be resurrected! That yellow thing is hideous on the eyes!

[@TheOfficialTTGMedia]

R.I.P Blue Mat 2017-2022 It Had A Short Life...

[@sharkymouth]

A dead woodlouse encased in epoxy would really set off the yellow.

[@JohnJones-oy3md]

6:22 - Seeing someone open a tiny microswitch to clean the corrosion off of its inner contacts is especially satisfying. Hits me right in the DIY fix-it feels.

[@nb1843]

theres a milion like him where i live only hes got it on camera :)

[@markusfritze]

Sonos still maintains their old app for the old hardware after many many loud protests. They also stopped bricking upgraded devices. Thank god. So, with the old S1 app this speaker will work just fine.

[@nicholasalbeck7114]

Still, red flag city. I won't be buying Sonos.

[@OllieHamon]

​@@nicholasalbeck7114red flag they are supporting old hardware?

[@youtubeviewer7077]

@@OllieHamon red flag they were bricking devices people bought and also that you even need an app. You should just be able to pair it as a bluetooth audio device without installing any spyware.

[@nixit302]

@@youtubeviewer7077 the older sonos products didnt have bluetooth. And I deal with these everyday and I have never seen them brick older models, but they do have an upgrade marketing strategy that is super annoying. Still plenty of the first ones they ever made out there being used by people including myself.

[@rpk5568]

As A retired service tech ranging from main frame computer systems through to high end stereo equipment and everything in between, I've always enjoyed the sense of accomplishment. And in retirement working on equipment at home, I still do.

[@CTCTraining1]

Interesting new mat. One thing to keep in mind (as is well managed on Big Clive’s channel) when the background is bright then the camera accommodates this and darkens the image making it harder for us to see what you are doing. I’m sure you’ll spot it 😀👍

[@travisash8180]

Vince could send the yellow mat to Big Clive, he might like it 😀

[@CTCTraining1]

@@travisash8180 ... perhaps, but I suspect pink might be more on-brand 😀👍

[@BuyitFixit]

@@CTCTraining1 I was just going to say the same thing! Clive definitely seems to have a thing for pink!

[@srmiii90]

While mat color does not affect whether or not I would watch in the long run, the blue mat is much better to me. It does tend to be a bit much for my eyes and for me the screws and parts you remove show up a bit better on the slightly darker blue mat. If you are looking for a change, green is my favorite color and I think a similar tone to the blue mat or slightly darker would function just as well.

[@daffyduxxx]

You'll never get bored of fixing things, Vince.i started by taking things apart as a child, and an still loving it, 60 years later. You never lose the excitement of opening something up to see how it works. Keep up the great work, Sir.

[@miff227]

i also started taking things apart as a child. My parents were very glad when I progressed to putting them back together 🙂

[@j0hnf_uk]

Thank you for the cautionary tale of not buying anything from Sonos. When someone buys any product, they expect it to work regardless of it's age. Changing the software/firmware so it can no longer function, despite the hardware being perfectly fine, and expecting people to spend more to get the same thing, is fraudulent in intent, if not actually fraudulent.

[@JMMC1005]

Yeah, what a garbage, anti-consumer practice. It's not like I'd expect old hardware to gain new features indefinitely, but at the very least - the core functions should work for the life of the hardware. Trash.

[@jamesm90]

Really annoying Sonos must have been reading the Apple book of how to screw your customers.

[@bobobadoo]

A couple of years back, I had a cheap Samsung TV. The model couldn’t update firmware over the internet, but one day (after the warranty was expired) I turned on the TV and in the upper right corner on the screen, a little message popped up where there stood“updating firmware” - the day after, when I tried to turn the tv on, it constantly kept switching on and off and the only way to turn it off, was by unplugging the tv from the socket. I tried to plug it in again, but the same “death switching” continued. I tried to reset the tv but nothing worked - it was dead!

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

4 out of 4 honest fixes. I like the "candle speaker". The Yellow matt is kinda cool but it hurt my eyes too at first🤣

[@johncameron4968]

Definitely, go with the Blue!

[@IamNotANumber]

Excellent fixes. The yellow mat is a bit trippy, after watching the video I looked around my living room and my walls looked pink 😂 😂 😂

[@Mymatevince]

Hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@BuyitFixit]

Great Video Vince. That switch in the thermometer definitely looked corroded. The component looks like a tilt switch, and you are correct, they do have a ball bearing in them. That Sonos speaker, I had similar when I was looking at a ring doorbell, all the sign up, download, update, etc etc some things are a nightmare! Pity about the watch being fake, but great job on fixing it anyway! Well done!

[@Sortskjegg]

Noooooo! Blue mat! What have you done, Vince? On a more serious note, the yellow mat was too bright for my taste, but perhaps it's just a matter of getting used to it. 👍 on the repairs, as usual!

[@dannybloe]

Don’t like it either. I even think it makes the rest darker due to exposure but I’m not sure. Everything seems a bit under exposed.

[@jbouvrais]

Agreed. The yellow mat looks awesome on its own, but unfortunately ruins the contrast.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks for the feedback guys, if the masses feel the same it looks like the blue mat might be reinstated...just wiping my tears away 😥

[@domiclips4401]

@@Mymatevince Cant you use the yellow mat as a green screen and make it blue in the video

[@meganduric9898]

@@domiclips4401 That would work, even a darker tint yellow if he'd like to keep the yellow mats adventure going. 💛

[@rastacountry]

Like the yellow mat👍 One of the obvious tells om the "Omega" is that the second hand moves 6 times per second where the real movement would have 8 ticks per second.

[@utubechannel8670]

Bring back the blue mat, looks so much better than yellow on camera!

[@johnproudlock2900]

Hi Vince I am a long time viewer and I wish I could tell you that the yellow mat was fine but unfortunately the yellow mat hurts my eyes.I do hope the blue mat returns sooner rather than later.

[@optic1972]

Vince you need the Sonos S1 app, the S2 is for the next gen Sonos units and this S5 is a legacy speaker still on the S1

[@kidlogietv1178]

Yep, was coming to post the same. Also, they didn’t brick the S1 gen. They can be used as a standalone speaker.

[@abdulhkeem.alhadhrami]

I love when you make a group items fix! 0S. Rest in piece Blue mat!

[@lDanielHolm]

The yellow mat is fine -- it was a bit eye-searing at first, but by the middle of the video, it wasn't an issue any more. That being said, the blue mat did look better. But if you like the yellow one more, use that!

[@nicknackthenoo]

I have been fixing things since I was 7 years old, you won't get bored, maybe frustrated and the need for info, but not bored.

[@andyrads1096]

That yellow mat is hard on the eyes!

[@harrowtiger]

Great fun watching Vince, great fixes also.

[@joshkelly4682]

Going through some of your older videos i haven't watched, i got you to 3k likes on this video

[@flusensieb244]

Hey Vince, you can use the yellow map for tea break fixes and the blue one for normal trying to fix videos.

[@andytipping70]

need to put my sunglasses on to watch repairs on that mat Vince lol

[@andymouse]

Loved the watch bit and learnet something, pat on the back for all of them and 4 genuine fixes in my book....cheers.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Andy 👌

[@dannyfisher5090]

I've got quite a few Invicta watches. On one of them my crown rod got broke or bent. I've not wore it since. Now I know how to fix it! Thanks to you! Keep up the awesome videos, CHEERS

[@SupertigerDev]

36:45 You said "so" at the same time as the video 😂Enjoyed the vid.

[@paolowolverine]

Beware that the yellow mat false the exposure and creates a strange greenish tint in the image ... You should adjust the white balance and exposure ...

[@johncantrell614]

Hello Vince. Greetings from the big city of Goose Creek, South Carolina! Stumbled on your site a few months back and really enjoy it. If you ever decide to publish a book on basic electronic and electrical repairs, let us know. I would definitely be in line to order one! 🙂👍

[@electrickal1]

The thermometer gravity switch reminds me of an idea I had a few years ago for keyless vehicle security, after watching a video clip on TV showing car thieves using a radio relay device to get the car key to transmit so they could steal the car gave me the idea. Essentially, when a key is left down it will power off and not respond to an unlock request, simply moving the key like you would if you were going about your business would keep the logic chip vcc pin powered and then the power off process would repeat keeping the vehicle where you left it.

[@Mymatevince]

Great idea 👍👌

[@bazahaza]

I wired a switch into mine that I can turn it off manually.

[@richardwestover7726]

I'm grieving for your blue mat... its much easier on the eye than the yellow one. Maybe it will take some time to adjust to it. Personal choice of course Vice, love the videos

[@willrobinson7599]

Great selection of things to fault find and fix

[@Fleelex]

I prefer the Blue Mat with all its repair scars :)

[@repairsnstuff]

I watched the whole video on edge that something was going to go BANG!

[@kiphakes]

I like the yellow… but I’ve got an orange base mat 😂

[@Mymatevince]

Now an orange soldering mat would be something special 👍

[@travisash8180]

@@Mymatevince Sir Elton John would approve 😀

[@Buzz1151]

Bring back the blue mat....yellow wrecks my eyes😲😲

[@howlindan49]

That watch is a pretty bad fake, though I guess it's easy for me to say that as I see the real deal at work on a regular basis. There's lots wrong with it which can be summed up by "poor quality" and "incorrect"! The clasp is completely wrong by the way - Omega don't use that style of clasp, so well noted! The movement is a Chinese automatic, I think it's a calibre DG 2813 or similar. When you're attaching a new crown, hold the stem in a pin vice and apply a tiny amount of loctite threadlocker 243 to the end, then screw the new crown on (assuming the stem is the correct length of course). Obviously it doesn't matter in this instance, but if you ever need to remove a crown and someone's superglued it on, it's a little annoying! 😂 Great video as ever Vince. Cheers!

[@dord1954]

Fantastic, really enjoy your videos 👍😀

[@rfr653]

Good job mate 👍

[@chronicgaming3280]

Nice fixing Vince! Out of curiosity I googled the clasp for the watch and that POS isn't even close 😂 Keep up the great content 😃 👍

[@thedagenator2006]

I actually like the yellow mat quite a lot

[@user-fn4pw7my2t]

You caught a ghost messing with your screw driver at 17:38

[@paultasker7788]

Great fix. Although a fake the movement in that watch is still interesting. Not the typical quartz tick tick second hand but a smoother moving one. Is it kinetic too? Have you tested it for accuracy. If it's accurate probably doesn't matter it's a fake. Sonus amazed me. Not tried a different mains lead I guess, first thing I'd check. Also ridiculously complicated to get it paired. Other 2 were good fixes. The speaker with lamp possibly dropped to cause the crack?

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Paul. That watch has an automatic movement, so your arm/wrist movements spin the big rotor around which in turn winds up the watch. The second hand probably ticks at 8 times a second, so it looks smooth, but it is actually ticking 👍👍👍

[@Tim_3100]

Thought the same looking at the movement i watch wrist watch revival on here and he has done omega's before and i was super wary with this one

[@brianpercival1829]

I actually have this Omega Pierce Brosnan Die Another Day watch. Pawn Shop buy at $800. The bracelet is completely different with 2 tiny round press buttons and full logo with 007 centered properly. The movement is an ETA 1120 as printed in gold on the automatic wind flywheel. High quality 21 jewel movement. My Time Grapher shows it at +4 secs per day at 28,800 BPH. Crown tube should be a screw down seal to provide the 300 meter depth protection. You could adapt the case to original by replacing the crown tubes and finding a 1120 or 2892 caliber movement from Cousins or EBay.

[@terminationshock1356]

Some of us are trying to fall asleep to the soothing sound of your voice Vince! No need for a bright yellow thing on the screen! :D

[@TheDave31london]

I would have just plugged the phone into the aux socket on the back just so we could hear it work lol.

[@HavingFunRepairs]

Agreed, no need to throw many things away.

[@Mymatevince]

👍👍👍

[@emptytomb4967]

who wants their electronics tethered to an app? nice fixes, and that flame speaker is cool.

[@Xtrafix2015]

To be HONEST I didn’t even notice after 3 minutes about the yellow and it’s nice to see something different 😂

[@mrjsv4935]

Cool fixes :) The yellow mat might give better contrast in small items, but the blue mat is the traditional one. Recently unfortunately decided to throw to e-waste my old mini videocameras, like the 808 keyring cam, and USB memory stick videocamera. They were about 10 years old, and at least in two of them, the Lithium Polymer batteries had expanded, which means they're bad and in unstable condition. Noticed one camera back plate had clear bump there, which indicates that the battery had expanded. The 808 keyring camera was initially seemingly ok, tried to charge the battery after being unused for years, and during the charging, it expanded so much, that it forced the case open, even it's held together with two screws at the back. I've read that LiPo batteries might be fire hazzard if they go puffy like that. Can't take that kind of risk, so sent them all to electronics recycling. Lithium Polymer battery fires seems to be difficult to put out, it can burn even without oxygen. Quickly looked that new replacement LiPo batteries are more expensive than the whole camera was, and not sure if the specs were correct, not to mention the size. These mini videocameras were fun toys, inspired to buy them from Techmoan's review videos back then. One swollen LR44 battery has already exploded on me, so I can imagine the bigger LiPo battery might do bigger damage if it explodes or starts a fire.

[@technixbul]

White balance is off for this yellow, so it looks like light green and everything else looks blue around. Maybe blue pad is better anyway!? The bottom side of the switch is the same as switches in mouses, take one from a broken mouse.

[@HooverLux]

Thank you sooooo much for the shoutout my friend, enjoy the yellow mat, but don’t get it dirty 🤣🤣🤣, it’s the mat for best, the Sunday Mat 😂😊

[@Mymatevince]

Hahaha, The Sunday Best mat. This yellow mat has caused quite a stir Dorian, I had people mentioning headaches, eye strain, walls turning pink and all sorts. It has given me quite the laugh, some of the comments have been hilarious. I hope things can return to normality soon for you Dorian after the recent sad times, I'll message you over on Patreon in a couple of days ♥👌👍

[@cryptkeeper]

Surprisingly after watching the video some more, I'm digging the yellow.

[@karenharvey7197]

Nice video. Very satisfying

[@jeffreyhickman3871]

This is more like 👍 “Highlighter Yellow”, not actually true yellow. It doesn’t bother my eyes 👀, but the blue mat would be softer on the eyes 👀. Your friend, Jeff.

[@AnonymousRepair]

Nice one 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@raymondgrosvenor3764]

We done Vince very enjoyable 😎👍

[@TechGorilla1987]

@1:26 - Of course...I got the blue mat because of you. Now, 2 years on, I have to have a yellow one. My birthday is coming soon though. I've added it to my list.

[@danielhulan3058]

It always sounds like you guys are doing dishes in the background lol.

[@cantliff9]

As you let's take over to I said the blue mat, and you said yellow, I was like, it's a change!

[@ftrueck]

Vince, you definitely need crocodile cables. This way you have less wrinkled situations to hold the measurement leads of your multimeter.

[@Mymatevince]

Cheers Florian 👍

[@danclukey1476]

Regarding the sonos speaker, you needed to set it up using sonos s1 app, it is the gen 1 speaker, I have 2 of them and they still kick. I went through the same stuff as you but using the s1 software was the fix. Sonos says this somewhere on thier site. Just some info for ya Vince. The your channel.

[@Atantuo]

Finally, a nice, yellow mat! No more of that blue mat nonsense. Go, yellow mat! Woo! (Really, I don't feel strongly one way or the other, but I felt like yellow mat needed some support.)

[@Mymatevince]

Hahaha, it's good to support the underdog 😂👌

[@TDax]

Speaking as somebody with limited eye sight (damaged optic nerve following a motorcycle accident back in 1989). I love the yellow mat. The contrast makes it much easier for me to see stuff. I understand people with normal eyesight might find it too bright.....but I wouldn't mind getting one for myself...you got a link Vince?

[@SURGE101]

Great fixes vince and really enjoyed watching. I’m pretty sure there two Sonos apps a newer one for the newer versions of the speakers and an older Sonos app for the first gen ones. I’m pretty sure if you download the older version of the app ,think its called Sonos s1 controller , it should allow you to setup the speaker on it. You may need to perform a hard reset on the speaker as well. Great vid vince👍

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Micro, yeah apparently that is the case as a few others have also mentioned it. Shame I couldn't show it working in the video on the S1 version of the app but I may give it a quick go before I return the items. I wouldn't mind hearing what it sounds like 👌👍👍

[@VOLTRONDEFENDER4440]

those generator watches are great, no need to replace any battery

[@josericardogs1435]

I like the yellow mat!

[@TheBlueRoseKnight]

I recognized the micro switch right away from doing mouse repairs. I never would have thought that a meat thermometer would have a switch nearly identical to mouse buttons.

[@Nikkerston]

tbh the yellow mat looks nice

[@anthonyg4671]

a barbeque outside, now there's a novelty 😁

[@robertkiss7273]

Svaka cast brate samo tako nastavi,veliki pozdrav iz Srbije Respesct

[@JamVsJam.]

blue! I tend to watch your videos late at nights in bed, so the yellow has left a burny impression on my eyes now. Although it definitely does not discourage me from continuing to watch your videos. So roll with what you like and prefer!!! :3

[@JrManPT]

I had no idea you had a second channel. Time to bing watch all the videos!

[@gkimble90]

That's the thermal fuse Vince

[@treenamcgowan7652]

No blue mat?! Where am I? Hello yellow mat, welcome to the first of many fixes!

[@Snufl]

I have a yellow mat. The contrast on parts is fantastic, but it does look a little bright on a screen.

[@charlesdeens8927]

I don't know, the yellow mat kinda started growing on me by the end of the vid. I watch youtube on a 50" TV, so the mat didn't appear too bright, but it also appeared you may have adjusted the gamma to tone down the brightness. I do like the contrast the mat offers, as all the items you have on the mat stand out better. All in all, I like the change. Looking forward to more car repair vids. Loving that series.

[@helgedell]

Very inspirational to see how many repairs you are able to fix without big investments in parts. So inspirational that I bought a blue mat myself two weeks ago. Only to see you changed yours...lol. Guess I have to order some yellow spraypaint... :p

[@Mymatevince]

Hahaha, hold fire on that spray paint. I think I may have to go back to the blue mat due to the 'yellow mat hate' in the comments section 😂😂

[@helgedell]

@@Mymatevince Haha, great. Anyway, snow is soon covering Norway, so I can use the spray to promote your channel in the snow without spilling any own fluids! :p

[@Mymatevince]

😂🤣

[@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381]

Now I remember why I never considered to buy a Sonos product, they partially gave in their planned obsolescence after a lot of backlash but still things like they want you to buy new devices when their old ones work absolutely fine and also the lack of DTS on their soundbars (ok, I see they finally added it 11 months ago but refused for almost 10(?) years). Of course these are non-software-driven but I got a pair of Canton Fonum speakers from the mid-80s and they work absolutely fine, same with a Elac PC910 turntable from 1979/1980 and a Grundig CD7500 from '83 I bought it faulty and got it repaired (laser got adjusted, recapped and the transformer was soldered from 220 to 240V - mains voltage was 220V in most european countries and 240V in the UK before 1987 and then all changed to 230V and the power supply seems to work better with less heat on the 240V setting) I doubt that many Sonos devices will last that long. And of course also their speaker technology may advance but would it be bad to offer at least upgrade logic board kits with newer SoC etc. so that you get some new features but save the environment by replacing just a board and not the whole unit.

[@andymcvean9631]

Great content, nicely edited.... so good to find a fixer that analyses . where is your tool set from? (in particular the spatula type tool.)

[@chilllytube]

Yeah, it's hurting my eyes too!

[@Tim_3100]

Another vince video this will be good

[@chrisrobson8540]

nice new mat.....who needs retinas anyway??🤣😂🤣

[@Phil-Sands]

Bring back the blue mat, the yellow is hard on the eyes.

[@marcellipovsky8222]

Oh mate, you are on the ROLL! IMO, the speaker got torn because it was dropped and may be had some pre-existing condition there. Regarding the yellow matt - it does have a bit of eye strain effect.

[@Mymatevince]

Hahaha, yeah I can now see why the yellow mat has gone down so badly. I discuss it in Part 24 of the Rolls 😂👍 Cheers Marcel

[@bernardcromarty485]

The mains plug fuse is to protect the cable, not the appliance, so 5 amp is correct...

[@13ahab]

You should not use metal tweezers on a disc battery you have just shorted it out! Keep up the good work.

[@paulgray2387]

The Omega might be hooky but it’s lasted for 10 years and looks like a good replica, from afar…☮️🇬🇧

[@jochenwuerfel]

I was really confused what watch it was as I've never heard the name, but that was only british pronunciation 🤣 PS: Love the yellow mat 👍

[@RobertSmith-di5ll]

fascinating watching

[@_to_dream_or_not_to_dream]

A white or beige mat would put emphasis on the thing you're fixing. Neon colored things may be distracting too much. But, you're a handyman, not an artist. It doesn't matter which tools to use or how they're colored. You make yourself comfortable to get the job done.

[@dorsetallsorts]

Perhaps offer the yellow mat as a prize in a competition you could run.

[@DobuDobuDobuDot]

For the Sonos, this is an "old" play:5 so it requires the S1 Sonos app, also, I don't think it has bluetooth.

[@henrypestana9594]

Honestly I’m a fan of the yellow mat but I can see why people might not like it. Maybe go halfway and get a green one? Hahah

[@chrism8705]

😎 bit bright that mat

[@christhomas7905]

I wasn't expecting the gravity sensor to flip the display. I wonder if it has a dual purpose as the device has an auto off feature, so if its not being moved and is just stationary, the sensor isn't moving so after a while shuts off

[@DEmma1972]

SONAS, hope they got fined for doing that. Great fixes Vince. Think I saw you (or your double) on the TV down in London with the procession a few days ago

[@The_Keeper]

Yup. Don't know if they got fined, but a lot of Tech-sites and KZbinrs ripped into them for it. As far as I know they lost most of their customers from it. And, well, I don't see any commercials about their products any more, so they probably killed their company by being greedy bastards.

[@DEmma1972]

@@The_Keeper Yet people still love APPLE

[@The_Keeper]

@@DEmma1972 Indeed. That fact is a perpetual headscratcher for me too... Probably because they grew up with them and/or use them as fashion accessories.

[@DEmma1972]

@@The_Keeper I think it is a dependency issue. People bought apps and music and even films from APPLE that can only be used with APPLE accounts on APPLE products. Maybe they have $2-3000 invested in APPLE stuff and cant see past the fact that they are throwing good money after bad and feel they have to continue the cycle rather than start again.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks. Must have been a double Emma 👌👍

[@robbieaussievic]

..... MI6 budget restraints explains the watch. I had an image of the Bond villain laughing at it.