Hi all, first post from me. I recently picked up a BCF2000 for free on a local FB group, and have been slowly figuring out what's wrong with it. There's quite a lot of corrosion on the back panel around the footswitch sockets, but it powers up and it appears to almost work - but some of the buttons don't appear to function. I managed to get the BC Manager "Test Hardware" patch onto it to help debug the issue, and the video below shows the details - but the long story short is that one button (Preset Down) doesn't appear to work and all, and around half a dozen other buttons send 8 CC messages (4 '0' and 4 '1') instead of toggling the CC value from 0 to 1 or 1 to 0 as the other buttons do:
Since this is the test patch, it looks very much like a hardware issue to me, at least two different issues. I think the next step is to open up the unit with Mark's very clear guide but I wondered if anyone had seen similar issues with their B-Control units in the past.
Since this is the test patch,
Definitely.
In the last few years I've seen more and more reports of people experiencing severe hardware problems with second-hand BCFs/BCRs they've acquired.
You could try using the Search feature of this website to find these reports in this forum.
I can't remember whether I've ever seen a report about the specific issues you're having, though I'm sure you've already seen this topic, being the very last topic started before yours.
Since I'm no electronics specialist, I can't say anything about what's going wrong electronically in your BCF.
But you've got little to lose, so I'd say open up the device and see what's inside: dust, corrosion or whatever, and take it from there.
Good luck!
Mark.
Well, it seems to be working,
Well, it seems to be working, but not the good way. My tip is: Carefully open it and clean al the connectors that you can pull-out. Put a drip (Non agressive contact spray Kontakt 61 (blue NOT 60 red) or WD-40 on the black top of each button and press it many times. (don't use any cleaner on the rotarys). This can help for some pushbuttons , the others you have to replace. They cost about nothing, but you need the same length for the black Top. Post if this was a help for you.