Thanks Dave.. This one was interesting to me.. I still have my Z5500 set. They sound fantastic and support optical and coax digital input with Dolby and DTS decoding. Hell of a set up for computer speakers, as they were marketed. Still have a big fan base, despite being discontinued years ago.
I used the typed wiring chart you had shown for the pinout but was also able to "continuity chect" all 15 wires on the connectors on my unit before installing the new connector. They were correct except mine had an Orange wire connected to pin #6 in addition to the others you showed. The failure of my control cable was a break in the Dark Green wire. Thanks again for the help.
I used to own this system and it was amazing for it's time! In fact it was one of the highest rated pc game surround sound systems. Still see them around today.
Thanks for this, I have the same problem with mine. I bought the system used knowing the wiring was compromised at the connector and I've removed the outer shell from the connector. The entire section inside appears to have been filled with semi-clear soft epoxy at the factory that obscures the connections. I plan to use the numbering/color coding shown on your video to see if it'll work for mine. Cheers
Still rocking the Z5500 system for my home theater. Still sounds good, although mine isn't as beat up as this guy's is. About $100 for a good used one on flea bay.
Hello , i need to do the opposite, 1 pin has broken on the female port 15pin d-sub connector. I am out of options, would be hard to desolder there the female port. I was thinking to open the mainboard and connect each cable with the male connector cable. Do you know if there are cables inside the woofer to the female port or it's soldered direct to the board? Do you have any other ideas/tips ?? Thank you
They have hit your channel again with the record test so I return the comment here . You can use that record player and any other with a tone arm and a mixer . your cartrage is a refined sound cut , they sound mint with alboms , I have 2 odd cartrages here but mine is now refusin to cut in the grove of 12 " overnight , my Club mixing is on hold . Bask MIX & play can be done with Hi Fi turntables , Slip Mats on each Deck help with the speed beat timing , this is the Magic of mixing . I would do this with Technics 1200 anyway , its the build quality with these solid decks I am after un like this crap I still have now witch is a pain in the ass when knocked and the belts I take off the motor to relax them .
good day to you sir.. i have a logitech speaker z_640 but i cant find anywhere to buy the vga connector. is it posibble to replce it with another ? thank you you much
Excusme boss,..i want to ask, how about spiker on but no sound, digital volume all can't make it big or small, what's the problem if like this ,?...thank you,,
Well I did get a pinout, actually several ones, and all the ones I was able to match were correct. The 2 I was unsure was L ch and Sub ch. The pinout had the colors listed so I think everything is good now.
Sir have a nice day, would you be so kind to help me to solder the cables of the Pod control directly to the motherboard since I do not have the VGA connector, I do not know where each cable is soldered. Thank you in advance, greetings from Argentina.
I got sick to death soldering new vga plugs on, it was almost as if everyone phoned each other and jumped on me in one lump ha ha :-D. The hardest part was soldering the R.G.B coaxial cables back on to the connector, they had to be a certain equal length so no stress was put on them. The Hsynk/Vsynk and i.d mode wires or serial clk data were so easy to solder. Plus a few more earths thrown in for synk returns.
That connector though is a lot older than VGA, was used extensively in industry for decades as a small multi pin connector which is very robust. Then got appropriated into PC use and everybody forgot that there are other styles of D connector available. My favourite are the types with integrated coaxial connections in the shell, and I guess for consumer use they were thought to be just a tad too expensive, seeing as ITT still had patents valid on them as well. As well you could put high voltage inserts in place of the coax, and have 5kV into that small connector, as well with some low voltage control pins.
SeanBZA I always liked the bigger D connectors like the 25 way, it's a shame that when the scart video plug standard was created they didn't use a 25 way D connector with rod finger screws. No connector problems, no falling out of the tv socket :-)
Friend, I have a problem. I bought a replacement PID 105 but I just realized that mine is PID 805, what can I do? I leave you my email, I am willing to pay, thank you
You should of seen the hp labtop I worked on it was full of bugs 2 dead baby roaches and lots of dog hair. Man I tell ya people are filthy dirty. All cause my friend told someone at a party that I play around with electronics. I wasted a whole can of scoripean killer and spent two days cleaning out my room. Next time I will disassemble it out side with the fire hose..!
Any damage was done long ago when I was a kid growing up with chain smokers. The shop I worked at also had no ventilation. The occasional exposure i get now in my shop won't hurt me any more that following some asshole driving a diesel truck.
A 100$ repair for a 10$ POS. Some things just are not worth fixing. I see Logitech at junk stores quite often. Altec Lansing PC speakers are simuler, proprietary connectors, no standards, and different from their other models, very stupid. They often use DIN plugs or D9 plugs with strange wiring? Their subwoofer speakers are often less than six inches, not worth bothering with. I have some Logitech headphones with mic, the usb connector is gooched, I'd like to rewire them for my TenTec rig. But the wire is hair fine, too thin, so um thinkin replace the wire too.
In it's day this system was high end gaming surround not the cheap low end model. I had one and it was amazing. Has great reviews from thousands of people online as well.
Oh boy I do hope he offers me $100. Not holding my breath. Did win the lottery at work though, grabbed 2 OT shifts over the 2 stat holidays. Will pay about 700.00 in income tax to Mr Trudeau for those 2 days. Hardly seems worth it.
very wrong!! for a start it's not a pos.. unlike you!! and think it's worth a lot more than 10 dollers. and the subwoofer is 10 inch!!. so shows what you know! its a very loud and good quality set of speakers.. my model is z-5500 digital.
Old comment but yes, for it's time these speakers were almost considered legendary. Very sad to see them off the market. My control pod is starting to go and no bypass cables offer optical output :(
Still have mine still working flawlessly after all these years of daily use, the sound these can output is fantastic
JESUS, you really fix everything. Thanks Dave.
Thanks Dave.. This one was interesting to me.. I still have my Z5500 set. They sound fantastic and support optical and coax digital input with Dolby and DTS decoding. Hell of a set up for computer speakers, as they were marketed. Still have a big fan base, despite being discontinued years ago.
As I found out from the owner of this one.
I used the typed wiring chart you had shown for the pinout but was also able to "continuity chect" all 15 wires on the connectors on my unit before installing the new connector. They were correct except mine had an Orange wire connected to pin #6 in addition to the others you showed. The failure of my control cable was a break in the Dark Green wire. Thanks again for the help.
great video as always
I used to own this system and it was amazing for it's time! In fact it was one of the highest rated pc game surround sound systems. Still see them around today.
Probably why he wanted it repaired.
Thanks for this, I have the same problem with mine. I bought the system used knowing the wiring was compromised at the connector and I've removed the outer shell from the connector. The entire section inside appears to have been filled with semi-clear soft epoxy at the factory that obscures the connections. I plan to use the numbering/color coding shown on your video to see if it'll work for mine. Cheers
Still rocking the Z5500 system for my home theater. Still sounds good, although mine isn't as beat up as this guy's is. About $100 for a good used one on flea bay.
Awesome Electronics you work on very cool
WA1, WA2, WA3 .... i think those numbers correspond to VGA pin numbers like 1, 2, 3 ... etc. you can check i guess
Hello , i need to do the opposite, 1 pin has broken on the female port 15pin d-sub connector. I am out of options, would be hard to desolder there the female port. I was thinking to open the mainboard and connect each cable with the male connector cable. Do you know if there are cables inside the woofer to the female port or it's soldered direct to the board? Do you have any other ideas/tips ?? Thank you
They have hit your channel again with the record test so I return the comment here .
You can use that record player and any other with a tone arm and a mixer .
your cartrage is a refined sound cut , they sound mint with alboms , I have 2 odd cartrages here but mine is now refusin to cut in the grove of 12 " overnight , my Club mixing is on hold .
Bask MIX & play can be done with Hi Fi turntables , Slip Mats on each Deck help with the speed beat timing , this is the Magic of mixing .
I would do this with Technics 1200 anyway , its the build quality with these solid decks I am after un like this crap I still have now witch is a pain in the ass when knocked and the belts I take off the motor to relax them .
good day to you sir.. i have a logitech speaker z_640 but i cant find anywhere to buy the vga connector. is it posibble to replce it with another ? thank you you much
Excusme boss,..i want to ask, how about spiker on but no sound, digital volume all can't make it big or small, what's the problem if like this ,?...thank you,,
Dave, you'll have to let us know if you guessed those colors correctly!
Well I did get a pinout, actually several ones, and all the ones I was able to match were correct. The 2 I was unsure was L ch and Sub ch. The pinout had the colors listed so I think everything is good now.
I have a z-5500 system but when I play anythin it only plays for 2 seconds then it stays silent
Could this scheme work for z906? my dog bit the cable
Mines is acting up but at the actual pod not the vga end of the wire.
Sir have a nice day, would you be so kind to help me to solder the cables of the Pod control directly to the motherboard since I do not have the VGA connector, I do not know where each cable is soldered. Thank you in advance, greetings from Argentina.
Companys and there odd connections, and they are using a vga connector to confuse it a bit more lol.
Yup a db15 VGA connector. My computer monitor still uses that. My large monitor is HDMI but the 28" is connected by VGA
I got sick to death soldering new vga plugs on, it was almost as if everyone phoned each other and jumped on me in one lump ha ha :-D.
The hardest part was soldering the R.G.B coaxial cables back on to the connector, they had to be a certain equal length so no stress was put on them.
The Hsynk/Vsynk and i.d mode wires or serial clk data were so easy to solder.
Plus a few more earths thrown in for synk returns.
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Yes pain in the but for sure. Try doing an HDMI. They are fun.
That connector though is a lot older than VGA, was used extensively in industry for decades as a small multi pin connector which is very robust. Then got appropriated into PC use and everybody forgot that there are other styles of D connector available. My favourite are the types with integrated coaxial connections in the shell, and I guess for consumer use they were thought to be just a tad too expensive, seeing as ITT still had patents valid on them as well. As well you could put high voltage inserts in place of the coax, and have 5kV into that small connector, as well with some low voltage control pins.
SeanBZA
I always liked the bigger D connectors like the 25 way, it's a shame that when the scart video plug standard was created they didn't use a 25 way D connector with rod finger screws.
No connector problems, no falling out of the tv socket :-)
Just thought I had found the solution, but the colors are not the same on my z5500.
That sucks. :-(
Hello Dave, do you know if this cable color scheme works for Logitech Z5500 (PID R547)?
I will say no.
@@12voltvids Do you know where I can find the information of cable color scheme to the control unit of my Logitech Z5500 (PID R547)?
@@hdfb78 sorry, the cable diagram i had came from the customer and i have no idea where he found it.
The best Logitech made till changed and then discontinued the Z5500
www.amazon.com/Replacement-Compatible-Logitech-Speakers-Subwoofer/dp/B089VYZFB9
www.amazon.com/Replacement-Control-Logitech-Speakers-Subwoofer/dp/B089SZBB2X
Friend, I have a problem. I bought a replacement PID 105 but I just realized that mine is PID 805, what can I do? I leave you my email, I am willing to pay, thank you
You should of seen the hp labtop I worked on it was full of bugs 2 dead baby roaches and lots of dog hair. Man I tell ya people are filthy dirty. All cause my friend told someone at a party that I play around with electronics. I wasted a whole can of scoripean killer and spent two days cleaning out my room. Next time I will disassemble it out side with the fire hose..!
Bro same problem is my logitech z623 vga cable male connector wich wire wich pin connection because 15pon connection please help us 🙏 amen
Have no idea.
cool video but please build yourself a fume extractor using an old PC fan lol. fumes are bad for you lungs.
Any damage was done long ago when I was a kid growing up with chain smokers. The shop I worked at also had no ventilation. The occasional exposure i get now in my shop won't hurt me any more that following some asshole driving a diesel truck.
A 100$ repair for a 10$ POS.
Some things just are not worth fixing.
I see Logitech at junk stores quite often.
Altec Lansing PC speakers are simuler, proprietary connectors, no standards, and different from their other models, very stupid. They often use DIN plugs or D9 plugs with strange wiring? Their subwoofer speakers are often less than six inches, not worth bothering with.
I have some Logitech headphones with mic, the usb connector is gooched, I'd like to rewire them for my TenTec rig. But the wire is hair fine, too thin, so um thinkin replace the wire too.
In it's day this system was high end gaming surround not the cheap low end model. I had one and it was amazing. Has great reviews from thousands of people online as well.
Oh boy I do hope he offers me $100. Not holding my breath. Did win the lottery at work though, grabbed 2 OT shifts over the 2 stat holidays. Will pay about 700.00 in income tax to Mr Trudeau for those 2 days. Hardly seems worth it.
very wrong!! for a start it's not a pos.. unlike you!! and think it's worth a lot more than 10 dollers. and the subwoofer is 10 inch!!. so shows what you know! its a very loud and good quality set of speakers.. my model is z-5500 digital.
Old comment but yes, for it's time these speakers were almost considered legendary. Very sad to see them off the market. My control pod is starting to go and no bypass cables offer optical output :(
Nah this system is legendary im trying to fix mine now and i would gladly pay $100 to fix it the system cost me $250 and its worth $1000 or more