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How to Repair Cetec Vega Microphones

Cetec Vega microphones were popular in the 1980s. These microphones were both wired and wireless. Each allows a person's speaking or singing voice to be amplified, sending electronic signals from the microphone to an amplifier. Unfortunately, over time, microphones may begin to fail and eventually may not transmit signals to an amplifier. This is largely due to being held during live performances. To repair a Cetec Vega microphone, you only need a few tools.

Things You'll Need

  • Soldering gun
  • Table vice
  • Flux
  • Rag
  • Amplifier
  • Microphone cable
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Instructions

    • 1

      Unfasten the top of your Cetec Vega microphone by hand by twisting it off the "stem," or body, of the mic.

    • 2

      Locate the microphone itself, a plastic tubular component with short wires running into the microphone body. Inspect each wire inside the Cetec Vega; one or both will be broken.

    • 3

      Plug-in and heat up a soldering gun.

    • 4

      Clamp the Cetec Vega microphone in a table vice.

    • 5

      Melt flux onto the broken wire(s) using the soldering gun to reconnect them; wipe away excess flux with a rag immediately.

    • 6

      Allow the flux to harden for three to five minutes, repairing the internal wires.

    • 7

      Replace the top of the Cetec Vega microphone and connect it to an amplifier, using a microphone cable to test it.

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