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not sure if this is the right place to post. i have a pair of pro.2 wireless mics model wm-795. while i was singing one of them lost the signal or the receiver is can't pick it up no more (same thing i guess). now i'm one mic good and one mic bad. once in a while the bad mic will work for about ten seconds then lose the signal again. not sure whats going on. have had the mics for a year, never moved them an inch.

does anyone know whats going on or a place i can send to get the mics checked or repaired. any suggestions aside from using a hammer or throwing it off the freeway would be deeply appreciated.

hope you have heard of pro.2 i didn't hear about them until about a year ago. tested them out and sound great. clear, good range, nice construction. happy with them ever since i got them.

Got em and the same thing happened to me. Try a little bit of foam in the bottom after unscrewing it. That allows for a cleaner conection for the 9 volt. You probably tourqued down to hard while closing the mic up one time and that caused the problem.

hi metalgod, if your suggesting that the battery is loose and the mic is not getting a good energy source...i don't think that is the issue. i can turn on the mic and the signal or 'on' indicator on the mic will light up and remain red. on the mic that is working, when i turn it on the signal indicator will turn red for about a second then turn off and it works fine. so on the second mic, the signal indicator just remains red until once in a while it finds a signal then turns off but then turns on again when the signal is lost. so i'm not sure if it is my receiver or my mic.

any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

IF THIS IS THE DUAL VHF MODEL w/built in battery charger..... I fixed one for a fellow kj last week. the screw holding the antenna inside the case (of the reciever) fell out. use loctite. it is a royal pain to put it back.

I used that model for 2 years without a hitch (except the batteries wouldnt charge up enough to use). then sold thm to the same kj....He still runs thm on alkalines.

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dr. d this is not the model with the built in battery charger. never knew they had one. the receiver looks hella hard to open. all i see is two push in pins on the top of the receiver near the front panel. looks like once i push those down, i should be able to slide interior out of the rubber casing out. i can send you pics of the receiver to see what i'm talkin about, and maybe you can circle the parts where i need to unscrew or unlock to open the receiver. my friend mentioned that it might be the capacitor in the microphone that is weak? i'm no engineer so i don't know what he's talkin about. but again the situation is the same, i tried to turn it on again this morning, works for about 5 seconds...looses signal and then i'm back to square one.

dr. d thanks for the advice, i will try my best to open it this week see if anything in the receiver is burnt.

Call Vocopro. I think you said that was the brand. my local distributor told me they will repair the problem for around $100.00. call them and see
I know shure repairs their mics for around $50.00 or so.

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dr. d the mics are pro.2 dual vhf.

http://dtskaraoke.com/pro2wmdualch.html

I am not familiar with the pro2's But most mfg's will rebuild or repair for a small fee.

isn't it amazing you can now get a uhf set at the price of a vhf set!!

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i called some of my local mic providers. they said 'we don't service that brand, what we can do is contact the manufacturer and then send the mic in for repair then send you [me] the bill.'

hmmmm...i can do that myself darn it. why get charged extra for having to go through the middleman. well i contacted dts and told them my situation they said it usually costs the almost the same amount as having to purchase a new set to repair.

so i'm thinkin just probably get the voco 3800 and use the pro.2 as a third mic. either that or sell it to someone and then take the money and purchase a voco 3800 set.

well i'm not going to do anything yet until the end of the month. there is this place called meridian music that might be able to fix it without having to send to manufacturer but they are currently remodelling or something and won't take any new repairs until the end of the month. so i'll just wait.

thanks for your help dr. d and metalgod.

why not just break down and spend the money right this time, get a shure, if it breaks, shure can fix them for very little cost $50 for recv. or trans. better name, better built

The regular price for those mics were listed as $350
for $299 you can get a single unit SM58 VHF that will last you for years, if ya look hard enough for $350 you should be able to find the SM58 in UHF

Most repair work i have heard needed to be done on a SM58 is minor work (grills, battery cap, capsule - screw off and on)

capt. midnight, a lot of people tell me that shure is not made for in-house singing. i used to have an sm58 [wired] but sold it to get a wireless set. well since vocopro is also a name brand and they have a good following in the U.S., its safe to say i can get that. i'm just a casual singer, sing when i can and not [hardly is a better word] many of my friends have a karaoke system. so atleast i want a dual set of mics. and also there seems to be interference around my house so i atleast want to give uhf a try.

i live in san jose and one of the popular stores to go to is called 'professional karaoke.' they sell a lot of name brands and name brands that are popular in japan, china, basically in asia. they have a set called dtech and they look like the vocopro uhf 2800 and sennheiser skm-5000 http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/ic ... root/04700 which are really nice. sennheiser products are awesome, they just put a lot of effort, detail, worksmanship into their products. i have their headphones and they just blow away every headphone brand that i have tried. only problem is that they are expensive.

getting back to the dtech. they are uhf, dual, and go for about $350 but i can probably get it for $300. so i am contemplating and trying to find an alternative to fix or sell the pro.2 set before i make my next move.

if you search for dtech your gonna find a pretty bad homepage. i'm guessing that they are just rebranded vocopro 2800's that have the dtech name and probably done by the store itself because only that store sells dtech products. hint hint. they also have dtech mixers too and one one of them looks exactly like the martin roland mk-3000. i tested both dtech mic and mixer in store and they sound good, but i always have that problem of when you get it home it sounds like crap.

here are some specs about my system.
- audio2k akj 7150 [non-amp] mixer
- pro.2 dual vhf mics [nice sound, nice design, and i can't find a way to open the receiver to see if anything is wrong with it inside]
- sony 777es receiver
- klipsch legend 10 mains, surrounds, and sub [i don't use the sub for singing, the mains are enough]

so the pro.2's are connected the audio2k mixer, the mixer is connected to the sony receiver and out to the speakers. my speakers sound great, use horn tweeters so i don't have to worry to much about them being wasted when i sing. i love my klipsh.

everyone feel free to drop me a line, i've been trying to get a good karoake setup at home and been spending money and testing things out. i got a lot of plans for my home theater setup but i'll save that post for a rainy day.

Just so you know..... VocoPro does not make their own products. They have other companies re-brand an already existing product/technology and then sell it as VocoPro. A lot of manufacturers do this.

I have rarely ever found good pro-audio items at a "karaoke" store. If i have found them there, they are way higher than an actual Pro-Audio store would sell for (guitar center, sam ash, and smaller retailers)


For home, you have a great setup. Now keep in mind, I speak from the mindset of doing shows with gear.

Sorry just found this post... I have moved it to the correct Forum...

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i will try and unhook everything and just use the mixer, mic, and receiver. i think what the problem is is :p....i place the mic receiver ontop of the mixer. the audio2k mixer has vents on the top so heat goes up from the vents and probably burn out or shorted something in the mic receiver. stupid me. well gonna have to take my home theater system apart anyway, have to get a new tv. my tv at home the screen shakes for about 5 minutes everytime i turn it on before it goes back to normal. well it is an old tube tv that has served the family very well the last 10+ years. want to get a samsung 50 inch dlp the new 63 models. they are awesome. but the new jvc 53 inch dlp looks like it has better color than the samsung, the samsung is really clear.