Did I ruin my VU meter?

[BasslineFrenzy]

Greetings everybody. I recently picked up a near-perfect condition EV Dynacord Vector mixer (16 ch.) for a very, very tasty price. And folks, I wonder if I made a bit of a mistake here.

When I got the mixer, I did try everything out and everything functioned properly. But, when I returned home, as probably many of us do, I continued to perform various tests even though I knew it worked.

Now, let me mention that my brain was running on fumes when I returned home, after a long day at work which followed a restless night of sleep.

This is where I proceeded to run one of my active basses through the line input. The VU meters worked properly for a little bit, but now both left and right VUs are stuck at around 0db. But, with a powerful signal, the needles do react, only to settle back down to around 0db.

So... what is going on here? Did my fatigued brain kill my VUs? PS - I am still fatigued as I am typing this.

I'm going to bed now...

zzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[bongomania]

It would be highly unlikely that the output of any active bass would do anything to the VU meters. It was probably something else. Maybe you accidentally turned the calibration screws.

 

[BasslineFrenzy]

Hmm okay... Well, I will add one more thing. At the time the VUs decided to goof up, I unplugged and plugged into a different channel. (I was testing all of the functions of each channel at the time... just to make sure everything was spiffy). Prior to that, everything worked properly. I switched channels several times before, without problems. Would sliding the jack in cause something to briefly short, similar to the pop of plugging/unplugging from a live amp?

 

[bongomania]

Weird. Maybe you caused a short, with the unplugging/plugging? Unlikely, but who knows.

 

[BasslineFrenzy]

Haha, I just edited the last post to include that guess. Nice timing

 

[RustyAxe]

Maybe you just found out why you got such a "tasty price"? Intermittent problems will make you NUTZ!