Repairing a Griffin RoadTrip FM Transmitter with SmartScan?

Without seeing it, it is difficult to advise you. I do have a suggestion that may work, but use your own judgement here.

One trick I've used to repair broken cables / connectors when not much slack to work with is present is this:

1) Beg, borrow, steal or buy some replacement wire of the correct gauge / type and about 4 to 5 inches (10 to 14 cm) longer than the originals. Don't worry about insulation colors here. It may also be to your advantage here to obtain and use some silver bearing solder here for low resistance connections later. Also check that your flux is silver compatible for best results.

2) One at a time desolder the wires from the connector and clean the contacts / pads as well as possible, use some electronic solvent judiciously applied here after it cools. You may need to cut the strain relief neatly in half with a sharp blade or razor blade to reach the solder joints. Keeping it neat will allow you to reuse it later.

3) Label them with the colors as you replace them, one at a time, using paper labels, a mark with a felt tip marker, dab of paint or finger nail polish on the extreme ends of the still insulated tip. Anything that will allow you to keep track accurately is fine.

4) Bundle them all together and replace the strain relief using glue and / or heat shrink tubing as needed. Leave some uncovered length to the the free ends to work with for soldering this frankenstein monster back on the rest of the cable.

5) Place another, slightly larger diameter piece of heat shrink on the other cables ready to pull into place after soldering.

6) One at a time, consulting the labeling to match color codes correctly, strip ends, prep and resolder the wires, making sure to get a high quality connection.

7) Slide the heat shrink down to cover the wires and overlap the other heat shrink and old cable insulation at the ends. Shrink into place and cross your fingers.

It is a long complex operation, but it can revive most patients if done carefully, slowly and correctly.

I truly hope that this is an appropriate and timely suggestion. If you don't have the skills and equipment to do this, it may be worth the time to find someone who does this sort of thing as a hobby and have them do it for you. Or you can use this as a learning experience and acquire a moderately decent iron, appropriate solder and flux, wire, wire strippers and some heat shrink tubing and learn to do it yourself. The second option will leave you equipped and more ready to deal with such minor repairs in the future. Good luck!

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