My neighbour needs a small, cheap mixer for a little project we've got going. So we selected the Behringer Xenyx 802 as being good enough without paying more than we needed to.
Sadly, I've had two faulty units already. The shop agreed to test the third before sending it to me. It has the same fault - but their techie "expert" is trying to suggest that Behringer has changed the spec of the unit and I smell BS. He wasn't saying that he knew this for a fact, he said he didn't know for sure, but that it was his supposition.
The fault is with the phantom power button. You press it, the light comes on and phantom power is supplied to the mic inputs. You press it again to turn it off, but it doesn't. It stays on forever, unless you power down the unit and turn it on again. Repeat...
That's not how my Xenyx 1202FX works. The switch turns it on and pressing it again turns it off.
So, anyone here own a Behringer Xenyx 802 and can tell me how the phantom power switch works on their unit?
Ta!
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I agree with you, @urban_winter . I'd probably just keep it anyway and start using it. The retailer is selling them new at approx £10 more than the average used price. At these prices they're almost disposable. My neighbour has decided he wants one that works like my 1202FX does, so we're going to pay a bit more elsewhere for a new one. I'd buy a used 802, but it's not my money and he's decided he wants new.
Interestingly, the switches between my 1202FX and these 802s are different. The one on my 1202FX seems to be a momentary switch - it returns to the same height after pressing every time and has little resistance or click. The one on the 802 seems to be a latching switch - the off position is normal height, the on position is lower and there's more resistance when using it. On both 802 factory-fresh unboxed units from the same retailer.
It's gone back, now. Onwards and upwards... :-)