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Terk front view
Simple to use, just connect the unit between cable box or digital TV converter and the TVs audio input. It 'normalizes' the sound, trying to keep it at an even level through your speakers.
Back, jacks, left-right in and out
Bottom with label
Circuit board inside
This board is solid fiberglass.
Inside, closeup of DSP and support chips
Terk pictures from Tha Dood
Front of Tha Dood's TERK (No bigger image)
Screw placement
Boomer: I mangled the foam feet getting them off of my unit, I might try to use a paper hole punch on some rubber or dense foam to make new feet.
Top of Dood's board
Since TERK's name is on it, could they themselves have changed the circuit and distributed new units before Audiovox took over selling these?
Unmodified back of board, including chips
Is it a phenolic board? I almost wonder if the ICs are analog, even op-amps. Any mention of "Octiv" on the label? I might even guess that those transistors next to the ICs could be FET variable resistors used to vary the gain of the chips, just speculation, without knowing the part numbers.
Bottom of board with new load resistors installed by Tha Dood
This version of the Terk, and the Audiovox versions have an issue with 'pop' noises in the audio.
PDF:
Audiovox basic specifications sheet
