@Engineer-Joe posted:You don't need the charging port unless you want to go back to the battery.
Don't let the wires touch anything!
The volume will stay low until the caps fully charge. The remote will say low because it's charging the caps.
So...? if the caps are charged,
1st) try killing the power and seeing how long the sounds keep playing.
try resetting the engine to restore full volume.
Still bad speaker in there?
I'm glad I got the charging port right. And I won't. We used to make stun guns from disposable cameras as kids. I don't know how big this cap is but I know what happens when you inadvertently discharge a cap.
I will try to kill the power and I'll try a factory reset. The speaker was replaced and works well.
@gunrunnerjohn posted:First off, look at the picture I posted. The red wire should go to the positive side of the supercap and the black wire to the negative side of the supercap. Note the orientation of the connector in the picture below, this plugs directly into the top board on the PS/3 set. If your connector isn't taking the plus side to the right place, that could explain your issues.
duh...how did I not check for red to red and black to black 
that makes so much sense. I just matched colors from the connector to the wire caps. I never checked plug to plug.
