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contribution from karl.potratz

A project log for Reverse-engineering JBL flip 4

That is, full teardown, analysis, and hacking.

deepsoicDeepSOIC 09/22/2020 at 11:150 Comments

Thanks to @karl.potratz for some extra data.

Software:

User Configuration Data 51 (Device Colour)

0001 = Black

0002 = Red

0003 = Blue

0004 = Turquoise

0005 = Grey

0006 = White

0007 = Red Base with Blue chequer crosses

0008 = Camouflage

0009 = Blue with Orange chequer stripes

000a = Grey with Turquoise chequer triangles

000b = Turquoise with Blue concentric square pattern

000c = Black

000d = Black

000e = Black

User Configuration Data 61 (Custom Device Name)

004a 0042 004c 0020 0046 006c 0069 0070 0034 0020 0031 0032 0033 0034 0035 0036

J B L F l i p 4 1 2 3 4 5 6

16 Chars max. (this can also be set via the JBL app)

Hardware:

2 different hardware/housing versions are available:

• New (from 2017?): Passive radiators are mounted via 5 screws, speaker grille has 3 round standoffs inside at the top. Flex print is open/visible.

• Old (up to 2016?): Passive radiators are held by housing and can be twisted off. All flex print is covered in black foam. Rubber gasket mounted between Speakers and housing.

Note: New and old speaker grilles and passive radiators cannot be interchanged!

Flat cable (Flex print)

• 1x FFC A 13 Pin 0.5mm pitch AWM (same side)

• 1x FFC B 6 Pin 0.5mm pitch AWM (opposite sides)

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