remote operated slide switch

[BurningTantalum]

I have just acquired a nice Denon audio amp, all 21 kg of it, for a nominal fee. The fault appeared to be that the input selection was stuck on 'CD'.
This was soon traced to a broken control on the front panel. This operates a slide switch mounted on the pre-amp PCB remotely via a steel tape in a plastic guide- a sort of Bowden cable.
I have managed to repair the item but could not locate such a thing with various suppliers, mainly because I don't know what it is called. Does anyone know what this item is known as?
Regards, BT

[German_EE]

This will be a custom part manufactured for Denon so your only source for a replacement are Denon themselves or the various parts warehouses scattered around the world. What's it called? I would go with cable controlled slide switch and leave it at that.

One thought occurred to me. If that switch dies again then replace it with DPDT relays at the PCB end and a rotary switch on the front panel.

[uncle_bob]

Hi

That's a highly custom part. Both the cable *and* the switch are unusual. If you want to keep the amp running, stay on the lookout for another one to act as a "parts donor".

Bob

[BurningTantalum]

Thanks both of you.
The repair was very successful; better than new probably, so I hope that I will not have to revisit it. I could not find any term to insert in Google that would bring anything up !
I bought the amp a while ago for a few dollars. The seller told me that it had just stopped working one day. I powered it up and checked the output, which showed a few millivolts. A wet finger on a phono lead gave a few volts AC with the volume control working so I connected a couple of cheap speakers and... it has worked fine since.
The annoying thing was that he told me that he had sold a pair of speakers just before I arrived. From his description (he couldn't remember the name of them and I didn't enlighten him) they MUST have been Allison Ones. I'm trying not to think about why I went to the newsagents before going to the yard sale...
BT