Need help sourcing replacement navigation switch

Might be hard finding an exact replacement! On aliexpress there are quite a few with three pins on each side so they might be compatible but no idea if the peg at the top would fit or could be modified slightly to make it fit.

Example below where if it were the same size then it could be possible to solder and then epoxy glue it to secure it perhaps!

We really need measurements, close-ups of the metal in case there are manufacturers logos stamped into it. Dimensions of the stem size and shape often help, as does more clarity regarding footprint (i.e. are any through-holes, or all SMD, shape of leads).

Closest I came is this:

https://au.element14.com/e-switch/js1400afq/joystick-sw-5pos-12vdc-0-05a-smd/dp/3883906

Maybe a variant from the company. But hard to tell.

- Gough

Found an AliExpress seller offering the whole flex assembly. No idea why my phone always loads their Arabic page though -

m.ar.aliexpress.com/.../1005003682915052.html

Doesn't seem to give me much more to go on.

- Gough

Here is international link: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003682915052.html

There's a few sellers if one Googles the Sony part number A-2076-368-A it seems ...

I thought I could make out an A stamped into the switch which made me think of ALPS Alpine but nothing in their catalog seems a perfect match ...

Thanks, I've forwarded these links on

I considered that there may be a similar enough part though I'm not sure they'd be comfortable enough with the level of hackery required.

I just tried it and behold it was in English... 

And it shows it to me in Spanish... despite having the operating system and browser configured to display everything in English. They must be based on the source IP to change the language.