Hello, my name is Alexander from Germany. I live near Fulda and Iam a great fan of Sony Disc/Walkmans since the late 90s. My first Discman was a D-111 which I had my whole childhood. I used it as a stationary CD player for years and it run great. Unfortunately the charging port broke. But the fascination for these small, wonderful players stayed and I rediscovered my fascination some months ago. I recently came across a (dead) D-15 and I payed just 30 bucks for it, but unfortunately (it was offered as dead) it does not play. The D-15 is in a perfect condition and I think nobody has ever opened it. I think there could be a reversed polarity damage because I could identify a little dark, burned spot right after the first flex cable that delivers the power. I have some tools (oscilloscope, DE-5000 esr/lcr meter) and soldering/desoldering experience so I hope, that I may find the problem and finally will get the D-15 running again. I did not desolder anything, I just took pictures. The 9V input jack measures 600K Ohm in one direction, 22K Ohm in the other direction. The diode test shows in one direction 1,78V/ OL in the other direction. Hopefully here are some experts that may can help a little. Best regards and thank you very much Alexander
Looks to be associated with the infamous D-15 weak power supply. @Jorge knows all about this problem and, if still reading these forums, could certainly suggest solutions. This topic should be over on the Discman section.
Welcome to the forum D_man, please post in the Walkman Tech Section, a lot more people will see it and hopefully get it back up and running. Meanwhile feel free to post photos and adventures in you area, we've had several big members from Germany over the years, you guys got a lot of really nice equipment from everywhere including a ton of EU Stuff we never saw over here.
