Even with the original red ones, the get dimmer as the batteries get depleted (this can be seen on the VU-meter as well). When they reach a point...
MOTOR POSITION This adjustment is very important for the motor life, wow&flutter and mechanical noise. It's something that most beginners ignore,...
This guide is intented to be an add-on to the DD center gear replacement tutorial. However, the adjustments in this thread do apply to all DD...
Hello and welcome to the forum, @Frankable ! I really liked your custom glass table with vinyl records as legs ! Also the back part of the WM-D3...
Hi and welcome to the forum, @bass box ! Fixing vintage audio equipment is always fun ! I'm into repairing as well, just focused more on portable...
@ilya_23 If you're not confident about this repair, I suggest not doing it. Depending on how stuck this parts gets, it may require a lot of...
Yes, that's also a possiblity, of course. The schematic indicates the outputs of the CX10043 are open-collector, so grounding the collectors of...
I like to oil the bearings of the motor in the hope this will prolong its life (would do that even on a new motor before installing). I live with...
That's a very interesting idea. However, it would require a redesign of the driving circuit as well, because the original CX10043 used for this...
I made a picture of my own unit for reference. It may be possible that the head plate indeed does not come out all the way, if you look at the...
Pin 7 is connected to a pull-up resistor (R605 - 10K) to the positive rail. It is a shutdown pin to the internal voltage regulator of the IC...
370 euros for one in mint condition with original box is a good price, but it depends on what the fault it. If it's something easily fixable, or...
The first thing that I would consider is where did you source your replacement chip from, as there are many counterfeit CX20084 available from...
@Silverera I do agree with you on the fact that there is no definitive cut off number: one of the info indicating this are the first pages of the...
In order to measure current, you need to connect your multimeter in series with the power supply/batteries. If you choose to do the measurement...
An assorted bag of 20-30 good quality belts would likely cost more than $50, although I didn't see any packs like this for sale. At that point...
The later series (as indicated by SONY's service supplement 2 attached) did have an entirely different PCB: double sided, mostly SMD components,...
Hello and welcome to the forum, @Moon_man157 ! I was also born in the late 80s and the reason I'm interested in this vintage audio devices is...
Given you say you chose a "slightly smaller" belt than the original one makes me think you used a belt from a generic pack of many belts (I'm...
DISC WOBBLE PROBLEM: After enjoying the player for a while, I discovered a second problem: the CD had a considerable amount of wobble (about...
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