21 Feb
2002
21 Feb
'02
11:34 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
<off-topic>
Things have changed recently with Phillips/Magnavox. I called Magnavox
just a few weeks ago to order a couple service manuals, and they said they
no longer sell paper manuals. They told me they now only offer service
manuals on cdrom to "authorized repair centers"... Needless to say, I'm
not happy with Phillips/Magnavox at all now, and certainly won't be buying
anything *new* that has their brand on it.
</off-topic>
Maybe
Phillips/Magnavox will get a clue sometime soon too...
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've found Philips service manuals and
parts to be some of the easiest of all to obtain. Mind you, that was
back when Philips actaully made most of the stuff with their name on. I even managed to get a service manual for a Philips
CD-ROM drive (the
only CD-ROM service manual I've ever seen).
<on-topic>
Pioneer has manuals for all of their cdrom changers. I'm not sure if they
have them for single disc cdrom and dvd drives, but based on Pioneer's
attention to quality and serviceability, they probably do offer them.
</on-topic>
-Toth