15 Jun
2002
15 Jun
'02
8:34 p.m.
"Tony Duell" <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk> said:
I'm not sure I agree with that. Linn make some pretty nice CD players...
However, I am sure you can guess what my next comment is going to be.
Yes, I have the CD104 service manual.... You seem to have nearly every service
manual or schematic sheet known to
man...
I'm still looking for a manual set for my Gould OS1100A oscilloscope...
*sigh* Mass
produced electronic equipment always seems to have at least one
dry joint on at least one board...
If I had a service manual for my scope, I'd probably have it fixed in a few
hours... From what I've seen of it with the cover loosened, it's a complete
ratsnest in there...
Anyone got a Gould OS1100 or OS1100A Service Manual? What about a User's
Manual?
Gould service docs seem to be like gold dust. Gould no longer have copies
and the only company I know who has a copy wants ?80 for it - and that's a
photocopy (!)
> On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 21:35, Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > I'd rather pay \pounds 2000 and get a VCR that's built like the old
> > VR2022 I have awaiting repair (It'd be nice if the modern VCRs had all
of
> > the features of that beauty as well), than
pay \pounds 100 and get a
> > plastic chassis that will last the 90 day period and not much longer.
But
I can't
There is no better home CD player
than the Philips CD104. Period. It's as old as I am
and it's still trucking. It's only ever been repaired
once in its life - it's as old as I am and it's still trucking.
The only
thing that ever seems to go wrong with CD104s is dry joints on
the through-board links on the decoder board. Take the board out, solder
the links (especially on the ground plane side), put it back together. No, I tell a lie. I have seen one other fault. An open
zener diode in the
PSU that caused the display to go blank. But that's very uncommon.
What about
dry electrolytics? They seem to go pretty often... The high
temperature electrolytics seem to last a fair while, though.
Later.
--
Phil.
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/