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| 445.1 | A suggestion...? | BAHTAT::SALLITT | Dave @LZO 845-2374 | Thu Sep 30 1993 10:26 | 9 |
| Your CD player may just be suffering from a blown drawer motor fuse, a
common problem with lots of models,apparently.
If you can identify it in the innards the fuse will cost about �1. You
can then improve your listening pleasure by spending the other �199 on
CDs. A sub �200 player from today won't be an appreciable improvement
over your old Denon anyway.
Dave
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| 445.2 | | LARVAE::IVES_J | One i-node short of a file system | Fri Oct 01 1993 13:44 | 13 |
| could be something simple like an internal fuse. On my marantz its
possible to mannually open and close the draw, provided that you have
the lid off. You could try loading up a CD like that. It might at least
narrow down the likely problem.
How much better a sub #200 CD player costs than your existing DENON
probably depends upon how old it is. I would expect current sub #200 CD
players to offer an improvement. technics, sony and nad all offer good
cheap players. Sherwood players have been well reviewed and are cheap,
though only sold through Richer Sounds shops. Their top of the range
model is #160, uses the latest Philips chip set and supposedly sounds
very good indeed. When my much abused marantz bites the dust I won't be
spending more than #200 pounds on a replacement thats for sure.
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| 445.3 | | EICMFG::FARRELL | | Fri Oct 01 1993 18:14 | 15 |
| Alas, I had already junked the Denon before entering my note. The actual
problem was when the drawer-open button was pressed it made a "buzzing" noise
as though a motor was working but it seemed like the catch failed to drop
down inside somewhere to actually allow the drawer to slide out. It had been
dodgy for over a year, but by repeatedly pressing the open/close button up to 10
times usually meant it eventually opened. Finally it was taking 20 presses and
I got mad and threw it in the bin.
Now someone's going to say "Aha! you needed a new rubber band, cost you 10p from
Woolworths to fix" and I suppose that's the price I pay for ignorance. But I can
partly justify it by saying I bought it 2nd hand 5 years ago, I think it was a
1985 model (DCD900?) - can't remember now.
Do the cheaper models have "favourite track memory" and suchlike, also what is
the buzz-word for the latest chip set so I know what to look for.
--Chris
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| 445.4 | Cheapo CD | COMICS::FLANDERSD | I remember the look in your eye | Sat Oct 02 1993 14:36 | 19 |
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Most players with Philps chips have the favourite track stuff - Philips
and Marantz are less expensive.
If you want to spend less than 200 quid, why not call Richer Sounds - they sell
last year's models for a lot less. You can get a catalogue from them by calling
0500 101112 (freephone).
They don't do mailorder, but they have quite a few stores. Alternatively ...
1) Try your local Hi-Fi shop - they may have a trade in, good end-of-range
2) Buy What Hi-Fi and check the ads any reviews etc.
3) Check out the local paper small ads - you never know
(or the For Sale board in VTX)
4) Go to Comet, Dixons, Currys or whoever and get the washing machine sales
person to sell you one :^)
Dave
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| 445.5 | sounds familiar ... | UPROAR::WEIGHTM | Act, Don't React | Mon Oct 04 1993 14:40 | 15 |
| Re .3,
I've got an old Sony CD player (CDP-710) on which the drawer mechanism is
similarly unreliable. It ejects OK but doesn't always load properly; it
just whirrs for about 5 seconds before opening again. It does eventually
load but usually only after a helpful 'push' or thump as it's closing !
Though annoying, it's not yet so unreliable that it's totally unusable so
I'm excused from trying to fix it or buy a new one. Pity you've already
scrapped yours ... I was hoping someone would suggest a miracle cure.
As it is I'm left waiting for it to totally break whereupon I'll *have*
to buy a new one.
Mike
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