[kaosun]

pls visit www.kaosuncd.com for more information!

 

[serge96]

kaosun, congrats on your new site! It was I who told you some months (years?) ago that you should do this 

  Now I feel much safer about my small but precious PCDP collection!

 

[kaosun]

Yep! You got excellent idea! Thank you sooooooo much!

 

[ilmothedude]

I recently returned to work with my Sony D-211. I replaced whole laser pickup and replaced 3 faulty electrolytic caps. Well, didn't help. Focus lens action is still weird up-drop like but now when trying to read CD it spins, slows down, spins wrong direction randomly and so on.

 

[kaosun]

All SMT caps need to be replaced, not only three. Also the leaking areas should be cleaned one by one. 80% D211 can e repaired by these steps, 20% need further circuit repair.

 

[AUDIOBREEDER]

Anyone knows what's happening with my D5? Connected to the wall adapter after a year of non use and this is what happened. On digits are on hyperdrive!

When I turn the units switch on, same thing.
Tried disconnecting and reconnecting same thing.

 

[kaosun]

If you accidentally used a wrong power adapter, its CPU broken. Otherwise full screen on can be caused by a reset failure. Both issues can be handled here in Denton TX.

 

[jamato8]

Has anyone come up with a battery for the D25? I have two after market that are li ion and still work but they won't work forever. 

 

[kaosun]

Yes, battery solutions are available here in Denton TX. Both bp2ex and bp100/200 can be repaired. For detail, pls contact me by yixingu76201@gmail.com

 

[number34]

Hi folks, I searched a bit but didn't find another with my problem. On my D-303 it's gotten to the point where hitting 'next track' kills it. The display will go from whatever track it's playing to to showing '00' then the orange light will flicker for a sec and the player will shut off.
 
Once it shuts down I can't get it to play discs at all. It'll turn on, show me the tracks and total time but shut right off again. I need to unplug it from power or pull the battery before it'll play a disc again. Not the biggest worry because I like to play discs all the way through anyway but hoping it's not a precursor to a bigger problem. 
 
Any thoughts, advice?
 
Thanks!
Ashkun

 

[ilmothedude]

Capacitors are bound fail at some point in this old devices. Could be also a bad regulator. But my first guess is always bad capacitor.

 

[serge96]

Bad caps around power supply would be my primary suspects also. I do not have D-303 in my collection but the models that I checked today (D-50, D-90, D-350) all draw 20-50% more current during forced track change. Maybe it puts too much stress on aged/dried caps during play. Or maybe hardened grease on the worm won't let the sled move fast enough, then servo just shuts it off. These are two easy to fix problems...
A similar problem got answered a week or so ago by Kaosun on his own site re. D-5 acting weird, you may want to check his answer.

 

[number34]

Thanks! Makes so much sense that the extra current draw is causing the fail. Will open the PCDP and get in there someday after widdling down an ever growing to-do list. 

 

[kyuuketsuki]

So I just came into possession of a D-303. I got a universal adapter, and plugged it in. It worked last night but today the sound is completely distorted when the adapter is plugged in. I confirmed it working with other devices. Could a capacitor have blown? If so why is the battery power working flawlessly?

 

[Greateagle]

Kao sun
I have a Sony D-303. It plays but sound like a bad pass capacitor. Would is your typical cost of servicing the pics CD player?
Thanks
Greateagle