Re: Philips MC-110 micro midi style stereo.


"ian field" <dai.ode@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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TBH I'm not keen on working on audio stuff - especially ones that have
mechanical bits and servos and stuff, so I may even weigh up the cost of
someone else having a look against the price of a new one.

The CD plays normally for about an hour then the spindle motor gradually
becomes erratic, slowing, stopping and occasionally going backwards,
I've
only had it about 4 years, which seems a bit soon to bin it so I
wondered
if
its a stock fault anyone can tell me where to look for?

TIA.



Prop it up at an angle for a few hours and see if the malfunction occurs
much earlier or not at all then probably mechanical/ connection problem
than
electronic control problem. If mechanical then break/remake all
connections
would be a good start.

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When it first packed up I replaced it with a seriously cheap & nasty deck,
so I carried on using the Philips speakers and put the old deck in the box
with the tacky plastic speakers, recently I borrowed the tacky speakers
and while I had the box open had another play with the Philips deck. Short
of space to set it up in, it was on an uneven surface anyway and I patted
it about a bit to see if there were any glaringly conspicuous dry
joints/loose connections, its hard to tell with erratic behaviour but
patting it about didn't make a noticeable difference.

Hi Ian, how's it going ? Did you know that Steve is hoping to get T @ H
going again soon as a web based publication? Different name again though ...

Is that one of the Philips units that has the three-player mech with the
trays that slide over one another ? If so, it's quite likely that the laser
is either dusty or worn. Be warned though that this is not an easy mech to
dismantle to get at the laser. There are timing issues if you accidentally
get it screwed up, which is easy enough to do, even without dismantling it.
Unless you have the instructions, or have done a lot of them, you would
never figure it out by trial and error ... Just as a matter of interest, the
electronics and spindle motors on these are generally pretty reliable.

Arfa


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