"Tony Duell" <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> said:
> > 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
>
> 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...
> > 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.
*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 (!)
> 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_at_dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
Received on Sun Jun 16 2002 - 03:34:38 BST