Ive had a hold of a philips cd304 for some years now with the intention of having a go at repairing the unit.
Im a keen diyer and after breathing new life into an old nad 3020 just by replacing the caps i felt that id give the cd304 the same treatment .
So far ive managed to replace most of the caps with like for like and the cd player is now working again !
The only areas i havent tackled to replace the caps are the two main boards that sit back to back.
Now although the cd player works and sounds fine ,it will only last for about 30 mins before failing to read the disc.Even if i change a disc or start again it wont read ,up until i switch it off and leave it for awhile.
So would changing the caps on the main boards be the likely culprit ..mostly philips caps (One of which i cant figure out it has 150u 6v3 )
I feel im in touching distance of completing this fix .
I have also gone over the solder joints .
Any help would be greatly received
Im a keen diyer and after breathing new life into an old nad 3020 just by replacing the caps i felt that id give the cd304 the same treatment .
So far ive managed to replace most of the caps with like for like and the cd player is now working again !
The only areas i havent tackled to replace the caps are the two main boards that sit back to back.
Now although the cd player works and sounds fine ,it will only last for about 30 mins before failing to read the disc.Even if i change a disc or start again it wont read ,up until i switch it off and leave it for awhile.
So would changing the caps on the main boards be the likely culprit ..mostly philips caps (One of which i cant figure out it has 150u 6v3 )
I feel im in touching distance of completing this fix .
I have also gone over the solder joints .
Any help would be greatly received
This Player is 'just' the wider version of the CD-104.
Search on here for CD-104 'Griplets'.
The two PCB's you mention had 'Rivet' type connections between one side of the PCB and the other in several places (you must do them all !!). These become intermittent/Open Circuit and cause all sorts of problems.
Desolder them (leaving them in place and feed a piece of wire through the resultant hole. As I say, you MUST do them all.
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Search on here for CD-104 'Griplets'.
The two PCB's you mention had 'Rivet' type connections between one side of the PCB and the other in several places (you must do them all !!). These become intermittent/Open Circuit and cause all sorts of problems.
Desolder them (leaving them in place and feed a piece of wire through the resultant hole. As I say, you MUST do them all.
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If you do a 'Bing' (not Google) search for ''CD-104 Griplets'' and look at the 'Images' section you will see all the points that must be done.
cd-104 griplets - Bing images
First two images.
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cd-104 griplets - Bing images
First two images.
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Hey thanks for the help i'll give it a go tomorrow and let you know the result.
Funny i have a cd104 as well that i picked up for repair. If the two are similar then perhaps i'll give that one a go after 🙂
Funny i have a cd104 as well that i picked up for repair. If the two are similar then perhaps i'll give that one a go after 🙂
Wonderful machines.
For sheer build quality I think the 104 is my favourite CD Player. I have several !!!
Considering they're 'only' 14 bit, they sound very good. Those Philips chaps were a clever bunch !!
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For sheer build quality I think the 104 is my favourite CD Player. I have several !!!
Considering they're 'only' 14 bit, they sound very good. Those Philips chaps were a clever bunch !!
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Always fancied a 304.
They don't come up for sale too often.
Philips CD304 - DutchAudioClassics.nl
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They don't come up for sale too often.
Philips CD304 - DutchAudioClassics.nl
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