So, I bought a Harman Kardon HD7600 CD player to match up with my HK amp and tuner handed down from my parents, but lo and behold, when it arrived it no longer functioned. Many hours of fruitless searching and trial and error, I have a pretty good idea what's wrong, but I need to find an assembly that doesn't appear to be available anymore (pics below).
Does anyone know where I can get one of these, or even just a replacement spindle?
The player itself appears to work fine, but in its current state it simply spits CDs back out and refuses to play.
Also, is there a forum where I can get help with troubleshooting?
Does anyone know where I can get one of these, or even just a replacement spindle?
The player itself appears to work fine, but in its current state it simply spits CDs back out and refuses to play.
Also, is there a forum where I can get help with troubleshooting?
Seems to work and does not work are self-contradictory. If it accepts a disc then spits it back out, usually it means it cannot read the TOC on the disc. Most common reason is the laser lens needs cleaning.
So. Good news.
It's not spitting the discs out anymore.
Bad news.
It just sits there, spinning the disc forever, not reading anything.
What did I break now?
It's not spitting the discs out anymore.
Bad news.
It just sits there, spinning the disc forever, not reading anything.
What did I break now?
Our local resale shops sell better, newer, working CD players for around $10. With remotes. Even DVD players.
Why bother?
Why bother?
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(1) Those aren't Harman Kardon.
(2) It goes nicely with my Harman Kardon PM640 amp and TU610 am/fm tuner.
(3) most everything in stores is all-in-one shelf units.
Our local car dealerships sell more efficient, newer, working Mustangs for a fraction of the cost of restoring a '65 Fastback.
Why would I want a classic?
He wants a matching piece...
Change the inner mechanism, mostly Philips or Sony.
It will be worn, and changing out laser is not so easy, alignment and so on takes time.
Getting spare lasers that match will also be difficult.
Harman Kardon went bust, picked up by Samsung, it was a poseur of a company, more acting than reality.
Most smaller companies bought components and assembled them, Panasonic and some other Japanese were the only ones to make their own chips and transistors, and capacitors.
HK was a much smaller operation.
But for $10, if you get a substitute, use it to play while you repair this one.
Or use the innards in this housing.
First clean the laser, and maybe set the trim pots next to it, mark or photograph the pots before setting them.
Change the inner mechanism, mostly Philips or Sony.
It will be worn, and changing out laser is not so easy, alignment and so on takes time.
Getting spare lasers that match will also be difficult.
Harman Kardon went bust, picked up by Samsung, it was a poseur of a company, more acting than reality.
Most smaller companies bought components and assembled them, Panasonic and some other Japanese were the only ones to make their own chips and transistors, and capacitors.
HK was a much smaller operation.
But for $10, if you get a substitute, use it to play while you repair this one.
Or use the innards in this housing.
First clean the laser, and maybe set the trim pots next to it, mark or photograph the pots before setting them.
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Careful with the cleaning fluid and material to use while cleaning.
Find out what mechanism and laser is used, read up.
Some lasers cloud up when iso alcohol is used, ruins them.
I use surgical cotton dipped in alcohol, on a tweezer, the cotton wet but not dripping.
Wipe as if it is a spectacle lens, towards one side.
Then dry wipe immediately.
If you have clean new lens wipes they might work.
But read up first.
Find out what mechanism and laser is used, read up.
Some lasers cloud up when iso alcohol is used, ruins them.
I use surgical cotton dipped in alcohol, on a tweezer, the cotton wet but not dripping.
Wipe as if it is a spectacle lens, towards one side.
Then dry wipe immediately.
If you have clean new lens wipes they might work.
But read up first.
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