Hello folks,
I have a Philips CD100 CD Player I purchased back in 1983 in Belgium.
I moved to Florida 37 years ago and I would like to fire it up again, but I need help with the Voltage selection.
There is no external switch selector I can use so it has to be done internally.
I've done some reasearch and I translated some instructions using Google translate.
Unfortunately it still not clear enough and my brains cannot figure this out, so maybe someone can chime in.
I'm including a couple pictures.
Thanks.
I have a Philips CD100 CD Player I purchased back in 1983 in Belgium.
I moved to Florida 37 years ago and I would like to fire it up again, but I need help with the Voltage selection.
There is no external switch selector I can use so it has to be done internally.
I've done some reasearch and I translated some instructions using Google translate.
Unfortunately it still not clear enough and my brains cannot figure this out, so maybe someone can chime in.
I'm including a couple pictures.
Thanks.
Knowing this player, I must warn you that it is likely to have significant operational issues after 40 years, the solving of which would be much more complicated than doing the voltage conversion.
The transformer connection diagrams look pretty clear on paper. If they don't to you then, for safety's sake, you should leave this to an expert.
P.S. Have you dismantled the player to gain access to the transformer to see the physical wiring layout yet?
The transformer connection diagrams look pretty clear on paper. If they don't to you then, for safety's sake, you should leave this to an expert.
P.S. Have you dismantled the player to gain access to the transformer to see the physical wiring layout yet?
I've got a totally unrestored (on purpose) one of these, still works when I give it a listen, periodically.
I want to keep it as orginal as possible and shall only replace things that fail along the way, I don't want to do a 'blanket re-cap' for instance.
To save me taking mine apart, if you have yours apart, can you post some pictures of the Mains Transformer and all the connections to it ?
P.
I want to keep it as orginal as possible and shall only replace things that fail along the way, I don't want to do a 'blanket re-cap' for instance.
To save me taking mine apart, if you have yours apart, can you post some pictures of the Mains Transformer and all the connections to it ?
P.
As a matter of fact I opened my unit yesterday to take a look.
I haven't decided yet on how to proceed from here...
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
Here are some pictures, I hope it helps...sorry about the little bug 😉
Michele.
I haven't decided yet on how to proceed from here...
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
Here are some pictures, I hope it helps...sorry about the little bug 😉
Michele.
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The reverse side of the transformer is not visible in the photographs so we don't have the full picture.
Someone with experience would have to dig deeper into the circuitry.
For safety reasons, I'm going to sit this one out!
Someone with experience would have to dig deeper into the circuitry.
For safety reasons, I'm going to sit this one out!
I believe it's wired for 220V mains.
Convert to 110V, you need to disconnect the jumper wire on tap 3 - 2.
Connect tap 2 to tap 4 via a jumper wire, use another wire connect tap 3 to tap 1.
For the sake of litigation, some countries take such advice as ill informed meddling.
So please prefix an advisory sort of message...'Try that, it may work, I am not responsible if you or your equipment get damaged'.....
That is what made @Galu wait this one out.
A unit with 37 years in storage will have leaked electrolytes, and corrosion from the atmosphere in Florida.
Bad rubber, dried grease etc. as well.
It also seems a cantankerous unit.
So revival will be tedious.
Best to transfer the data from stored CDs (another questionable issue, CDs do degrade as well), and use HDD, or USB, or cloud storage.
So please prefix an advisory sort of message...'Try that, it may work, I am not responsible if you or your equipment get damaged'.....
That is what made @Galu wait this one out.
A unit with 37 years in storage will have leaked electrolytes, and corrosion from the atmosphere in Florida.
Bad rubber, dried grease etc. as well.
It also seems a cantankerous unit.
So revival will be tedious.
Best to transfer the data from stored CDs (another questionable issue, CDs do degrade as well), and use HDD, or USB, or cloud storage.
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Switching voltages was usualy quite "easy" on these units. You may have opend the wrong side of the unit, try taking of the bottom instead of the top cover.
Then the instruction should make sense.
Your player looks quite good for this age, like new what I see, stored dry. I can not see corrosion. Chances are good it will still work, maybe you have to replace a brittle rubber belt for a few Cent. Anyway, this is a rare piece and someone will be really happy to get it, even "as is". Value depends, but low 3 digit should be no problem.
Then the instruction should make sense.
Your player looks quite good for this age, like new what I see, stored dry. I can not see corrosion. Chances are good it will still work, maybe you have to replace a brittle rubber belt for a few Cent. Anyway, this is a rare piece and someone will be really happy to get it, even "as is". Value depends, but low 3 digit should be no problem.