An acquaintance gave me an early Wave Radio with integral CD to see if I could fix the low volume problem. It appears the control chip may be faulty because now the display will produce a "Please Wait" message and no audio from any source. I tried the several reset methods, but to no avail. Apparently, this is a common failure mode. Any ideas?
I'm fairly sure it'll have to be replaced; I'm not going to waste too much time on an old, over-priced product. If you have a recommended replacement, I'd appreciate any advice. The unit will occupy a shelf next to a galley kitchen in a small diner and should be on the compact side. I'm not up on smaller boom-boxes with decent sound so I'm hoping to find an experienced opinion here.
Also, it appears that later versions lost the R-core tranny and consume half the line-current. Any clue about output power; I'd guess 5 - 10wpc max. Thanks for any input.
I'm fairly sure it'll have to be replaced; I'm not going to waste too much time on an old, over-priced product. If you have a recommended replacement, I'd appreciate any advice. The unit will occupy a shelf next to a galley kitchen in a small diner and should be on the compact side. I'm not up on smaller boom-boxes with decent sound so I'm hoping to find an experienced opinion here.
Also, it appears that later versions lost the R-core tranny and consume half the line-current. Any clue about output power; I'd guess 5 - 10wpc max. Thanks for any input.
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They suffer with open circuit capacitors on the power supplies on all boards especially the digital ones.
They are just a mains only boom box.
They are just a mains only boom box.
Thanks, but the PS meters OK and with the accumulating failures I'm still thinking an IC controller issue.
The old Cambridge 88 & newer Tivoli has some recommendations.
The old Cambridge 88 & newer Tivoli has some recommendations.
It is not the voltage you are looking for. It is the mains ripple that causes the problem. Those wave radios were made when the world was flooded with duff capacitors.