I picked up a Magnavox FD1040 (Philips CD104) last week that was not working at all -- would power on but would not spin or read the TOC. I replaced the axial electrolytic caps and repaired the griplets on the servo and decoder board. Now, it spins and reads the TOC. However, after that read, the turntable continues spinning. Pressing Stop causes the turntable to stop spinning. The player will then play tracks fine from start to finish without incident. This symptom happens every time.
Clearly then, the turntable motor circuit is fine or the stop button would not work at all and the unit would not play the entire disk.
I am trying to understand where the instruction comes from that tells the TT motor to stop after the initial TOC read. Has anyone seen this problem before? And can anyone explain the sequencing that sends the stop signal to the motor during this process?
Clearly then, the turntable motor circuit is fine or the stop button would not work at all and the unit would not play the entire disk.
I am trying to understand where the instruction comes from that tells the TT motor to stop after the initial TOC read. Has anyone seen this problem before? And can anyone explain the sequencing that sends the stop signal to the motor during this process?
Let me quickly add that I only changed the capacitors that measured as bad -- generally low capacitance and high ESR, which I find to be common in the blue Philips axial caps used on several of the Philips-based machines from the era.
This is normal behaviour for the CD104.
It assumes you've put a CD in there.....to play it. So it keeps it spinning so when Play is pressed, it quickly starts to Play.
Why put a CD in there if you weren't going to Play it? !
It assumes you've put a CD in there.....to play it. So it keeps it spinning so when Play is pressed, it quickly starts to Play.
Why put a CD in there if you weren't going to Play it? !
Thanks for setting me straight Percival007. I feel a little stupid for not knowing, but I guess I am used to the Sony style machines where the disk stops after initializing. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.
