Help with Adcom GCD-575

[Mooly]

It should have a link. If the pickup is in place then unsolder it with the iron and CD player disconnected from the mains to avoid any leakage currents. A quick dab of the hot iron will remove the solder.

 

[vandalfsens]

WTH would I do without you guys? So when you say mains I think you mean both need to be unplugged from the wall, correct?

It appears I will need to disassemble to get access to the dot, which is no problem.

Once it's hot, what do I use to remove it or will it stick to the point of the solder gun?

 

[Mooly]

Solder gun ?

Yes, a quick swipe of the hot tip over the blob should remove the solder instantly. Make sure the tip is clean and free of solder first.

Unplugging both removes any risk of anything bad happening due to leakage currents.

 

[vandalfsens]

Sorry, old terminology? What do we call them now? PS I don't like guns.

 

[Mooly]

No idea tbh

I remember field techs used to like them (in the old days of TV service) because they heated up instantly, and while that was acceptable for working on heavy duty stuff they were not suitable for fine work, and certainly not for static sensitive stuff.

 

[vandalfsens]

Fixed!!!! Sort of...

The soldering iron worked!!!

Then I dropped the top white plastic gear that drives the pickup on the soldering iron and melted it!!!!!

Now it plays perfectly until it gets to the damaged portion of the gear. I'll need to find a replacement online or eBay.

Being a newbie sucks. But I'm learning.

 

[Mooly]

Oh no As a tech I've seen many disasters happen, but that's a first. If you look at the mechanism and then look at images for various players then you should find its pretty generic across the board.

 

[vandalfsens]

Thank you, again you've been most helpful.

What should I be searching for? Cd laser pickup gear or drive or something like that

 

[Mooly]

I was just looking and couldn't just turn anything up.

Search terms would be KSS210, KSS210A, KSS210B, Sled, Gear, Gears, Rack, Drive. Also KSS150 of course.

You might get lucky with an old scrap boom box as some of these often used KSS210's.

Also try Sony KSS213 Mechanism. Does it look similar ?

 

[Mooly]

Aiwa used these like they were going out of fashion back in the 90's.

An old scrap music centre might have one. The Aiwa's that had a three disc changer at the top used 210's.

KSS-212A KSS-210A LENS DECK MECHANISM for SONY AIWA NAD VIDEO CD DVD Players | eBay

 

[PC91]

Yes, go to a any electronics repair shop and ask for a defunct mechanism and they sure have one o two around, also, kss150 is prone to catch lots of grease in a inner optical element, you just have to remove the black cover on the pickup and clean the lens parallel to the focus lens that is fixed to the chassis of the pickup, reading improves dramatically