Hi all,
I am new here. I picked up a Kenwood DP-1000 CD player which had a few problems that I've already addressed (namely, 2 shorted electrolytic capacitors in DAC section, and CD tray motor belt replaced, and gear lubrication). There is one more issue that it has that I am trying to resolve.
Issue:
Sometimes (not always!) when I attempt to play a CD, the laser pickup seems to "spazz out" for want of a better term and moves too far toward the front of the unit.
When it happens, the gears responsible for moving the laser module are fully torqued and get stuck. If I press Play again, the motor backs off and seems to reset.
It happens maybe 50% of the time when I try and play a CD. I noticed that it will also happen about 50% of the time when I attempt to pause the CD. Sometimes it will pause gracefully and the laser sits in place, and other times it does the "spazz out". I've recorded a couple of short videos which hopefully illustrate the issue. If anyone has any idea on what might be causing this issue, I would be most grateful to get your advice.
This shows how the motor and gear assembly gets stuck during playback:
This shows how the motor resets itself from a stuck position when I press 'Play' again:
I am new here. I picked up a Kenwood DP-1000 CD player which had a few problems that I've already addressed (namely, 2 shorted electrolytic capacitors in DAC section, and CD tray motor belt replaced, and gear lubrication). There is one more issue that it has that I am trying to resolve.
Issue:
Sometimes (not always!) when I attempt to play a CD, the laser pickup seems to "spazz out" for want of a better term and moves too far toward the front of the unit.
When it happens, the gears responsible for moving the laser module are fully torqued and get stuck. If I press Play again, the motor backs off and seems to reset.
It happens maybe 50% of the time when I try and play a CD. I noticed that it will also happen about 50% of the time when I attempt to pause the CD. Sometimes it will pause gracefully and the laser sits in place, and other times it does the "spazz out". I've recorded a couple of short videos which hopefully illustrate the issue. If anyone has any idea on what might be causing this issue, I would be most grateful to get your advice.
This shows how the motor and gear assembly gets stuck during playback:
This shows how the motor resets itself from a stuck position when I press 'Play' again:
Hello, have you found the cause of this error? I'm asking because in my case the laser is in the extreme position (looking at the video on the left) and when I try to move, the gear wheel skips in a similar way.
