Nakamichi CD Test Set DA09155A

Good to hear that you can pick up some work again.Thank you @WernerK, it is a pleasure to make people happy. I still could not solve one issue; some players (1,2+3) tend to jam CD's randomly between the tray and the Music Bank while all the belts were replaced and parts have been oiled according to the manual. Any idea? I have the impression it is mechanical problem rather than a problem with electronics. Currently I am doing a CD 1, which is a very nice CD player.
 
I have a Nak CD Player 3 that was reading the TOC but playing very raspy and distorted sound. I inspected the RF Amp board and found a bad capacitor (C213). This capacitor is 0.47uF 50V. It was reading 200pF. Replaced it and all is good now! The other caps were good but replaced them anyways. Thanks @Wolf Freudenberg !!
 

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This is incredible - just yesterday I started working on my McIntosh MCD7008 (after setting it aside out of frustration) for almost a year. It would not read the CD's - ejecting them after about 20 seconds. Anyhow - after turning up the lasers power a little it began reading the discs and playing music! Only problem is the sound is a bit raspy around the edges - a problem others here have dealt with - what a blessing! I'll take @Wolf Freudenberg's advice and start replacing the indicated caps.
 
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Good to hear BluegrassHarverst, after you replaced the caps you might need to adjust the laser power again according to the manual. In the Nakamichi manual they are referring to a formula to calculate the correct current for the laser. It is actually the first step of the manual ;-)