Philips CD960 falls into pause mode

[PetrL]

Hi,

my CD960 has been sitting for some months and now strange fault developed. I put CD in the drawer, press play as always, it closes, reads the disc - but enters the pause mode (the pause indicator lights up) instead of replay. When I press pause button it starts playing.

But after track's end, it again falls into pause. The same thing with skipping tracks - it skips fast as always but then waits in pause... Only pressing pause button helps further.

Do you have some idea, which can be the cause and how to repair this? Faulty control chip? (which one?) Is there some "reset" procedure for this player?

 

[Mooly]

Hard to say, but I would look at simple things such as the pause button itself. The small 'tact' switches Philips used can give trouble. If in doubt then isolate the pause button (unsolder it) and see if the fault is fixed. Also make sure any remote in the room isn't playing up and transmitting on its own.

 

[Chris Daly]

Early Sony players had a feature where they could - as opposed to would, auto pause on tracks,
the sort of thing that a radio station could find useful. I am wondering if a search of the manual
might find a button on the remote that hopefully takes it out of what might be a auto pause setting.

Cheers / Chris

 

[PetrL]

Chris, this might be it! I checked the manual and there is "play mode" switch on the sliding keyboard (which always opens when carrying this heavy player) with "auto pause" option which seems to behave this way. I'll try it as soon as I have the player at hand.

 

[tiefbassuebertr]

Hard to say, but I would look at simple things such as the pause button itself. The small 'tact' switches Philips used can give trouble. If in doubt then isolate the pause button (unsolder it) and see if the fault is fixed. Also make sure any remote in the room isn't playing up and transmitting on its own.

Such unwanted operating instructions I had observe at the "skip-+" button of any cd player. To check, from where this unwanted effect caused, I cut the associated PCB wires with a drilling mashine. In my case the effect was not longer present and thus the toggle push tast switch (tactile switch) itself was the reason. That part looks like this one
B3S-1000 | Cream Button Tactile Switch, SPST-NO 0.05 A@ 24 V dc 0.55mm | Omron

 

[Mooly]

Yes, they can throw up some quite interesting faults if they go leaky. You wonder how they can fail but they do... moisture in some form is always a prime suspect.

 

[PetrL]

So, it was only the "play mode" switch on the sliding keyboard which I unconsciously touched... But you got me the idea about this arcane function I never cared about.

 

[HifiNanny1974]

If all problems could be solved that easy... As a fan of this nice transport I propose to upgrade the coupling caps - you won't regret it. If you need a photo of parts to be changed drop me a line. Short report to be found here: Hifi-Zirkel.de • Thema anzeigen - Philips CD 960 Kondensator-Upgrade

BR and happy listening 🙂

 

[PetrL]

I use it as a transport only. It alters with CD304 Mk.2 and I can't decide. CD960 has more details, more bass, overall relaxed sound and the 304 sounds cleaner and with more energy. If I could have 960's detail and 304's energy at once.

 

[HifiNanny1974]

This is a bit off topic, but it increases listening enjoyment...

Well, I do not want to adorn myself with borrowed plumes... This tweak is a proposal by Troels Gravesen, the previous owner of my CD 960: I changed the coupling caps from WIMA types that were implanted by Troels and replaced them by Mundorf MCap Supreme types. Over all just one hour of work but an upgrade that is worth every penny - you will not regret it! The 960 was build service friendly; just losen the cover and the base plate, then you can unsolder the caps and and replace them. Make sure the CDP is not connected to mains voltage! Happy listening 🙂