OT: CD to MP3 jukebox adapter

[Damian Parrino]

Hi everyone,

I know it's not pinball related but I guess that many of us have
jukeboxes too, so I'd like to know your opinions.

I've a NSM Digital Thunder CD jukebox, and the cd player (the laser I
guess) is having too much trouble reading the discs. The cd changer
mechanism works fine, but the CD starts spining and the player usually
fails to read the track. (Error 61 on the display)

So, I got tired of this situation, and I'm thinking about converting
the jukebox to MP3, using a conversion Kit I found online:
http://www.cdadapter.com/nsm5mp3.htm

I'd like to know if someone have used this CD Adapter technology from
Data Sync Engineering, if its worth the price, or if you suggest other
alternatives.

thanks in advance!
regards
Damian

[John In WI]

Have you tried cleaning off the lens over the laser on the CD player?
That will often times fix this kind of stuff.

--

"Anything worth doing, is worth overdoing”

- Mick Jagger -

[CEG]

A little rubbing alcohol & a qtip does wonders on the laser lens. I've
fixed CD players, PS2's, CDRW's

[Damian Parrino]

I've done it many times (cleaning the lens with qtip+alcohol), and it
only helps for a day or two, then it starts again rejecting more than
half of the CDs on the juke.

thats why I'm looking for alternatives to the cd player.

Damian

[Rob R]

Damian Parrino <dpar...@gmail.com> wrote in news:e5dd8f55-eb6e-46d0-
8316-d2d...@m1g2000yqo.googlegroups.com:

I purchased and used the CD adapter to replace a failed CD player in my
Seeburg jukebox. It worked very, very well. Access time was quick, and
it reads the mp3 files from a very simple directory structure.

Once installed, the juke worked exactly the same as it would if the CD
player was still in place. In addition, I think there are different
settings for background music, and random song playing that can be
configured.

If the player cannot be fixed, this is a great alternative.

Rob

[John Dayhuff]

On Aug 5, 10:16 am, Rob R <rrosenho...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Damian Parrino <dparr...@gmail.com> wrote in news:e5dd8f55-eb6e-46d0-
> 8316-d2dd5a3ae...@m1g2000yqo.googlegroups.com:

I did the MP3 conversion kit for my Seeburg reproduction bubbler about
3 years ago and never looked back. Good thing I did because the CD
player was junk before it left the factory. Expensive yes, but so was
the non working jukebox. BTW; I bought the 20 mega byte hard drive
off Ebay brand new for like $30 shipped. The kit people will try to
sell you one thats only like 1 mega byte for $100.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, MI.
269-979-3836

[sethm...@gmail.com]

Hi guys- I realize this thread is from 4 years ago but I'm considering the Cd Adaptor for my Rowe CD-100. Does anyone know if it will still use the coin and bill acceptor as normal? My jukebox is starting to give me headaches with the cd holder mechanism and the actual cd player as well. This seems like an affordable and hopefully easy solution. Thank you!

Seth