aiwa cd changer wont let go cd
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THe CD got stuck in the playing piece and wouldnt come out.
I opened it up and the part that picks the cd up from the tray wont go
down. Any ideas on what to do?
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It looks like the above. the cd holder wont let go of the cd nor go down.
I tried to push it manually but it wont work. Thanks for you input!
btw: If this is not something I can do myself can anyone know what I can
tell the repairman is wrong and a price estimate on what it would be ?
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Before you buy.
Sofie
push anything manually......more expensive damage may result. Take it to a
shop for proper repair..........be sure to select a shop that has worked on
AIWA CD Stereo units. Depending on what is broken and what is not, repair
could be $35 to $95 ? ? ? ?
See if the shop you take it to will evaluate or estimate for a small fee
which would apply toward repair if you chose to have it fixed.
Again.....do not force anything manually.
Best Regards,
Dan Sofie
Electronics Supply & Repair
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Gregory Danner
"Sofie" <so...@olypen.com> wrote:
> The drawer gears & cam are out of time and are possibly damaged. Do
NOT
> push anything manually......more expensive damage may result. Take
it to a
> shop for proper repair..........be sure to select a shop that has
worked on
> AIWA CD Stereo units. Depending on what is broken and what is not,
repair
> could be $35 to $95 ? ? ? ?
> See if the shop you take it to will evaluate or estimate for a small
fee
> which would apply toward repair if you chose to have it fixed.
> Again.....do not force anything manually.
> Best Regards,
> Dan Sofie
> Electronics Supply & Repair
> ==============================================
What experiences have the technicians out there had who have seen a lot
of these Aiwa 3-CD shelf systems?
I've repaired several for my customers over the past couple of years,
but they always seem to break again after another year or so. A lot of
the initial problems were with bad solder, flex cables failing, and
broken plastic parts in the changer mechanism. But then I've also seen
quite a few bad optical pickups and motors, too. Lately I've been
recommending against repairing the CD sections of these Aiwa units. It
always seems that the CD portion is what fails in them. Some of them
do have RCA type line inputs on the back, so that a separate CD player
can be plugged in there to bypass the broken internal one. Somehow
that seems like a more cost-effective repair if they are going to break
every 12 months, assuming that you can find a higher quality external
CD player.
Several months ago I bought a very similar looking (on the outside) 3-
CD shelf system that was made by Sony off of eBay, and it seemed to be
much more robustly constructed on the inside (more metal, less plastic)
than the Aiwa. The Sony doesn't have the clear plastic top or the
little multi-colored LED light show around the CD, but I don't see that
as being a really necessary feature anyway. When I got the Sony
system, it wasn't working, but it only needed the flex cable to the
optical pickup changed and it has worked beautifully ever since.
--
"EB" Greg Danner / Audio-Video Service Center
CLSNOWYOWL
repair problems on them for the past 5 years, since the end of 1995.
The maker, AIWA, has had the tray on the right hand side misaligned slightly.
For each device you find, you have to ask Aiwa for a little spacer that costs
15 cents, as I remember from one of their tech. bulletins from January, 1996.
This little 15 cent spacer causes all of the problems with cam gear loading
and timing on the disk tray. There is also a lip on the blue gear that
sometimes will break off if forced. There are alignment markings on the gear
that can be checked, andthey have to be positioned properly to ensure timing of
the tray once again.
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Subject: Re: aiwa cd changer wont let go cd
From: Gregory Danner gda...@advancenet.net
Date: 7/15/00 2:13 PM EST
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