Electronics Forum / Repair / July 2008

I have a Philips CD960 CD player which has been in storage for a while
(okay, eight years).  The rubber belts in the transport have hardened
and stretched and need to be replaced.  Does anyone know of a source
for these parts?  Philips service here in the U.S. doesn't seem to

Here's one I've never had before. Earlier this week, my wife informed me
that a business-related CD ROM that she uses regularly on my machine, was
failing to read. She was right. Further investigation revealed that the
machine, a Dell, could no longer see my 250GB data drive ...

I've got two of these with the exact same symptom. The backlight cuts out
a few seconds after powering, and stays out until the the unit is turned
off/on again. There are two boards in this; the power supply, and signal
processing/CPU. I subbed the power supply board with a ...

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Has anyone ever seen this problem before?
I have a Panasonic DVD-S47 DVD home DVD player. I've d/l some movies in DVD
extracted form and they play fine. Others have video sync problems and are
in black and white.

I have an Appli iPod powered speaker to repair.  I can't find the actual
model but it is this kind of thing:
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/TP265ZM/A?cid=OAS-EMEA-KWG-UK_Top_KW_B&fnode=h
ome/shop_ipod/ipod_accessories/speakers&mco=ODY0MzM
The one I have is made by Apple, and is ...

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Hi to all and thank you in advance..
I need your help.
I have a little PSU (for D-Link equipment) with bulging capacitors.
I changed them but there is something else broken.

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Repairing a used VSWR meter; which has a badly damaged meter. Meter
front broken off, most of the meter needle missing etc. If had another
similar meter would have a go at fixing the meter and making a scale
for it but nothing of similar manufacture!

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I am trying to add a 2nd hard drive to this computer. I have installed the
drive but the BIOS doesn't recognise it.
any suggestions. ( I tried the add hardware in Windows too)
TIA

I am looking for a DVD player model that has a user accesible test mode menu
that a service technician would use.  We would like to be able to make
measurements of the DVD player's electronics in various test modes. The
purpose is for use in a class where we are teaching how CD ...

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