Yes, you did the alignment I was referring to. Don't you just "LOVE" seeing these stereo systems walking in the front door!! I have repaired a ton (it sure feels like a ton) of these changers, only one has been that ic. The others have been the gears or audio output ic. Good luck with yours, Jose' Reyes @ Kwik Fix TV 619 Pondella Rd. N. Ft. Myers, Fl. 33903 E-Mail: jr@xxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "wblakey" <wblakey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:55 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fisher TAD993 24 cd carousel, not recognising the proper disc > > When you talk about alignment, do you mean the alignment you do to get the > bottom of the carousel on the base? I did that just to get the bottom of the > carousel on and if you did not do that and do it properly the thing would > only turn about 30 degrees before hitting a stop. That is fun when you don't > remember which unit you do, whether the one with front load or without front > load. > Yes I have done this alignment or is there another one. Mine is stopping at > the wrong spot the same as yours did. > Wilf Blakey/Blakey TV > Kirkland Lake,Ontario,Canada > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jose Reyes" <jr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 3:31 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Fisher TAD993 24 cd carousel, not recognising the > proper disc > > > > > > I had one (TAD993) about a year ago that was not the usual gears. > > When the carousel would turn it would stop on the wrong disc, one number > > off. For ex: If it was supposed to stop on the # 10 disc, it would stop on > > #9. Then I would get the "M-ERROR" message. > > It turned out to be IC111, the micro/system control ic on the cd front > > board. This is a 100 pin surface mount ic. > > Before you consider changing this ic, make sure your carousel is in time. > > There are holes in the carousel and plastic chassis to align. > > I hope you don't have a bad ic, it was not fun to change. > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > Jose' Reyes > > @ Kwik Fix TV > > 619 Pondella Rd. > > N. Ft. Myers, Fl. 33903 > > E-Mail: jr@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "wblakey" <wblakey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:17 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Fisher TAD993 24 cd carousel, not recognising the > > proper disc > > > > > > > Is there anyone out there very well experienced with the Fisher 24 CD > > carousel unit? I have had various problems with them over the past years > and > > Sanyo/Fisher or the service manual has not been much help with finding or > > explaining the theory of operation on these changers. > > > On this one I just changed the two friction gears that operate the load > > /unload mechanisms for the CD play and the front load assembly. Everything > > was okay and then I went to unload the CDs and it started to stop at the > > wrong location followed by a "M-ERROR" message. I am not sure what it is > > that is supposed to sense the discs on the carousel and also what tells it > > where it is at. TIA > > > Wilf Blakey/Blakey TV > > > Kirkland Lake,Ontario,Canada > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > > > Submit Repair Tips here: > > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ > > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > > Submit Repair Tips here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/