I went back to work on this cd player again and noticed that when my hand approached the ribbon cable- not actually even touching it, I heard severe static in the speakers. From a tip I found, I took aluminum foil and wrapped it around the ribbon cable and then grounded the foil to the chassis case. Problem solved. Wiggling the cable now does not cause it to be intermittant. CD's play fine now. Gary McCartney McCartney Electronics Guelph Ontario Canada Est. 1984 email: gary (at) number63.ca Gary McCartney wrote: > > I have a Pioneer CD player, model PD-M450 which has a very intermittant > ribbon cable from the laser to the main board. It appears as though the > cable is permanently connected at the laser end. Is this cable available > by itself or do you have to order the whole laser pickup? > > Does anyone have part numbers for the cable and/ or the laser pickup? > > Thanks for any help. > -- > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/