[TechAssist] Re: Pioneer CD, PD-M550, Won't play

From: "D Thunhurst" <dthunhurst@xxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 10:16:43 -0600
I guess Pioneer is as greedy as the rest of the manufactures.  Why would
they want to sell a part for $10 including S/H when they can sell a part for
$60 including S/H.  They wouldn't even be accommodating to sell me a copy of
the bias and tracking adjustments even after I paid for the pick-up
assembly.  They ARE greedy dogs. They want $26 and some change for the
manual just so I can set it up.  And especially, if they mis-informed me
about the availability of the ribbon cable.
This reminds me of an episode I had a few years back with Sharp.  I had a
tuner rebuilt and needed to access the menu to be able to set the RF AGC.
Their so called technical support couldn't and more likely wouldn't help me.
After buying a service manual at $40, which ate up the profits, it took less
than two minutes to finish the set.
Daryl
Daryl's TV
3310 Dyer St.
El Paso, TX 79930
915-565-9184
915-564-1024 Fax
dthunhurst@xxxxxxx
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Dougherty" <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 8:03 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Pioneer CD, PD-M550, Won't play


> Daryl,
> This is odd....
> I had  a PDM702 back in April, same problem.
> Replaced ribbon, PNP1343, I think it was about $10 including shipping.
> I'm not sure what the difference could be between the two..
> --
> Jeff
>
> Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair
> 263 S Front St
> Steelton PA 17113
> Fax: 717 564  495 2
> www.intrepid-video.com www.tech-repair.net
>
>
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 16:29:34 -0600, D Thunhurst,
> dthunhurst@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > I wish to thank you guys for the help.
> > I called Pioneer and they informed me that the pick-up was the only
> > way to get the cable.
> > I replaced the pick-up and now it almost works correctly. I think
> > it has something to do with the focus and tracking pots. This is
> > probably a stupid question as I know some are quite familiar with
> > these set-ups. Now for the BIG question....how do you do the set-
> > ups? Thanks, Daryl Daryl's TV 3310 Dyer St. El Paso, TX 79930 915-
> > 565-9184 915-564-1024 Fax dthunhurst@xxxxxxx
> > http://dynacomp.freeyellow.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: CCTV-VCR@xxxxxxx <CCTV-VCR@xxxxxxx>
> > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:31 PM
> > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Pioneer CD, PD-M550, Won't play
> >
> >
> >> Bad spindle motors are also very common on Pioneers. They're
> >> relatively cheap, just make sure you measure the turntable height
> >> before you replace
> >>
> > the
> >> motor, & put the turntable on the new motor at the same height.
> >>
> >>
> >> Gary
> >> Carson City TV-VCR
> >> 2164 E Hwy 50
> >> Carson City, NV 89701
> >> 775-887-9089 fax 775 887-1067
> >>> With Pioneer CD players, quite often the problem turns out to
> >>> be an intermittant ribbon cable between the laser pickup and
> >>> the main board.The Pioneer part number for all the models I
> >>> have worked on is: PNP1343. If you repair cd players, it's
> >>> agood idea to keep one of these in stock. You may want to
> >>> double check that this is the correct part number for your
> >>> model.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Gary McCartney
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> McCartney Electronics
> >>> Guelph Ontario Canada
> >>> Est. 1984
> >>> email: gary (at) number63.ca
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> D Thunhurst wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>> I do very little with CD Players so I'm not all that
> >>>> familiar. Usually if cleaning the lens doesn't take care of
> >>>> the problem, I give
> >>>>
> > them
> >>>> back. I can't do that this time. It belongs to my daughter.
> >>>> Of
> >>>>
> > course, my
> >>>> daughter thinks I know all there is to know about electronics
> >>>> (ha, ha). The problem is it will spin and attempt to read the
> >>>> disc. You can see
> >>>>
> > the
> >>>> lens move back and forth and sometimes it will play then jump
> >>>> to track
> >>>>
> > 2 or
> >>>> 3 or 6 or what ever then back to 1. Or it might not play at
> >>>> all. I
> >>>>
> > cleaned
> >>>> the lens, cleaned and lubed the sled, tried applying voltage
> >>>> to the
> >>>>
> > motors
> >>>> and also while doing that, reverse the polarity to the motors
> >>>> (this
> >>>>
> > done of
> >>>> coarse with the motors disconnected from the board). I took
> >>>>
> > resistance
> >>>> readings on the 4 pots then I tried to rock them to see if
> >>>> this made
> >>>>
> > any
> >>>> difference but no help so set them back to where they were.
> >>>> I also
> >>>>
> > tried
> >>>> freeze to see if it nay be heat related. Also esr'd the caps
> >>>> and
> >>>>
> > checked
> >>>> for bad joints.
> >>>> My daughter claims it was working fine and then it just
> >>>> started doing
> >>>>
> > this.
> >>>> Can the pick-up go bad without a warning? or is there a better
> >>>>
> > solution?
> >>>> Any help sure would be appreciated.
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Daryl
> >>>> Daryl's TV
> >>>> 3310 Dyer St.
> >>>> El Paso, TX 79930
> >>>> 915-565-9184
> >>>> 915-564-1024 Fax
> >>>> dthunhurst@xxxxxxx
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