Troubleshoot and fix even the toughest CD player. Get the expert guidance to quickly diagnose and correct problems with any type of CD player--home, car or portable--in the Third Edition of Troubleshooting and Repairing Compact Disc Players. Electronics wizard Homer L. Davidson Reveals field-tested troubleshooting techniques and time-saving service tips for the latest makes and models from such leading manufacturers as RCA, Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Sharp. He gives you detailed descriptions of every CD player component and circuit and explains how they work, why they fail and how to fix them fast. More than 450 how-it-works photos and schematics plus how-to-fix-it illustrations and flowsheets make it easy to: remove and replace defective laser heads; repair servo systems; troubleshoot and test CD boom boxes; service circuits using an oscilloscope; solve low-voltage problems; make critical electronic adjustments; locate and replace defective slide, load and disc motors; build an infrared tester; much more.
Complete Guide to Compact Disc (CD) Player Troubleshooting and Repair
Explains how compact disc players work, offers advice on maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs, and discusses tools, supplies, and common malfunctions.
With this complete guide, CD owners will have all the information & instruction they need to make sure their CD players are producing years from now the same kind of sound they're enjoying today.
This book is the next best thing to having an experienced engineer sitting along-side the bench: advising, guiding, cautioning, and pointing the reader in the right direction while repairing and adjusting a CD player.
A guide for the technical student or beginning technician. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
In this updated edition of his best-selling guide, Homer Davidson, master of consumer electronics, provides wizardly hands-on advice on troubleshooting and repairing a wide range of electronic devices -- without the benefit of schematic ...
An all-in-one, illustrated guide for consumers and hobbyists--covering everything from microcassettes, portables, and stereo/auto cassettes and compact discs to VCRs, camcorders, and digital audio tape.
Engineers will find this a helpful companion to the various service manuals. The text takes a problem solving approach with numerous examples, circuit diagrams and line drawings.
... troubleshooting charts to diagnose most problems in portable or car units , however , because the basic reasons behind the fault will be similar . For example , a car CD player does not have an ac cord , so you would not test its cord ...
Troubleshooting Transistor Amplifier Circuits Class B and AB amplifiers pose some interesting troubleshooting problems because of the use of two transistors in the output and biasing stages . Either of the two transistors can develop a ...