Sony MDP-850D LaserDisc player

This LaserDisc player has some problems. 🙂

1, The display do not work, totally black.

2, It only plays side one.

(When i try to switch side, there is a minor scraping sound for like 5 seconds, and then it stops.)

I managed to fix problem #1 before i posted something about this player, so this is like two posts in one. 🙂

1 was due to faulty capacitors on the displayboard, i replaced them and now it is working again.

Next step is #2.
To be continued… 🙂

CLD-D925 update…

I opened it up yesterday, and manually worked the mechanism to get the cage inside to move up and down, and the CD-tray to come out.

I then plugged in the power cord and tried to start it up to see where it goes wrong.
But, it worked like a charm…
I tried about 30 times, ejecting the LD-tray and sent it back in, and it worked flawlessly every time.

Tried again this morning several times, and it still works…

Ok then, case closed, for now.. 🙂

I am still thinking of getting a new belt for it, just to prevent failure in the future.

Pioneer LaserDisc CLD-D925

This is a LaserDisc player model Pioneer CLD-D925.

I bought this one new somewhere in the mid 90´s.
It has not been used for quite some time now, and i suddenly got the urge to start it up. 🙂

It did not quite like to be awaken from the dead… 🙂
It refuses to open the bigger tray for the LaserDiscs, and instead displays the error code “U1” and opens the smaller CD-tray.
(Probably an old rubber belt that has gone bad over the years?)

So, needless to say, this is my next project. 🙂