Explains how compact disc players work, offers advice on maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs, and discusses tools, supplies, and common malfunctions.

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. Packed with quick & reliable answers to the problems of maintaining & repairing CD players, this illustrated do-it-yourself guide takes the apprehension out of first-time repairs. By following the easy maintenance & upkeep procedures included, readers can ward off problems before they happen.

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.

This book brings together insights into the new and considerably higher-tech levels of audiovisual equipment and materials, and the admittedly limited things non-technicians can and should do to assure delivery of the instructional program. Extensively illustrated with diagrams and photographs, Volume II goes into VCRs, with considerable additional emphasis on cable and distribution systems. A number of preventive maintenance and diagnostic approaches are discussed for classroom computers. Looking toward the future, the authors also treat audio compact discs and videodisc technology.

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