I have a couple of Denon LA-2300 units, they're nice little players from 1996. All info I can find on them always points to them being Pioneer CLD-D515 clones, but that's a European PAL/NTSC unit, and these Denons are 120 volt US models.

The back of my unit looks completely different from pictures of the back of the CLD-D515. My LA-2300 looks exactly like a CLD-D604 from the back (I think), but the front is different. (And no karaoke stuff)

So, what's the deal with these? Are these US units capable of playing PAL discs if the TV supports it? I don't have any PAL discs to test with. Or is it just a CLD-D604 with the karaoke removed and different buttons/faceplate?

I'll post some pics up tonight when I'm off work.

If it’s a US based consumer model it doesn’t do PAL. In the analog days dual PAL/NTSC compatibility was something that cost actual money to implement as opposed to today when most chips are programmable and features are locked out for reasons of value engineering. In the LD era no company would add it just for the heck of it and there was zero market for PAL in the US in the LD era (no PAL discs, no PAL compatible consumer TVs).

I think (though not certain) that the European CLD-515 US equivalent is the CLD-504, if you take a look at the rear panel of this model it looks identical to that of the US version of the MLD 2300.

Looks like a rebadged CLD-D504 minus karaoke.

Thanks for the input everyone. CLD-D504 based would make sense. And I was wrong, it was mfg in 1995, not 1996. Here are front and back pics for good measure.