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ldfan
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Post subject: Re: Showing off my newly obtained Pioneer Laserdisc Player. Posted: 05 Jan 2023, 18:07 |
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Can’t tell by the video but in most cases a slow eject is due to a dirty grip ring on the spindle platform You can try cleaning it with alcohol to see if that fixes it but there is the possibility that it needs replacing. I believe these gamma turn models do seem to have this issue more than others. Here is a link to a replacement ring if you need it later. https://www.ebay.com/itm/174686647125?m ... media=COPY
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jesuslovesgood
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Post subject: Re: Showing off my newly obtained Pioneer Laserdisc Player. Posted: 06 Jan 2023, 02:04 |
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ldfan wrote: Can’t tell by the video but in most cases a slow eject is due to a dirty grip ring on the spindle platform You can try cleaning it with alcohol to see if that fixes it but there is the possibility that it needs replacing. I believe these gamma turn models do seem to have this issue more than others. Here is a link to a replacement ring if you need it later. https://www.ebay.com/itm/174686647125?m ... media=COPYHow do I get to that part? Is it like that if I open it with player off or do I need the player on to get to that area?
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ldfan
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Post subject: Re: Showing off my newly obtained Pioneer Laserdisc Player. Posted: 06 Jan 2023, 07:11 |
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jesuslovesgood wrote: How do I get to that part? Is it like that if I open it with player off or do I need the player on to get to that area?
1) Take the cover off of the player (seven screws total). 2) While the player is still powered, eject the tray & then unplug the power. 3) See the following two pics...... 4) Get a q-tip dipped in alcohol and rub it somewhat hard on the rubber portion of the spindle (which is the grip ring) to remove whatever build up is on it. You might see the q-tip turn black or not. Let it dry for maybe about 10 minutes and then play a disc. What you should see is that the disc will brake very quickly after the cleaning (if it's not too worn) and then the player will eject the disc very quickly. The reason it was not ejecting before is because a dirty or worn grip ring will not be able to brake the disc properly and the player then ends up letting the disc come to a slow stop on it's own (which can take awhile). Once the disc stops spinning, then the player allows you to eject it.
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ldfan
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Post subject: Re: Showing off my newly obtained Pioneer Laserdisc Player. Posted: 06 Jan 2023, 07:39 |
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jesuslovesgood wrote: Would you fix it or leave it alone for now? For something this simple, it wouldn't hurt to get your hands dirty and just get it done. At some point, you're going to have to learn to do stuff like this especially if you plan to stay w/ the hobby. This is as easy as it gets (if it really is just dirty). jesuslovesgood wrote: Could anything else get worse on the player if I leave it alone? It seems to open quickly if I just wait a couple minutes for everything to stop making noises like it makes noises while it's resetting things I think. What do you think? Eventually it will get to the point that it may not have any grip left to even spin a disc and you'll start to hear a sound of a disc slipping when the player is trying to stop a disc or attempting a side change. Otherwise, that would be the worst of it but it will be annoying to the point that you'd want to fix it.
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jesuslovesgood
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Post subject: Re: Showing off my newly obtained Pioneer Laserdisc Player. Posted: 07 Jan 2023, 06:19 |
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rein-o wrote: After a point it could also put a wear ring on your label, so at some point you will need to clean and or replace to protect that disc you just paid 100 for. The player seems to open up immediately if I just wait a couple minutes after movie is over. Maybe I shouldn't mess with anything in fear I might make things worse. It seems to be fine as long as I don't try to open player quickly. It seems it's re-adjusting something because I hear the machine doing something internally maybe around 30 seconds or so after I press stop. Or is it adjusting very slowly because of the issue that it needs to be cleaned?
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ldfan
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Post subject: Re: Showing off my newly obtained Pioneer Laserdisc Player. Posted: 07 Jan 2023, 08:52 |
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jesuslovesgood wrote: Holy s**t this thing is dirty. I've been cleaning it for about 30 minutes and black is still coming off. Don’t overdue it. You might be taking off rubber from the pad.
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jesuslovesgood
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Post subject: Re: Showing off my newly obtained Pioneer Laserdisc Player. Posted: 07 Jan 2023, 09:27 |
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ldfan wrote: jesuslovesgood wrote: Holy s**t this thing is dirty. I've been cleaning it for about 30 minutes and black is still coming off. Don’t overdue it. You might be taking off rubber from the pad. I think I repaired it but when I was scrubbing hard with rubbing alcohol the rubber part or whatever it is did ripple and I thought that would break the player. It has not broken the player so far but it did ripple and has bumps in it now. I believe that's the dirty belt or band I was cleaning that was rippling for so much rubbing alcohol used? Either way the player is now working properly I believe. I am able to eject immediately after stopping the player and I don't have to wait. Then I fast forward manually on the front of the player to near the end of side A of Dark Tide and now it's flipping to side B automatically without any issue. Now I haven't played the movie entirely just yet and I will know around 4:40am or 4:50am if it is properly flipping the laser to read side B but I'd imagine it will if it did when I fast-forwarded to check if it would. We shall soon find out. Thanks for all your help. You all might have just repaired this player so it works properly. I was paranoid I'd break something cleaning it but I don't think I did but the rippling bumps that are now on the band or belt that I was cleaning does concern me. Also I didn't fully clean it because I felt like the rubbing alcohol was stripping off too much black. I spent like 50 minutes cleaning the black s**t off it and it seemed like it had an infinite amount and it looked like it was starting to ripple.
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