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cplusplus
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Post subject: Re: Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 30 Apr 2021, 23:21 |
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deckard wrote: The prospect of a part being expensive, or worse unavailable is quite alarming! Absolutely. But if you find a failed part, one of us here might have it or we can tell you a cheaper donor to pull from.
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deckard
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Post subject: Re: Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 01 May 2021, 06:59 |
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Joined: 24 Mar 2021, 15:42 Posts: 38 Location: United States Has thanked: 0 time Been thanked: 5 times
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I think I made some progress tonight. I found that in test mode, I can actually get the LD to play video and audio, but only on the outer part of the disc. Anything below frame 8100, and the spindle motor starts acting strange (rapid speed-up and slow-down of the disc), and the video breaks up. Frames after 8100 get progressively clearer, although show some noise right up to the end of the Pioneer Reference Disc.
So the question is, what might cause the PU to be unable to pick up the track from the inner part of the disc, but be okay with the outer part? Perhaps the alignment was thrown off somehow by the spinning label (sounds unlikely though...)?
The good news at least is that the PU is working, as is the Spindle Motor. Hopefully the player can be brought back with some careful re-alignment?
I have the service manual, but the steps are a little hard to follow. It reads like it's explaining implementation details for technicians who are already familiar with the alignment process. Is there a good source of information about the steps required to align a Pioneer laserdisc player? Does anyone have a copy of the Pioneer Tuning Fork documentation? Where should I start with a situation where only the outer part of the disc will read correctly?
Oh, @cplusplus, in answer to your question about whether tracking servo making a difference, yes it does make a difference. The PU starts making high frequency noises, and the video goes bad. I'll try and upload a video later.
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cplusplus
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Post subject: Re: Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 01 May 2021, 15:32 |
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Adjustment steps can be quite obtuse, and at sometimes incorrect due to printing errors. The best guide out there is https://www.domesday86.com/?page_id=2896 but your player's adjustments are different. It is still worth a read through. It is more important to know why than how with these anyway, so the video series happycube uploaded is good for that. Issues at outside of disc can be due to centering, focus, or tilt so check those.
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deckard
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Post subject: Re: Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 02 May 2021, 03:44 |
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Joined: 24 Mar 2021, 15:42 Posts: 38 Location: United States Has thanked: 0 time Been thanked: 5 times
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Oh, I noticed this bubbling near the coils near the spindle motor driver. Does this look normal? Attachment:
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ldfan
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Post subject: Re: Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 02 May 2021, 05:19 |
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deckard wrote: No, it’s solid. It’s not actively bubbling. In that case, maybe I am wrong. I just never seen it like that on my transformers but maybe it could be normal .
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 02 May 2021, 12:50 |
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I really don’t see how the label could destroy a laser without leaving any evidence (ie: if the pickup is ripped out and sitting on the floor of the case). Paper can’t cut glass, so I very much doubt the issue is optical clarity. The bubbles are also weird but so weird I have nothing intelligent to say about them.
_________________ All about LD care, inner sleeves, shrink wrap, etc.
https://youtu.be/b3O-vHpHRpM
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deckard
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Post subject: Re: Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 02 May 2021, 17:06 |
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Sorry for long post. TL;DR, I don’t know what to try next so I’m taking a punt on the laser! rein-o wrote: You need to figure out what really is wrong, the label didn't kill the player. If you think the laser got scratched you need to look at it with a magnifier and see if there are any scuffs. I accept that a stripped label shouldn’t cause this problem, and maybe it’s entirely coincidental. There are no obvious scuffs on the lens. There are one or two lines, although it’s hard to tell if it’s just a reflection or a scratch. There were some specs of debris that came off with air (manual squeezy pump I use for getting dust off astronomy eyepieces). My guess is that the label might have got misaligned when the third disc was inserted (label came off on first disc, remained in place for second, third disc failed and came out with label). Perhaps it built up a static charge and damaged the diode? I agree it’s speculation, but I’ve spent two days trying to figure out what’s wrong with no real progress. All I know is: Focus and tracking adjustments affect the amplitude of the RF signal, but not the noise. When attempting coarse centering adjustment, I do not see a lissajous pattern, just a blob of noise. Manual tilt control also affects amplitude but not noise of my RF pattern. Centering and Tangential control also did not help RF noise. FG rotation sensor generates a regular pattern when trk and tilt are enabled. With track and tilt disabled, FG wobbles slightly. The adjustments described in the service manual all seem to assume you have a halfway decent RF pattern, and discs partially play. There’s no troubleshooting flow chart. I still do not understand why I can get a (noisy) image on the outer edge (above frame 8100) of the reference disc (Could the higher linear velocity compensate for the noise?). I don’t know why I don’t get an error code. I don’t know how to independently verify if the spindle motor is okay (aside for checking for shorts), or the laser assembly is okay. rein-o wrote: Does this power up??? Does it shut down automatically??? Then those bubbles while I've never seen anything like that before they won't do anything, they seem to be some type of glue or lacquer.
If your player is shutting down after 1 minute then there is something crossing. The Player doesn’t shutdown automatically. Here’s the sequence: 1. Power on, player starts as normal. 2. Eject - tray opens and player accepts discs as normal. 3. Player verifies if it’s a a CD or LD correctly. 4 (LD). Press play, LD speeds up for a second or so and then usually starts spinning backwards for 20-30s. Sometimes (1 in 5 times) the disc just stops. Once the disc slows down, it gets ejected. No visible error code. 4 (CD). Press play, CD spins up. Player tries to read from two parts of disc. RF pattern is noisy. Player gives up after a few seconds and stops. Disc is not ejected. In test mode, CD’s spin up but generate bad RF throughout disc. Spin rate (monitoring FG) is more steady with Tilt and Trk servos on. Noise is quieter with them on too. In test mode, LD spins up. Inner part of the disc causes motor to spin erratically on inner part of disc. Moving head to outer part (>8100) causes motor to stabilise, and noisy image appears. Audio is also played. Video uploaded here : https://youtu.be/g0UgB4HIkDQI’m basing the guess about bad laser diode on references about bad cd eye patterns (like this one : https://www.eevblog.com/forum/beginners ... tern-test/). My eye pattern seems worse: https://youtu.be/WxT0Z2ZrjQ4I agree the label shouldn’t kill my player. But the player died just before spitting out a stripped label (and making a nasty noise). I just feel like I’ve run out of options, and swapping the laser assembly might work, or it might just eliminate that from my investigation.
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deckard
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Post subject: Re: [CLD-D704] Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 11 May 2021, 00:03 |
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Joined: 24 Mar 2021, 15:42 Posts: 38 Location: United States Has thanked: 0 time Been thanked: 5 times
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New laser assembly arrived today... Dead on arrival. No light from the diode at all, doesn't even detect a disc. The diode came shipped in a box of bubble wrap in a zip-lock bag. I expect it got zapped during shipping, or storage.
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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: [CLD-D704] Stripped Label killed my player Posted: 15 May 2021, 20:44 |
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deckard wrote: Entirely possible! But wasn't reality Glad you got your player figured in the end.
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