That's a very interesting idea. However, it would require a redesign of the driving circuit as well, because the original CX10043 used for this...
I made a picture of my own unit for reference. It may be possible that the head plate indeed does not come out all the way, if you look at the...
Pin 7 is connected to a pull-up resistor (R605 - 10K) to the positive rail. It is a shutdown pin to the internal voltage regulator of the IC...
370 euros for one in mint condition with original box is a good price, but it depends on what the fault it. If it's something easily fixable, or...
The first thing that I would consider is where did you source your replacement chip from, as there are many counterfeit CX20084 available from...
@Silverera I do agree with you on the fact that there is no definitive cut off number: one of the info indicating this are the first pages of the...
In order to measure current, you need to connect your multimeter in series with the power supply/batteries. If you choose to do the measurement...
An assorted bag of 20-30 good quality belts would likely cost more than $50, although I didn't see any packs like this for sale. At that point...
The later series (as indicated by SONY's service supplement 2 attached) did have an entirely different PCB: double sided, mostly SMD components,...
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