Better to take lasers from other lower cost Discman. I am not familiar / forgot what the deal was with D-311 laser, it is highly unlikely to be...
Looks to be associated with the infamous D-15 weak power supply. @Jorge knows all about this problem and, if still reading these forums, could...
The list will be in the Sony D311 Service Manual. https://elektrotanya.com/sony_d-311.pdf/download.html This link seems to work. These will mostly...
The Sony WM-F57 has a built in speaker. Cool! This service manual screen capture should help: [ATTACH]
Yes. There is also a lot to be said for having an innate patience. Being able to sit quietly for hours and read or build stuff. Being tuned into...
Bookmarked for later reference. Many years ago I made myself a simple adapter / extender from some old heavy microphone cable with 1/4 inch...
That Aiwa was ugly alright. But more of a stupid design, a result of pandering to trends and fads of that era, the product of insecure and fearful...
Press the button up top and the lid / drawer slides up. Then, in order to press the CD onto the "brittle plastic platter hub holder thing" one has...
Last year I read the "Best Threads" area with the thread My thoughts about boomboxes discussion. It was there that the various Panasonic early...
In same dumpster that the Panasonic RX-D29 was found, there was this Philips DCM276 "microsystem" as well. Fully working and in good condition....
Panasonic RX-D29 boombox found in dumpster March 15 2024 as part of someones big clean out. Missing remote control. Erratic operation overall,...
They have a nice page on the Sony CF-1980.
It's a natural progression really. The hype over that movie Guardians of the Galaxy with the first Walkman was the start of this, now reaching the...
Believe it or not, this Sony WM-FX481 was another dumpster find from March 15 of this year. I hesitate to tell the story and post the pictures,...
I actually watched the 5X sony M607V video. Good video with appropriate background music I thought.
That's fantastic work David. Some of these models / boomboxes etc,. are important icons of a certain era. SK-650 is now on my radar. It has that...
Guess you found that out the hard way :biggrin: (Wait: Removing the silly yellow MEGABASS lettering would probably be an improvement though....
Use lots of cotton buds, Q-tips, with isopropyl alcohol, 90% is fine, to clean up that leaking capacitor mess. Use lots of cotton buds. Dip into...
Jorge was really into the D9'ers for a while it seems. A low cost good sounding model with a lot of potential that had to be studied and checked...
And cleaning / polishing the contacts of the battery with fine sandpaper reduces the resistance measurement that the charger states etc., some of...
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