Well was doing the rounds on ebay and seeing if there were any boxes worth my money  :lol:  and then came across a seller with two of the same boxes ? i looked and it seemed to be the same box in both pictures ? one said it was dead and the other was working ! So i put them both on my watch list and move on - well i guess as we all do, it got the better of me and asked what she would take on the dead box ? she came back that a friend had brought both back from the states to the uk for her and that when they plugged it in they for got to switch the voltage - pop bang dead ! no power ? she said that she got some one to check it out and it was going to cost more then she wanted and so not worth her fixing it - hence it was on ebay for sale starting at £10 and she didn't want the other one and that was also for sale - i guess it was a nice gift for her but not a boom box fan so she said make a offer for it ? so i came back with £30 ? yup will see it for that   so £8 for postage/courier and it came home

got it out of a well wrapped box and it was MINT   not a mark on it !

so to the next stage and let the wheels on the bus keep turning

remember  i gave away a very clean DC-7 to a guy !  well he takes stuff apart and repairs them, and gets off on finding it easy !

so greg had the box a couple of day and then i get the call to say it's all done and working 

he's taken off the power lead that was wired up inside the box and change it for a uk plug and put a 8 pin on the back of the box all neat and sweet  :thumbsup:

transistor and a couple of caps had blown - easy for him to fix

i also had a 5th gen i-pod that had lost it's ear phone plug in sound / no sound through the plug - but because the box can play it thought the bottom of the i-pod it works just fine 

so what did the repairs cost ?  nothing as giving him the DC-7 was what he had been after for years as it was his childhood box and for that i get free repairs for life 

so for taking a chance on a dead box i have a MINT WORKING LASONiC i-931 for £30

so here are the pic's

original pic from ebay i took a chance on - looked to good to be true style add - and using the same pic for both dead and working one seemed fishy 

£30 gets you a bargain

so now i'm happy 

well with just a couple of things to ask  having never owned a lasonic before - it feels a bit plasticy and like a kids toy ? i don't mind this but was the original lasonic like this or is it just the way they have done it now ?

having played the i-pod through the machine and finding out that i need to change the i-pod set up for best sound - now i can't get the radio to work ? is there some thing that needs to be changed over from US to UK ? or i'm i missing some thing ? aerial seems a bit weedy and looks like it should be changed to some thing with a little meat on it and it would make it look a bit better - so who knows about the radio ?

cheers B 

You did well there bendy...lets just say i have a dc7....and im far from impressed with it,,,,good heavy construction but the sound is weedy to say the least.....glad it worked out for you man...nice one

dont have a - group of letters arranged lke this - i p o d

have you tried turning off the - bunch of letter's above ? And then pressing the button on the Lasonic for the radio

no James - i have it set to FM Tuner when trying to get a station - picks up nothing but static - i pod was only on there as i was taking pictures at the time and not trying to show the radio part - that was just a question at the end i needed to ask

hmm maybe you have a bad radio there

just don't know if it's a US to UK think that need to be changed or if Greg the repair man has missed some thing off ?

not to worried if the radio doesn't work