Posts by Kurtis Bahr

There is a capacitor that can short out that affects LD playback only so you need to find a LD to try. Some Pawn Shops have LD's.

Quote:Originally Posted by bkflyer Thanks for the suggestions, I'll try them out. If I have to replace the loading belt, does Pioneer still make the part? If they do, will it work in my Marantz? If this is the issue it is a SCQ4.0...

You need to clean or replace the loading belt. Open the tray and then look inder it at the front left and you'll find the belt.

Not all capacitors are oil filled so they just go bad and no leakage to let you know. If you look at the caps on the power board and then go to digi-key and buy replacements then it will not cost much. Just get the smaller...

Yes they can get worn over time. You can write me at kbahr@comcast.net as I should have some good used ones.

Usually the Power supply or spindle motor fix the issue. I once had a player with the issue on the controller servo board and we ended up scraping the player. What you want to do here depends on the value of the player to you.

Top of page three the, power supply, you can see the accelerate, brake, etc. These are the controls from the video board that create the SDPL M+/- signals on the power supply to send to the motor. You really pretty much need an...

You should not be seeing the same on both pins. If you are then that is a problem. You need a positive difference to spin one directions and negative for the other direction. Have you tried the 6V directly to the motor in the player?

The Pioneer website did not show this motor being used on any other players. The website has drop-downs that show all units the part is used in and the A100 is the only unit listed. It could just be a power plug difference I have not...

Have you tried switching between analog and digital sound? These are two separate boards on the S2. Wondering it both digital and analog sound are bad. Also can you try the optical digital output?