Funk
pfm Member
In the course of looking for something earlier on I came across my brother's old KI-Sig and decided to fire it up for some disc-spinning nostalgia (been a while since I put a CD in a tray!). The drawer closes and the laser ticks a little but the disc doesn't spin up. Service mode confirms Error 02 which is a focus issue with the laser.
I opened it up and had a look - placed a piece of white paper over the laser mech and can't see any output from the laser when the tray shuts so it's not even trying to read the disc. Gave the laser a gentle clean with some IPA just because but of course still no joy; seems to be a common issue and replacement of the transport is the order of the day (a cursory check suggests it's a Philips VAM1202/12).
The whole player's in great nick so my question is whether a 'repair novice' like me would be taking on more than I could handle in replacing the transport myself - is it relatively simple? Part of me is keen to learn and gain some experience, the other part of me knows that experience is probably of fairly limited future use so perhaps worth just 'getting it done' by someone who will do it better, faster, with less swearing and potentially broken other bits at the end..
On a scale of 1-10, how difficult is this likely to be and what tools, other than the 'basics' would be required..?
I opened it up and had a look - placed a piece of white paper over the laser mech and can't see any output from the laser when the tray shuts so it's not even trying to read the disc. Gave the laser a gentle clean with some IPA just because but of course still no joy; seems to be a common issue and replacement of the transport is the order of the day (a cursory check suggests it's a Philips VAM1202/12).
The whole player's in great nick so my question is whether a 'repair novice' like me would be taking on more than I could handle in replacing the transport myself - is it relatively simple? Part of me is keen to learn and gain some experience, the other part of me knows that experience is probably of fairly limited future use so perhaps worth just 'getting it done' by someone who will do it better, faster, with less swearing and potentially broken other bits at the end..
On a scale of 1-10, how difficult is this likely to be and what tools, other than the 'basics' would be required..?