Good morning from Atlanta, GA! It's not easy to make me laugh first thing in the morning, but when the CD cover broke off and flew, I almost spit my tea! Thanks! :)
I remember watching Techmoan accidentally destroy an already poorly Aiwa(?) all-in-one system a few years ago while trying to mend it. At least you were able to salvage some useful spares. I'm glad you kept the capstan motor as they're often interchangeable and decent new ones are like hen's teeth to find. I'm refurbing a Denon DRM-650S and a Yamaha KX-580 hi-fi cassette deck at the moment so I can experience the magic of Dolby S in all its glory. They were only £60 each on eBay and in pretty good shape for their age so don't need a great deal doing to them.
My super rare aiwa nsx aj305 was just like that all the issues cd changer melted belts but after words it Is a great unit it took 2 days to fix because the belt route was unknown mainly the cd changer needed some love and force but once more it was worth it
If this was super rare or valuable I would have tried to revive but nope, it was great therapy just pulling it apart after all the stuff I have fixed over the years
@@Thriftronics hey sometime just taking your anger out on a cheap stero is fun when parting out you need worry about breaking it and as a result I beat it up good if I doesn't give me what I want part wise
@@Thriftronics Plenty of YT creators have done some pretty good vids on how to work with them. Desoldering them off a board, test them if need to and properly reinstall it for an old one. That's how I learned.
Surprisingly, this thing isn't nearly as cheap as it may look like on the outside. Quite a chunky transformer. Big heat sink, discreet output transistors? Wow! Actually looked like quite a decent quality unit with lots of power. But yeah you can't save 'em all...
The tape a/b buttons are the play buttons. If it was working properly, hitting ether buttons would switch the function to tape and start playing, providing a tape was in there. The play/pause on the cd button is for the cd. Just like the tape buttons hitting, cd will switch functions to cd and start playing.
In the last few years of aiwa under sony ownership... the aiwa CD3 changer in the NSX mini systems was the same as the 3 disc in the sony's... biggest problem with the changer mechanism was the ribbon lead that connected the motor & sensors for turning the disc trays, I rewired an aiwa NSX999 CD3 changer with plastic coated wires soldering pin 1 to 1, 2 to 2 and so on, flat ribbon lead went on the blink after 15 months, but thise ribbon leads are the biggest failure in the japanese systems. The whole mechanism really has to be disconnected and lifted out to work on the CD changer.
Those units were from the mid 90's. Wonderful creations and overpriced for what they were. They did however work until they didn't. I stripped down plenty of these to keep part for future use. I recently disposed of all the things I collected over the years. I think there must have been 50lbs of parts from speaker connector to volume knobs. I think I ruined more things than I fixed. There was a thrift outlet near me and they used to let me go through their trash bins. I found lots of units with hard drives in them. I thought I hit gold and still have many of them left. Really useless in this day and age.
Good morning from Atlanta, GA! It's not easy to make me laugh first thing in the morning, but when the CD cover broke off and flew, I almost spit my tea! Thanks! :)
lol 😂 good morning and yeh sometimes you just get that wanna smash something up feeling
I remember watching Techmoan accidentally destroy an already poorly Aiwa(?) all-in-one system a few years ago while trying to mend it. At least you were able to salvage some useful spares. I'm glad you kept the capstan motor as they're often interchangeable and decent new ones are like hen's teeth to find. I'm refurbing a Denon DRM-650S and a Yamaha KX-580 hi-fi cassette deck at the moment so I can experience the magic of Dolby S in all its glory. They were only £60 each on eBay and in pretty good shape for their age so don't need a great deal doing to them.
My super rare aiwa nsx aj305 was just like that all the issues cd changer melted belts but after words it Is a great unit it took 2 days to fix because the belt route was unknown mainly the cd changer needed some love and force but once more it was worth it
I had the same inside as yours so if you ever need tips on it I can help for sure
Also u need a tape in it to play electronic head drive
So the tape could have worked all along 😅😅😅
If this was super rare or valuable I would have tried to revive but nope, it was great therapy just pulling it apart after all the stuff I have fixed over the years
@@Thriftronics hey sometime just taking your anger out on a cheap stero is fun when parting out you need worry about breaking it and as a result I beat it up good if I doesn't give me what I want part wise
Great video 👍👍👍👍
Thank you 👍
A whole board full of those electrolytic caps. Harvesting those can bring back a few radios or LED alarm clock radios.
Exactly, if I knew how to use them lol 😂 I will learn I guess
@@Thriftronics Plenty of YT creators have done some pretty good vids on how to work with them. Desoldering them off a board, test them if need to and properly reinstall it for an old one. That's how I learned.
Surprisingly, this thing isn't nearly as cheap as it may look like on the outside. Quite a chunky transformer. Big heat sink, discreet output transistors? Wow! Actually looked like quite a decent quality unit with lots of power. But yeah you can't save 'em all...
My scrap guy has the transformer and case now :)
The tape a/b buttons are the play buttons. If it was working properly, hitting ether buttons would switch the function to tape and start playing, providing a tape was in there. The play/pause on the cd button is for the cd. Just like the tape buttons hitting, cd will switch functions to cd and start playing.
Thanks ☺️ yeh definitely an issue for it to do anything TBH, at least it’s fixed now and won’t give anyone else any trouble ☺️
In the last few years of aiwa under sony ownership... the aiwa CD3 changer in the NSX mini systems was the same as the 3 disc in the sony's... biggest problem with the changer mechanism was the ribbon lead that connected the motor & sensors for turning the disc trays, I rewired an aiwa NSX999 CD3 changer with plastic coated wires soldering pin 1 to 1, 2 to 2 and so on, flat ribbon lead went on the blink after 15 months, but thise ribbon leads are the biggest failure in the japanese systems. The whole mechanism really has to be disconnected and lifted out to work on the CD changer.
I’m happy to salvage the belts and have those neat looking speakers 🔊
Those units were from the mid 90's. Wonderful creations and overpriced for what they were. They did however work until they didn't. I stripped down plenty of these to keep part for future use. I recently disposed of all the things I collected over the years. I think there must have been 50lbs of parts from speaker connector to volume knobs. I think I ruined more things than I fixed. There was a thrift outlet near me and they used to let me go through their trash bins. I found lots of units with hard drives in them. I thought I hit gold and still have many of them left. Really useless in this day and age.
I just been round all the thrifts today 5 in total, nothing, not a thing worth filming. Hope it improves probably just a blip
take it to value village and get a 20% coupon
In a bag lol 😂
Had a couple years ago when they were old then . Never liked them and every 1 i saw had stk module