Thank you so much for this detailed walk through. I found my late father's DZ-111 in the corner of his old hifi space and realized the tray would not eject due to a snapped belt. I was able to get an equivalent O ring in an assortment package from Home Depot (US retail) for ~$5 USD and successfully installed it with your instructions. I'm really glad I'm able to continue enjoying this piece of sentimental equipment.
Thanks for the great video! I found one of these on the street a few weeks ago with the same problem. I started mucking around with it and then came across your video. Probably saved me hours of frustration! Cheers.
It seems that using an o-ring in lieu of a drive belt may not work in the long run. O-rings are designed for gasket/sealing use and are made of compression resistant rubber while drive belts are designed for long term use under tension. Maybe a materials engineer or a machinist can chime in?
It is never ideal obviously but it is cheap and easy to replace. A suitable belt from overseas + shipping was almost $60 in Australia so it was never an option. Likewise the factory belt will stretch and fail also…
I just did this repair on my dz112, that belt had literally turned into a sticky mush lol. I used an o ring but the only problem is when the tray opens it immediately closes by itself. Any idea what would cause that?
Try reseating the white actuator arm on the bottom that controls the limit switches. I did have one player that did that after a belt change and it seemed to stop by itself after working it open and closed many times 🙂
Unscrew the CD tray assembly from the chassis so you can move it around a little, then you can tilt it forwards and the door is clipped in at the bottom. The front door cover has to come off before you can remove the entire assembly.
@@whatcouldgowrong7914 thanks...I figured it out. It is snapped in at each side. You have to push the middle while carefully pulling one side, and it pops off.
I have worked on a few d105u units and also one d103u iirc before and I really dislike this mechanism. It's plasticy and generally pretty poor quality. Ofcourse it's pretty decent relative to other cd players both new and of the time, but I just don't like it especially compared to sony offerings that are in a similar price range. Those are usually full metal with a way nicer transport method for the laser module, funnily enough I am pretty sure the luxman mechanism also uses a sony laser.... Ofcourse this shouldn't impact the sound quality, at best it will cause it to be a bit slower in the track selection so who cares, but it just cheapens the whole device for me if the mechanism feels cheap.
@@whatcouldgowrong7914 I was saying if you search for 'CD Player DAC Transport List' you will find a place with alot of info about pick ups and dacs for alot of cd players, including theese luxmans...
Thank you so much for this detailed walk through. I found my late father's DZ-111 in the corner of his old hifi space and realized the tray would not eject due to a snapped belt. I was able to get an equivalent O ring in an assortment package from Home Depot (US retail) for ~$5 USD and successfully installed it with your instructions. I'm really glad I'm able to continue enjoying this piece of sentimental equipment.
Glad it helped! 🙏
Thanks for the great video! I found one of these on the street a few weeks ago with the same problem. I started mucking around with it and then came across your video. Probably saved me hours of frustration! Cheers.
Great!! Thank you. this helped me open the D-105u I just bought!
🔥❤️🔥
Be very careful with the D105u and ensure you put the connectors back in the correct spots otherwise bad things happen
Thank you very much that’s all 🙏👍
It seems that using an o-ring in lieu of a drive belt may not work in the long run. O-rings are designed for gasket/sealing use and are made of compression resistant rubber while drive belts are designed for long term use under tension. Maybe a materials engineer or a machinist can chime in?
It is never ideal obviously but it is cheap and easy to replace. A suitable belt from overseas + shipping was almost $60 in Australia so it was never an option. Likewise the factory belt will stretch and fail also…
I just did this repair on my dz112, that belt had literally turned into a sticky mush lol. I used an o ring but the only problem is when the tray opens it immediately closes by itself. Any idea what would cause that?
Try reseating the white actuator arm on the bottom that controls the limit switches. I did have one player that did that after a belt change and it seemed to stop by itself after working it open and closed many times 🙂
He pulls the door cover off but doesn't explain how it's done. If been fighting with mine and cant remove it. Afraid it will break.
Unscrew the CD tray assembly from the chassis so you can move it around a little, then you can tilt it forwards and the door is clipped in at the bottom. The front door cover has to come off before you can remove the entire assembly.
@@whatcouldgowrong7914 thanks...I figured it out. It is snapped in at each side. You have to push the middle while carefully pulling one side, and it pops off.
I have worked on a few d105u units and also one d103u iirc before and I really dislike this mechanism. It's plasticy and generally pretty poor quality. Ofcourse it's pretty decent relative to other cd players both new and of the time, but I just don't like it especially compared to sony offerings that are in a similar price range. Those are usually full metal with a way nicer transport method for the laser module, funnily enough I am pretty sure the luxman mechanism also uses a sony laser.... Ofcourse this shouldn't impact the sound quality, at best it will cause it to be a bit slower in the track selection so who cares, but it just cheapens the whole device for me if the mechanism feels cheap.
It’s definitely not brilliant but does the job I guess. This transport is destined for a d105u in an upcoming video if we can save it :)
@@whatcouldgowrong7914 I figured it was going to be something in that range. Definitely a cd player that's worth getting up and running again.
dont know what is wrong with my coments...
So weird! Keeps disappearing :(
@@whatcouldgowrong7914 can you see what I wrote?
I saw it briefly then it disappeared… still showing in the comments count but cannot see them… 🤔
@@whatcouldgowrong7914 I was saying if you search for 'CD Player DAC Transport List' you will find a place with alot of info about pick ups and dacs for alot of cd players, including theese luxmans...