CD 101 Refurbish and Repair
bought a broken CD 101 , someone already had a go to fix it . but failed.
Power supply has been recappen with 3 or 4 different brands of capicitors
33µf was replaced by wrong value
lots of distortion in 2 Chanels , one channel fixed by replacing a faulty SAA7030, other channel has low freq. rumble and noise
after hours searching the problem was found 1 one of the smd jumpers a cold solder joint resoldering mixed the problem
Still noise and Rumble in one channel, after painstaking searching found faults SMD resistor
“The Philips CD101 was received in good condition, for which many thanks.
Very happy with this beautiful player. It is also the realization that a 40 year old player plays like new again.
And I must say the sound can easily keep up with current new equipment. What a positive contribution!”