Thank you! My 615 is now working great! It's been in our family since new in 91' (ish) so it's sentimental, even if it's not exactly the best CD player ever made. Needed a new carousel belt, a clean, some lube, and it seems happy as can be. PlayExchange is always a fun trick too.

I thought I wouldn't like 5 disc changers until I bought one (Technics) a few years ago for the hell of it. I actually ended up loving it and grabbed another. I like that you can put in a double album (or longer) and listen to the whole thing without swapping discs.

It's nice to see that they invented a digital 💿 version of the 1960s Garrard type automatic record changer.🥰 Not sure why they didn't stay with the tried and true 'stack em on a long spindle' method.🤭

I've owned several thrift store 5CD carousel players and the disc search switch needed repeat cleaning with intermittent periods of failed disc read until ultimately dying. For $10 they were ok for a year or two. GeeBay sells this model from $60-$85. 5disc players are great if you're entertaining guests and want to play selections from your cd collection without being a DJ every 40 mins.

I've had just two five disc players in my time! One Sony and now an Onkyo! The sony was better on disc reading and didn't skip as easy! My Onkyo would skip on heavy bass so I put some damping pads under the feet and that helped!

Hope November brings you lots of cool turntables. Don't be hard on yourself broseph. Fiddly getting it sorted sometimes. I used my grinder to take the points off my bench phillips screwdrivers to convert them to JIS, before I bought actual JIS. They work much better after taking the tips off and 0 cam out when torquing down any Japanese equipment.

@TurntableGuy

8 ай бұрын

Might have to try that with the screwdrivers.

@raymiehershey1430

8 ай бұрын

This is a good tip. Where did you get a jis set? The sets I see are not jis even though they are advertised as that.😮

@PoppinWheeliez

8 ай бұрын

​@TurntableGuy I learned about it when I was restoring Japanese motorcycles. My brother and I built a truckload of Cafe racers in the early 2000's and previous owners would have the original engine cover screws mangled with standard screwdrivers. Japanese Industrial Standard is the same whether its a turntable or a motorcycle.

Are there cases where the grease on the lazer rails gets old and chunky, affecting the lazer movement and reading of disc?

@TurntableGuy

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely.

Ecxelente trabajo, quedo totalmente restaurado....amigo que liquido usaste para pulir el panel de control? Quiero hacer lo mismo a mi amplificador

The stylus needs changing and it wil be absolutely fine 😁

Belts are always due for a change on these, sled needs a clean and lube, latley we see more of these Yamaha's with gear issues.

@TurntableGuy

8 ай бұрын

The gear on the sled motor is susceptible to cracking - surprisingly this one was ok.

@vonclod123

8 ай бұрын

@@TurntableGuy Nice, usually the Yamaha's are good runners..

@bigmacfullerton7870

3 ай бұрын

I have a Yamaha CDC 685 and I started seeing what looked like white dust or little bits on the tray. It finally dawned on me the plastic gears in there are white. It started doing this weird stuttering shaking thing so I opened her up and sure enough that little gear that drives the CD ray part is in bad shape. Can I replace that gear or maybe that whole section some how?

@vonclod123

3 ай бұрын

@@bigmacfullerton7870 I don't think you can, only if you find a donor unit. We have thought about 3d printing the part but not there yet.

I have a Yamaha CDC- 565 that the tray keeps opening.Tray closes, then when you hit play, tray opens. Any ideas?

@TurntableGuy

8 ай бұрын

It's the limit switch that activates when the door is fully closed. Clean or adjust it's position.

THANKS FOR ANSWERING. IS HOW DO I IDENTIFY THE LIMIT SWITCH? ONLY TIME I OPENED THE CASE UP WAS TO REPLACE THE O-RING FOR THE TRAY TO OPEN.

@TurntableGuy

7 ай бұрын

See if the service manual is available for download at hifiengine.com

How can I get something serviced?

Very negative comments. Who cares if you like 5 disc changes or not. I do.

@TurntableGuy

6 ай бұрын

Who cares if you like 5 disc changers? I don't.