elfe111 Wrote:
Hi Richard
I have obtained the repair manual from a company here in the UK an have recently tried to re-align the trays. Firstly the manual although helpful in listing the various parts etc.i loses a lot in the translation from Japanese to English. I think yo are absolutely correct in your assumption that the trays are arranged It is probably necessary to fully dismantle the CD assembly from th rest of the unit first before any realistic repairs can be carried out I have a copy of those instructions if you require one. My proble was that the initial snarl up was because of one of the two sprin mechanisms that elevate the disc in the drive position had itsel miss-aligned due to a small part of the plastic breaking. This repaired and after quite some time I managed to understand th 'Carousel' action of the mechanism. By rotating the small bevel gea (the white one that drops loose when the unit is disasembled) complete turns the first tray (Tray 2) is made to traverse from th rear to the front of the unit. Place tray 1 into the rear of the uni and turn the gear a further 5 turns and it should travel from the rea to the front as did the first tray, at the same time the first tray i elevated up to the top front position. the tray will need a littl assistance during this operation since it normally works the other wa up and relies on gravity to lift (drop) the tray into position. similar operation is followed by tray 3 so allowing tray 2 to take ove the drive position. I also found that the gears didn't rotate fully fiv times the second time but jammed causing the whole mechanism to foul up I managed to cure this by disassembling the whole gear mechanism an turning the 'black gears' to a slightly different position from where was then able to rotate the whole mechanism freely. Although i appeared to work when operated by hand, once I had reassembled th whole unit it refused to operate fully under power. Thats where stand at the moment. No longer jamming but not yet fully aligned. will crack the problem yet.!!!
Let me know how you do. I will copy the written procedure if yo require it.
regards Norman Ibbotso