CD changers...
Dec. 20th, 2007 07:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpAbout a half dozen years ago, I was browsing through the Methodist Thrift Shop in downtown Pagosa Springs when I ran across a Sony sound system - one of those boxes with twin cassette bays, a tuner, and a CD changer. The unit seemed in pretty good condition, and was complete. The price was $5.
In response to my raised eyebrows, the woman behind the counter said "The CD player doesn't work."
If figured, hey, what the heck, it's for charity, right? I slipped the woman a fin (plus a little something for the governor) and carted the unit home.
Taking it apart was child's play. Once the cover was off, it was pretty easy to see what the problem was: a CD had fallen out of the 3-disk tray and wedged itself in the works. Apparently, the unit had been transported without first removing the CDs.
Today, I moved the sound system from the living room to my office and immediately started having trouble with the CD player. My experience from that first unit didn't kick in until I removed the cover and saw - yep - that one of the disks had slipped out of its carrier and wedged itself in the works.
It now works.
Let that be a lesson to me: Always check to make sure there are no CD's in the player before moving it!
Cheers...
In response to my raised eyebrows, the woman behind the counter said "The CD player doesn't work."
If figured, hey, what the heck, it's for charity, right? I slipped the woman a fin (plus a little something for the governor) and carted the unit home.
Taking it apart was child's play. Once the cover was off, it was pretty easy to see what the problem was: a CD had fallen out of the 3-disk tray and wedged itself in the works. Apparently, the unit had been transported without first removing the CDs.
Today, I moved the sound system from the living room to my office and immediately started having trouble with the CD player. My experience from that first unit didn't kick in until I removed the cover and saw - yep - that one of the disks had slipped out of its carrier and wedged itself in the works.
It now works.
Let that be a lesson to me: Always check to make sure there are no CD's in the player before moving it!
Cheers...
