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Take care of it! Mechanically is indistructible but its Philips capacitors are prone to fail, particulary the ones of power supply and some on cdm and servo pcb. I completely recapped many of CD100, CD200, 202, 300, 303 ecc. Measuring the old ones are WAY out of spec after nearly 40 years. If your machine has original ones soon may start to develop faults like 50hz hum and difficulties to read discs from cold.

Just attach wires at the microphone pins.

yooo I just came here cos I was like that sabamobil looks like that old grundig thing i have been carrying around for years

Brothers |n Arms was the first 'DDD' CD. The first CD was (depending on who you ask!) Ein Alpen Sinphonie, Richard Strauss-Deutch Gramaphon, Billy Joel-52nd Street or ABBA-The Visitors.

Nathan, I took some time off to focus on sorting out my life. Got out of a terrible relationship, moved into a place of my own, and in the process lost 57kg (or 125lbs) so I won’t be so ashamed of my appearance on camera. I’m currently rebuilding my studio after the house move, so there is a channel update and more content coming soon! 😎

​@@Retronics You have one more subscriber today! <3

You probably dont give a shit but if you guys are stoned like me during the covid times you can stream all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. Have been streaming with my gf for the last couple of days =)

@Xander Brock yea, have been watching on instaflixxer for since december myself :D

Coming from you, that's quite the compliment! My channel is on hiatus at the moment owing to some health issues keeping me off camera, but in a couple of months, I'll be churning out videos again. In the meantime I've been collecting plenty of interesting video subjects. :D

I'm terribly sorry, João, it wasn't my intention to deceive you. I am a fan of Techmoan but I didn't really consider myself to be aping his style... After all, I'm just starting out, and all I'm doing is filming myself explaining how some old tech stuff works, giving a bit of background on it, and demonstrating how I managed to repair it. Personally, I don't consider my videos to be a patch on the quality of Techmoan's, but he's been making his for years and I uploaded my first one a bit over a week ago. My video ads are targeted at the fairly broad channel category of "technology" because, again, my channel is only eleven days old, and I'm trying to gain subscribers and view time to meet TH-cam's new (rather strict, I might add) requirements for monetisation. My goal is to get enough subscribers to start achieving organic growth, and sustain the costs related to sourcing and filming new things, mostly because I really enjoy exploring and fixing pretty much anything tech-related I can get my hands on. In saying that, I have seen an unexplained spike in views since this morning (which I was rather excited about, I will admit), so I''m guessing AdWords for Video has been playing my ad over one of Techmoan's videos, and that's where it has come from. Honestly, I'd much prefer it to be increased interest in my content, because advertising is not cheap, and I have a family to support. Hopefully you'll understand that I wasn't trying to rip him off, and if that's not enough for you, the video I'm currently producing relates to restoring and modifying a gaming console, which is a topic I can't recall him ever doing. I also have some car-related videos, and some electronic build videos I'm planning as well. Once again, my apologies for misleading you. TGPN.

Hi João, I have ceased all forms of advertising effective immediately. TGPN.

Ah, well, no worries! I didn’t say it was a dick move… Only dick-ish. ;) And I didn’t get deceived in any way, shape or form, I just got slightly confused for the better part of five seconds; your ad was clearly marked as such, but it felt a bit like those full-page ads disguised as articles in newspapers, if you catch my drift. Anyway, you did get my point of view (bluntly as I may have put it), it seems. Thanks for the kind response; however right I might’ve been in my criticism, I did overreact, and I’m also sorry for that. I should’ve considered the whole algorithm thing more thoroughly, and… you know, construed a fairer argument. On that matter, maybe cutting off all advertising is also harsh, but I hope I did help you out with my criticism in the end. I would never claim to be the prototypical TH-cam viewer, but surely I’m not the only one who might’ve considered the whole thing to be kind of… weird, or even off-putting. It was almost as if I felt guilty for actually enjoying an “advertisement”. This whole experiment would make for a good case study, now that I think of it. Anyway, I digress. I know this is a dog-eat-dog world, in which advertising can really play an important part (hey, it did get some people to know your channel and you will probably end up getting at least one sub out of it after all… It’s like that old adage, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” ;) ), but it’s also filled with really cool collaborations and good relationships between TH-camrs (to be fair, I‘m not some sort of gossipy “tattletale” and would never claim such a thing on Techmoan’s channel or social media, I kinda got your point from the very beginning and realized you must be a well-meaning fan yourself; imitation is, after all, the sincerest form of flattery), and I’m a firm believer in organic growth. Also, I hope you take this as a sincere compliment: your content does look cool and can probably stand on its own, without the need for much in the way of paid advertising (or are the algorithms so effed up already - and/or Google so greedy - that your videos wouldn’t show up naturally in my feed otherwise? I mean, I do also follow LGR, the 8-bit guy, retrotech, the works…). Not that I’m thinking of starting a TH-cam channel of my own or anything, but I do take great interest in these matters… I studied at a Communication Design & New Media MFA programme, and a few of the issues we approached were precisely remix culture, Creative Commons, self-publishing, etc. (one of my case studies was, of all things, Machinima, and I was already reading on memetics way back in 2010); for me, it’s still rather interesting to see how small content producers relate to one another, to mainstream content-holders and to the distribution chain.

That's OK. I'm glad for the viewer interaction - I was starting to think I must be seriously boring to watch because I had only managed one comment on this video and two on my other video after several thousand views... You have given me definite food for thought though. I chose to end the ad campaign because when I opened AdWords after reading your comment, I had a brief moment of horror when I realized that my videos could not only be playing over Techmoan's, but also over the other creators who make videos I enjoy and whose channels could be categorized alongside his. I think for now, I'll put a stop to the advertising and focus my energy on producing more content that can actually attract viewers and subscribers. I've also sent him an email apologizing for my mistake and for confusing any viewers wondering why he's suddenly developed an Australian accent. Thanks for the compliment. It is nice to actually get some written feedback instead of just hoping a number beside a thumb icon increases. As for my content standing on it's own, well, a month ago I'd never filmed anything seriously before, let alone edited it into a watchable video, created animated titles, recorded voice overs, designed artwork, etc, etc. To my eyes, there is a definite improvement overall between my first video and this one (it took me about fifty takes to get the intro piece to camera on the last video right due to nerves), and I intend to continue refining my skills and gaining self-confidence as I produce more content. If you add up *everything* I've done from scratch to get to here, I would say over the last six or seven weeks I've probably already invested a couple of hundred hours, while working full-time and having a family, just to produce and release a little over thirty minutes of watchable video. Now I've laid down the groundwork though, it's much easier to create content - I'm only fine tuning the peripheral aspects now (such as the TH-cam channel structure, my website, Patreon, and social media feeds) rather than creating them from the ground up. As for algorithms, I don't think I'd turn up in your feed because my channel is tiny compared with most, and even with carefully written descriptions and keeping to relevant keywords, I'm still not going to garner anywhere near the views or viewer interaction needed to make a serious impact. In the future, who knows though. I came into this half expecting to be ridiculed incessantly, but it seems I'm not doing too badly after all. I don't know if it's the same for you, but I find myself genuinely excited when I see the content creators I watch (all of who you mentioned) collaborate with each other. Hearing Techmoan in that LGR video a week or two back had me grinning at my monitor. Same with when he recorded the tape for The 8-Bit Guy, it was great to see a literal transatlantic crossing of two of my favorite channels. Anyways, thanks for all of this, even though I utterly freaked when I read your first comment, and allow me to thank you personally for subscribing. I really do hope you enjoy my future videos, and I'll endeavor to do the best I can by you and all of my viewers. :)

The General Purpose Nerd Well, it's really nice to see you have your heart in the right place, and… while I didn't see the rest of your work yet, if this is indeed the result of your early efforts, I'm impressed and positive it will eventually pay off if you keep at it. If you ever need a motivational/inspirational boost (and don't yet know his channel; if you do already, and it's very likely that is the case, please bear with me), Smooth McGroove's latest videos after his prolonged absence will surely do the trick better than I (or a screaming Shia LaBouef, for that matter :P ) ever would. Also, I did study and do some editing back in the day, so if you want I can give you some constructive nitpicking in due time (not right now, though; here in the antipodes it's already 10:30 AM and I still haven't gotten any sleep :/ ). Peace! :)

Yup. Superlux E205U - Much better than my old one.

I’d look at adding heatsinks to the two ICs, same as I’ve done. They overheat and cause the problem you describe, and my player used to do it before I modded it. More info here: www.tronola.com/Saving_the_Sony_CDP-101_CD_Player.pdf (Luckily, the 11s just needs a rectangular add-on heat sink for the servo IC as it’s not as complicated inside as the 101.)

Thanks Elyse for such a helpful reply, I really appreciate it as my S11 is in such good cosmetic condition I want to get it going. Final question, who would I take it too to do the work you recommended? A general service person? Thanks in advance

Well, if you're confident with a screwdriver, a grinder, and a drill, it's not a terribly hard DIY job. The servo IC heatsink is just a rectangle of 3mm aluminium screwed to the existing heatsink with some thermal compound in between, and the RAM IC heatsink is just a flat piece of metal with the sides bent up, a smear of thermal compound between it and the IC, and a drop of superglue to hold it in place. If not, then yeah, I'd suggest an electronic repair shop. It's possible they may be able to source heatsinks from an electronics parts specialist that they can retrofit. I'd print a copy of that PDF out and hand it to them so they have some idea of what the end result should be. The most important thing is that both of those chips get some relief from heat, as they are both running on the edge of their design limit for heat, and as these players age and the power supplies drift slightly, they run even hotter and cause the fault we both experience - Not only that, while it's possible to build a replacement for the servo IC from discrete components, there is no replacement for the RAM chip at all... An ounce of prevention is much better than a pound of cure. :)

Thanks Elyse you are the best!