Nicely done Chris, I've got an old Laserdisc player with a similar fault in that it won't come out of standby. I suspect its a bad cap somewhere but its got maybe 100 of the little blighters and I just haven't had to heart to tackle it yet. Feeling inspired by your efforts though, keep up the good work.
Thanks again for the shout out. Your videos and Big Clive are a major reason I survived the lockdown. I taught myself how to fix portable consoles, learning theory and technique from your videos, and the iFixit toolkit made the work much easier. I have no affiliation with the company, but I did author the DS Lite teardown guide, which seems pretty popular. I still get feedback on the guide, and post disassembly tips. If you need to disassemble any portable Nintendo console older than a Switch, start by reading my guide to see how these consoles are put together. I may add a 3DS guide. Those consoles can be annoying to repair, and I still damage ribbon cables occasionally.
I will have to remember that tip about heating suspected caps. I'm sure I've seen someone spraying compressed air to cool components too. Sound engineers do a poor job. They mix the audio in quiet rooms with an excellent speaker system. They need to mix the audio with a window open, cars driving past, a washing machine spinning in the kitchen and the neighbours dog barking. Then we'll be able to hear the dialogue.
I've found that the vast majority of flat screen TV's have incredibly bad speakers in them, that usually face the back of the TV. I have the headphone socket of the lounge TV plugged into my stereo line in so I can use the TV volume on the remote to turn it up and down. (My PC is plugged into the TV, so it's really useful). On the TV in my bedroom, I have a cheap pair of PC speakers plugged into the H/Phone socket.
In the States, the black version 120VAC was Philips 1000W Bluray with 5.1 surround (sub with five speakers). Why in the world does Europe have too much power coming out of their wall sockets? 240V is insane and dangerous. We use that solely for factories and businesses that use industrial machinery.
Because our sockets can supply enough watts to power domestic appliances without the need for specialist 240v sockets, like you do in domestic situations in America. And the higher voltage reduces energy loss in the cable.
Re 12voltvids, I used to really like his videos but over the last year or two he's become lazy. More than half his output these days seems to just consist of him spending half an hour not fixing something and dismissing every product made by that manufacturer (anyone from JVC to Linn has had the treatment) as being complete junk. It gets boring after a while and I usually skip his videos these days unless the kit is interesting to me.
Previous DVD Repair (Not Reading Discs) - th-cam.com/video/eI-5U-iDhzk/w-d-xo.html
12 Volt Vids - www.youtube.com/@12voltvids
Nicely done Chris, I've got an old Laserdisc player with a similar fault in that it won't come out of standby. I suspect its a bad cap somewhere but its got maybe 100 of the little blighters and I just haven't had to heart to tackle it yet. Feeling inspired by your efforts though, keep up the good work.
Thanks again for the shout out. Your videos and Big Clive are a major reason I survived the lockdown. I taught myself how to fix portable consoles, learning theory and technique from your videos, and the iFixit toolkit made the work much easier.
I have no affiliation with the company, but I did author the DS Lite teardown guide, which seems pretty popular. I still get feedback on the guide, and post disassembly tips. If you need to disassemble any portable Nintendo console older than a Switch, start by reading my guide to see how these consoles are put together. I may add a 3DS guide. Those consoles can be annoying to repair, and I still damage ribbon cables occasionally.
Thanks again John, super appreciated =D Glad I provided some help during lockdown =D
I will have to remember that tip about heating suspected caps. I'm sure I've seen someone spraying compressed air to cool components too.
Sound engineers do a poor job. They mix the audio in quiet rooms with an excellent speaker system. They need to mix the audio with a window open, cars driving past, a washing machine spinning in the kitchen and the neighbours dog barking. Then we'll be able to hear the dialogue.
great fix there Gadgetuk thanks for the video
I've found that the vast majority of flat screen TV's have incredibly bad speakers in them, that usually face the back of the TV.
I have the headphone socket of the lounge TV plugged into my stereo line in so I can use the TV volume on the remote to turn it up and down. (My PC is plugged into the TV, so it's really useful).
On the TV in my bedroom, I have a cheap pair of PC speakers plugged into the H/Phone socket.
Canned air works great for rapidly cooling capacitors to find a faulty one.
That bit-handle is huge! I have an older ifixit mako, but the handle is much smaller. What kit is this? PS: looks like the mahi handle.
Bit different i dont mind, learning on how to repair this kind of stuff is interesting too.
nice one, just joined your £1 patreon tarer
Awesome, thank you!!!!!
In the States, the black version 120VAC was Philips 1000W Bluray with 5.1 surround (sub with five speakers). Why in the world does Europe have too much power coming out of their wall sockets? 240V is insane and dangerous. We use that solely for factories and businesses that use industrial machinery.
Because our sockets can supply enough watts to power domestic appliances without the need for specialist 240v sockets, like you do in domestic situations in America. And the higher voltage reduces energy loss in the cable.
Re 12voltvids, I used to really like his videos but over the last year or two he's become lazy. More than half his output these days seems to just consist of him spending half an hour not fixing something and dismissing every product made by that manufacturer (anyone from JVC to Linn has had the treatment) as being complete junk.
It gets boring after a while and I usually skip his videos these days unless the kit is interesting to me.