Hi Jiri,

          these are typical symptoms of aging capacitors & dry solder joints on these machines. Member Dillen (Martin) services these. The "P" on the display is actually a "?" which means it hasn't read the disc.

I can offer a repair service to the left hand hinge for any out there needing this. There is also a thread on how to do this in the workbench section.

Chris.

Hi:

I agree with all that Chris and Dillen has written on this.

CDX really looks like a "hand made" unit. The PCBs actually look "home made." These are fine machines but have many many cold solder joints on them.

Reheat all the joints, change the electrolytics (especially the ones on the power supply; this deck runs very warm and they should all be well cooked after over 20 years!.

Once these things are addressed you'll get a nice deck. It's a well made machine with a great optical pickup. Would you believe mine plays CDRWs?

Derek

My CDX also plads CDR's but not all of CDX players do.

Min was near death but Chris fixed the left hinge and Dillen did the electronics. It still plays great with no faults. I can recommend having it fixed.

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your replay. I am traveling a lot these days so I did not have time to answer your offer. I am interested in having it fixed. Perhaps I could re-solder it and change the capacitors my self but someone who have done it before can do it in much shorter time then me.

            Can you please give me some estimate of the price? I would also like to know where are you located so I can figure out the price of shipping.

Thanks again,

            Jiri.

Hi Jiri,

          I am in Leeds in the North of England but in all honesty I am not the best person to help you here.

The person who you really need to contact with the electronics problems is member Dillen (Martin) as he has much more experience with these and will be able to diagnose & fix any problems much quicker then me! Martin is located in Copenhagen - Denmark.

I have worked on a couple of these for my own pleasure and it has always been work done when time permitted so I wouldn't be able to give you any guarantees of a time scale.

Chris.

Thank you for your help. Because it is Christmas, I have some time off and I had time to replace those capacitors. The CDX works fine again. Thank you again.

Jiri.

Well done Jiri,

                    I'm glad you managed to sort the problem yourself

Chris.