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On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:46:51 +0000, Arfa Daily wrote:


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On Aug 20, 3:51 am, "Arfa Daily" wrote:
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Hi,

In the summer of 2005, I purchased a Yamaha DVX-C700 900 Watts Cinema
Series stereo system. Worked great for a while. Then I moved and
put
it away. I just pulled it out of storage after it was out of use for
about six months. Now, when I turn it on, and try to open it by
pressing the open trey button on the front of the receiver, the
system
indicates that it is "OPEN" but the tray does not slide out.

Any ideas how I can troubleshoot this?

Thanks, - Dave

Could be something as simple as a belt gone sticky, or dried up grease.
Is
there any sound of a motor trying to run, or even the slightest attempt
by
the drawer, to open when you press the button? Generally, such problems
are
not hard to diagnose once you can get a look at the mech. Your first
move
has got to be to remove the cover and just have a look.

Arfa

Thanks for your reply.

It does make a sound when I push the "open" button. Also, I should
note that I can't remember if there are any CDs in there or not, but
when I try to load any of the 5 CD areas, the dial is just stuck on
"LOAD 1", for example, if I press the 1st CD button.

- Dave


If it was working before you put it away, and you can hear a motor
attempting to open it, then I would definitely be looking for a 'simple'
cause, such as belt or dried grease, as I suggested, rather than an
alignment problem which is causing it to jam. Covers off, Mk I eyeball as
the primary diagnostic tool. The cause will probably jump out at you.


The OP said the dialog tells him the tray is open. I'm just wondering if
the unit was damaged during his move. The mech must have a positional
sensing switch to tell the mpu what state it's in. You know where I'm
going from here....


He does indeed say this, but many players don't actually have to be open for
the display to say "OPEN". In many cases, it just tells you what it *thinks*
it should be doing. In the same way, they will often announce "CLOSE" as
soon as the button is pressed from the open condition. In fact thinking
about it, I actually have a Pan H.C. system on the bench right now (that
won't do what the customer says is wrong with it, of course - don'cha just
luv 'em? ) which does exactly that. As soon as you press the open/close
button, the display immediately comes up "OPEN" even though it's about
another half hour before it actually does, whilst it farts about determining
that's what you really want to do, and spins down the disc, and picks its
teeth, and so on. You know the score, I'm sure ...

If this is a simple tray with a carousel mech, as opposed to a complex disc
stacker or one with multiple trays, I think I would still be looking for a
simple cause first. Anyway, back to the OP - you must have had a chance to
look by now, anything to report ?

Arfa