Hi everyone. This is my first time on this site, and in fact in any
kind of online discussion group. I've got a Philips MC90 CDR Micro hi
fi (about 5 years old) which has the cd drawers jammimg all the time,
whether the machine is switched off or on. Once I switch on there's a
sound as if a drawer is trying to open but can't. The only way I can
get this to stop is by removing the mains lead. I've connected the
sound from my tv and associated devices to the unit and this is the
main use I make of it. I would be happy just to disable the cd
changers because I can play cd's through my dvd player, but that
constant sound of a drawer trying to open is quite alarming. Any
suggestions?

al ha escrito:

Hi everyone. This is my first time on this site, and in fact in any
kind of online discussion group. I've got a Philips MC90 CDR Micro hi
fi (about 5 years old) which has the cd drawers jammimg all the time,
whether the machine is switched off or on. Once I switch on there's a
sound as if a drawer is trying to open but can't. The only way I can
get this to stop is by removing the mains lead. I've connected the
sound from my tv and associated devices to the unit and this is the
main use I make of it. I would be happy just to disable the cd
changers because I can play cd's through my dvd player, but that
constant sound of a drawer trying to open is quite alarming. Any
suggestions?

LOOK UNDER THE transport for a slipping rubber belt. hopefully that is
all which needs changing.
i have also seen some philips mini hifis with bad ribbon cable
conencting the drawer to the pcb - flexing over time had cracked it.
-B

The rubber belt may need changing!

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JANA
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Hi everyone. This is my first time on this site, and in fact in any
kind of online discussion group. I've got a Philips MC90 CDR Micro hi
fi (about 5 years old) which has the cd drawers jammimg all the time,
whether the machine is switched off or on. Once I switch on there's a
sound as if a drawer is trying to open but can't. The only way I can
get this to stop is by removing the mains lead. I've connected the
sound from my tv and associated devices to the unit and this is the
main use I make of it. I would be happy just to disable the cd
changers because I can play cd's through my dvd player, but that
constant sound of a drawer trying to open is quite alarming. Any
suggestions?

"al" wrote in message
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Hi everyone. This is my first time on this site, and in fact in any
kind of online discussion group. I've got a Philips MC90 CDR Micro hi
fi (about 5 years old) which has the cd drawers jammimg all the time,
whether the machine is switched off or on. Once I switch on there's a
sound as if a drawer is trying to open but can't. The only way I can
get this to stop is by removing the mains lead. I've connected the
sound from my tv and associated devices to the unit and this is the
main use I make of it. I would be happy just to disable the cd
changers because I can play cd's through my dvd player, but that
constant sound of a drawer trying to open is quite alarming. Any
suggestions?

Is this one of the Philips models fitted with the Sanyo 3-changer mech,
where the discs are stacked one above the other, and disc carrier trays
slide back and forth into the drawer? If it is, I have comprehensive
alignment instructions for it, and a video tutorial available online as a
dot zip download. You only have to look at this mech wrongly, and it will go
out of alignment. Problems can be due to one or other of the two belts
slipping, ( not the easisest to get to ) but most often, these are innocent
of causing the trouble. If you need the instructions, mail me direct
off-group, and I'll send them together with the video URL

Arfa