Philips CD 165 restoration!

[rohitmusic]

Hello Friends,

I need your help to restore our beloved CD player. It has served our family well and has given us countless hours of good music listening for many years! It is very special for us with lots of nostalgic memories. Most of you will understand this sentiment! It was part of our first sterio setup!

Unfortunately it is not functioning properly!

So I wanted to restore it if possible.

Here is a pic of the same:

It was designed and developed in Holland

Unfortunately when I insert an CD it shows "NO DISK" error

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[denom]

Contact FM Hemantwaghe, as he has had quite a few of them over the years. He has lots of info on them.

It appears to be a lens issue, either needs cleaning(have you tried?) or replacement.

 

[rohitmusic]

Thanks! Hope to get help from Hemant, dropping him a PM pointing to this thread.

Yes, I think it is lens issue. We tried some basic cleaning and seems it is lens issue only.

 

[Shivam]

I owned this model many years back. It developed the same problem and then I gifted it to a friend of mine. He still uses it after getting the laser assembly replaced with a local one.

I still remember the thin small remote which in my opinion has been the most ergonomic and best remote which I have ever owned till date.

 

[hemantwaghe]

I owned this model many years back. It developed the same problem and then I gifted it to a friend of mine. He still uses it after getting the laser assembly replaced with a local one.

I still remember the thin small remote which in my opinion has been the most ergonomic and best remote which I have ever owned till date.

can you get assembly model no Doctor? will be great help for both

 

[Shivam]

can you get assembly model no Doctor? will be great help for both

I can do better. I have the service manual still with me. I will send it to you. PM me your email address.

 

[rohitmusic]

Thanks Shivam!

I can see an service manual here. If this is what we are looking for.

 

[Shivam]

Thanks Shivam!

I can see an service manual here. If this is what we are looking for.

Yes, this looks like the same manual and seems to be available free of cost.

Good luck with restoration.

 

[reubensm]

sounds very exciting, can't want to hear about the outcome (with pictures if possible)

 

[rohitmusic]

Hi Reuben,
Nice hearing from you!
Sure I wish it gets restored with help from fellow forum members. As of now I am just wishing it sings which will be nothing short of awesome!

 

[mpw]

could you restore this ?

 

[rohitmusic]

There was an intent to but it never got restored due to some dependency on lenses I suppose.

Meanwhile a pioneer DVD player was put to duty which is being played at the moment.

Cheers.