Cheapo Venturer CD1282 boombox

[electroking]

I have one of those, which I picked on the sidewalk this past summer.
Everything was working except the cassette player (worn head or
something) and I was happy as the CD transport and electronics seemed
to be fairly good at playing badly scratched discs.

Recently, the sound became distorted so I suspected some busted
capacitors (Chinese made unit from 2001). I opened it up to look at
the boards, and I found a maze of units interconnected with short
ribbon cables and the like. A real monster! I proceeded to lift
the main board, which hosts the power supply filters, amplifiers and
CD electronics, in order to count the capacitors. I has to undo a
flat cable (this one not soldered) going to the optical module. I did take
some pictures, with the intent of making a list of capacitors, and
then proceeded to reassemble the whole thing.

Unfortunately, this killed the CD function, all I seem to be getting now
is some action from the CD transport, followed by a big E on the
display. One hour wasted in making a useable CD player totally useless,
with no justification in investing more time or money.

Long live old tube or discrete transistor radios!

[radiodayz]

Electro, I have several CD boomboxes that I rarely use, nothing special but ok to play CDs. PM me if you want one for the cost of shipping.

[Sandy G]

Yeah- People absolutely FLIP when I tell 'em its often easier-AND more possible-to repair a 50, 60, 70 yr old radio than it is to repair their Class of '95 Boom Box..

[electroking]

Originally Posted by radiodayz

Electro, I have several CD boomboxes that I rarely use, nothing special but ok to play CDs. PM me if you want one for the cost of shipping.

Taking note, but I got some local offers as well, so finding a replacement
should not be a problem. As a matter of fact, I do have at least two other
free-from-the-curb CD boomboxes that are working fine (Samsung and
Kenwood, so somewhat better quality). Regards.

[waltchan]

If you think Venturer is so bad, guess what, all Toshiba DVD players, Blu-Ray players, and tablets out there in stores are made by Venturer as well.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by waltchan

If you think Venturer is so bad, guess what, all Toshiba DVD players, Blu-Ray players, and tablets out there in stores are made by Venturer as well.

I don't think there's anything worse than jWIN. That's the way it's spelled.
Lenoxx sound and GPX is nothing to brag about either.

[Jeffhs]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I don't think there's anything worse than jWIN. That's the way it's spelled.
Lenoxx sound and GPX is nothing to brag about either.

I wouldn't touch anything made by GPX with a ten-foot pole. I had a GPX radio-cassette player about 25 years ago. Lasted all of three weeks(!), then the cassette deck went bad. Didn't even return it to the store; just threw it out. Haven't owned anything made by GPX since.

[electroking]

Funny that this thread has been reactivated. I'm just listening to the radio part of
this Venturer unit. Still works OK as a radio.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I don't think there's anything worse than jWIN.

I have 2 of their AM/FM digital clock radios for about 10 years now, still working fine. But digital clock radios are quite simple devices, so that doesn't say a hellava lot...