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[krbusby]

Sony MDS-JE320

Discs go in fine and load and play normally, but upon ejection the disc comes out and the display flashes "WELCOME" and "EJECT" and I can hear the ejection system grinding. (Ew! Makes me sick) Even when I remove the disc this keeps happening until I power the unit off or load another disc.

If I have no disc in the system and it's not freaking out, inserting a disc, even just an inch or so into the system starts this behaviour but again once the disc is loaded all is fine.

I'm assuming there is some sort of sensor that needs cleaning. Maybe optical or contact sensor. Anyone fix this before? Have any tips?

I'm pretty comfortable opening it but the load/play mechanism looks pretty complicated.

Thanks guys for any feedback. :-)

[sfbp]

Get some tips by searching posts by Jim Hoggarth.

This generation of machines are tough to fix. No consensus. Probably better to look for a used deck, they don't cost a lot on Ebay or even Craigslist.

Where are you located?

[krbusby]

Hey, thanks for the tip, I'll search for his info.

I'm in Victoria BC CANADA

I'm probably going to find a couple more for parts. As you say there are some good deals out there. I think we may be on the cusp of a new interest in the medium. I know people love to hear about my portable when I'm out and about. :-)

sfbp, on 28 January 2012 - 01:45 PM, said:

Get some tips by searching posts by Jim Hoggarth.

This generation of machines are tough to fix. No consensus. Probably better to look for a used deck, they don't cost a lot on Ebay or even Craigslist.

Where are you located?

[_Joe_]

You can find a solution here how to repair this problem

[sfbp]

That has been disputed. It's not clear that this procedure is reliable. Indeed our resident repair man, Jim, says (as have others before him) that it simply doesn't work.....

[jim.hoggarth]

No, it doesn't work. You have to remove the switch board and replace (or second best, treat with switch cleaner) four switches in total. In theory you also need to replace four rubber spacers on the deck as well, but I have not - yet - had any problems by leaving these on. Also, all that gear crunching can leave the disc load/unload gear train damaged, plus there is a small plastic piece on the upper disc slot metalwork that can break and needs to be replaced.

It is a relatively easy job to strip and rebuild the drive unit, so long as you know what you are doing. But it takes practice. I know, the first few units I stripped down ended up being consigned to the parts drawer !!

Jim

[krbusby]

I just wanted to pop in and let everyone know how things turned out.

Pulled it apart and thoroughly cleaned all the switches. As this was a relatively new problem the gears are in kay shape. That was several days ago and it's been working perfectly since.

It's a little sketchy with those ribbon cables and all but being careful one can think their way through it.

Thanks all for the feedback and advice.

Kris

jim.hoggarth, on 30 January 2012 - 09:02 AM, said:

No, it doesn't work. You have to remove the switch board and replace (or second best, treat with switch cleaner) four switches in total. In theory you also need to replace four rubber spacers on the deck as well, but I have not - yet - had any problems by leaving these on. Also, all that gear crunching can leave the disc load/unload gear train damaged, plus there is a small plastic piece on the upper disc slot metalwork that can break and needs to be replaced.

It is a relatively easy job to strip and rebuild the drive unit, so long as you know what you are doing. But it takes practice. I know, the first few units I stripped down ended up being consigned to the parts drawer !!

Jim