ChopperCharles

I have two Onkyo MD-101A units. The first one arrived busted - impact on the jog dial during shipment cracked the display board in several places. The display showed random gibberish, but was nice and bright. I got a replacement from the seller and this one had a really dim display. After buying a digital microscope I was able to inspect and repair the display board on the first unit by bridging wires across the broken traces. Powered it back up and it worked.... but it's now just as dim as the other unit. So my question is, are they all like this? If so I'll stop bothering with Onkyo and get a Denon instead. Charlie.

I have three of these units, and two of them have the same broken part. The little magnet on top of the spindle on one of them cracked into 4 separate pieces, and on the other was just straight up missing. Without this part, the minidisc will not spin. I was able to jury rig one of them with some stick-tack on the spindle, and the unit works flawlessly. But that's hardly a permanent fix. Any idea where I can snag this part? Thanks! Charles