TRANXMETAL Posted April 21, 2008 Report Share Posted April 21, 2008 HELLO EVERYBODY !I am new in this forum, around the internet I find this site, and is a pleasure to join with Mini Disc enthusiast.I am a Mini Disc lover too, I have a SONY WALKMAN MZ-R70 and I need help, the unit falls from my car's dashboard hitting the shiftstick and the LCD display is dead, completely broken. If anyone have the display of a MZ-R70 please contact me via this forum or e-mail, I need the replace of my LCD screen, because here around is no more MD for sale, and I want to continue enjoying my SONY for many years more, I have a lot of MiniDiscs and is hard to find a good MD player for me. The unit works well, plays and records in optimum condition, but I need to see the info on the LCD.Thanks a lot, I hope you can help me. see ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 your best bet may be an RM40ELK remote, gives all the info you need, works on my 707, should work for you,Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted April 22, 2008 Report Share Posted April 22, 2008 HELLO EVERYBODY !I am new in this forum, around the internet I find this site, and is a pleasure to join with Mini Disc enthusiast.I am a Mini Disc lover too, I have a SONY WALKMAN MZ-R70 and I need help, the unit falls from my car's dashboard hitting the shiftstick and the LCD display is dead, completely broken. If anyone have the display of a MZ-R70 please contact me via this forum or e-mail, I need the replace of my LCD screen, because here around is no more MD for sale, and I want to continue enjoying my SONY for many years more, I have a lot of MiniDiscs and is hard to find a good MD player for me. The unit works well, plays and records in optimum condition, but I need to see the info on the LCD.Thanks a lot, I hope you can help me. see ya!Are you able to solder well , or have small footprint surface mount technique ? If so then when someone has a 70 that isnt working they could send it to you . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRANXMETAL Posted April 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2008 Are you able to solder well , or have small footprint surface mount technique ? If so then when someone has a 70 that isnt working they could send it to you .Thanks for the info. Well, i'm not thinking about solder the LCD display, my idea is to obtain the whole PCB and disassemble the cover (door) of the unit to change it only disconnecting the tiny flexibles copper wires. That's the way more easy I think.I have some experience in microelectronics, I'm a serious Walkman collector and sometimes I need to repair non-working units, but the microelectronics on the MiniDisc are so difficult and requires a great precision job, any overheat on a printed circuit may burn it and also can damage the IC's. In this case, I preffer to change the whole PCB assembly. I got the Service Manual for the SONY MZ and the instructions for disassemble the door looks interesting, but easy to follow step by step.Thank you again, and if you know about some SONY MZ dead for spare parts let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrius Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 You may be better off buying an used, or broken unit of the same type and cannibalize it. Cheaper, and easier to find than the part alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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