Friday, June 14, 2013

PANASONIC SA-AK240GCP – CD STEREO SYSTEM - HOW TO REPLACE OPTICAL PICK-UP UNIT TO CD MECHANISM


See the procedures to 
Disassembly of Top Cabinet
Disassembly of CD Changer Unit.
Disassembly of Traverse Unit. See previous posts here.
  • Pull out FFC.
  • Widening the catch, push the pin in.
  • Remove 4 pins.

  • Remove the traverse deck.  Note: As floating springs (4 pieces) come off at the same time, be careful not to lose them.
  • Remove 3 screws.
  • Remove the CD Servo P.C.B. and turn it over.  Note: Insert a short pin into FFC of the optical pickup.
  • Rotate the traverse deck (B) to the arrow direction and shift the optical pickup to the furthest backward.

  • Remove the catch of the drive rack, and take out the drive rack.
  • Place the convex part of an optical pickup to the concave part of a traverse base, then take out the optical pickup.