Thursday, May 08, 2014

PHILIPS DVP3850K - DVP3820KX - HOW TO REPLACE CD LOADER MECAHANISM


APPLICABLE TO:  PHILIPS DVP3850K/55 - DVP3820KX/78 - DVP3850K/93 - DVP3850K/96/98 – DVP3250KG
* Dismantling of the loader to acess the ESD protection point if necessary.
* Solder the ESD protection point.
* Disconnect flexfoil cable fromm the defective loader.
* Put a paper clip on the fledfoil to short-circuit the contacts.
* Replace the defective loader with a new one.
* Remove paper clip from the flexfoil and connect it to the new loader.
* Remove solder joint on the ESD protection point.
#  The laser diode of the loader is protected against ESD by a solder joint which shortcircuits the lased diode to ground.  For proper functionality of the loader this solder joint must be removed after connection loader to the set.
ESD protection point is accessible from the top of the loader.