Pioneer CT-W604RS - display replacement

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  @tookitogo · 1 year ago

  Looking at the schematic, the filament is powered by signals AC1 and AC2, of which AC2 is completely floating and AC1 is tied to around -17V on the digital supply. It’d be easy to interrupt AC2 (or both AC1 and AC2) with a small normally-closed solid state relay (SSR) controlled by the STANDBY signal (which is the standby LED supply). That would be super convenient, since all of those lines are found on the display board. So as to not risk drawing too much current from the STANDBY output of the system controller IC (since we have no idea how many mA it can supply without being damaged), I would just probably replace the existing standby LED with a modern ultra-efficient LED that can run at a fraction of the current, leaving the remaining current to run the SSR’s internal optocoupler LED. <br><br>Alternatively, you could use the STANDBY line to control a transistor which in turn connects the solid state relay to one of the power rails. Using the correct transistor/MOSFET configuration, you’d also invert the signal, so that you could use a much more common normally-open SSR.

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  @phil3142 · 1 year ago

  I went down the smart plug route for this with my Pioneer CT-W505R. I could see the horizontal wires glowing in the dark so realised the whole unit needed to be off to extend the display life.

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  @CyranoJones509 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I bought a CT-W703RS when they were new. Probably the best tape deck I ever owned. Dual tape decks, each with the ability to record on both sides. I could record three hours straight using 90 minute tapes.<br><br>I brought it out a few months ago and discovered that the display was dim. Worse, I have segments that stay lit. I <b>think</b> the 9v trick worked. Since I had a bad roller assembly, I opted to find a second tape deck off of ebay for parts.<br><br>It&apos;s still the best tape deck I&apos;ve ever owned. (Oh yeah, I unplug it now when I&apos;m not using it...)

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  @timbre7999 · 1 year ago

  Fantastic video! I once had a Quad FM3 tuner which does not have an on/off switch at all; since we disn&apos;t even had grounded sockets in the house we lived in at that time, I simply inserted a high quality (KOPP) lamp-switch in the powercord, near the tuner and it worked flawlessly.

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  @someonespecial1525 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Power solution. <br>Most home theater amps (not sure if yours includes one) has a switched power plug. Mostly used for turntables. <br><br>I personally use a home theater conditioner with a relay. The relay takes 5-12v DC, so I created a single switch (similar to what you have done with the AC switch to the back of this) &nbsp;giving it 5V from a USB phone charger. It switches the relay and turns on the AC voltage that powers on EVERYTHING.<br><br>If I don&apos;t power it on, after a week I lose all my radio station presets.<br><br>Thanks for making this video. I have 4 of these cassette decks (including both models you mentioned here) I was planning on reconditioning them. And this fault is good to be aware of. It might be the same on their laserdisc players too.

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  @brian_lennox · 5 months ago

  Watched your first video with this deck and kept wondering if it was the same model I had back in the 90s. Finally today I found some home video I took of the machine, nice and close.. indeed it is this exact model! Same time that I had the 101 disc changer, I had this deck and I had a blast using the CD synchro stuff, programming pauses, putting as much music on each side of a tape as I could.. for car mix tapes.. a Maxell XLII 90 minute tape actually had <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8A41e97d8U&amp;t=2765">46:05</a> per side, I still remember. Although this is very cool, much like I think you said in a video.. I do not have any nostalgia for cassettes the way I do for other formats. Once I had the ability to burn my own CDs I quickly lost any love I still had for these things.

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  @SeanSL · 9 months ago

  My personal solution to this kind of &quot;phantom power&quot; issue is to have a master switch for all my older electronics. For the ones that I use more frequently, I have a power bar that includes a master plug that detects power, and then automatically turns on the other connected devices. For example, I can set the TV as the master device, so that when it&apos;s turned on all the other devices turn on too. Extremely simple and inexpensive, no device modifications necessary.

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  @0525ohhwell · 1 year ago

  OK, I just now learned that the 803 can apply flex to dubbing!

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  @maniatore2006 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Now i know why on my Pioneer CD player , the Display is not fully illuminated after weeks and month with the Same CD in it.. Thank you for that Video.

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  @rogerturner1881 · 1 year ago

  You are a definite wizard

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  @numberformat · 1 year ago

  Many old school AV receivers have a power outlet in the back that shuts off power to connected components like DVD players and in this case you can hook up this deck to it. I have one of those and old school ones are easy to find. Keeps the deck unpowered when not in use.

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  @genevaldolopes7905 · 1 year ago

  Perfect!