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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: LV player help needed.
Message-ID: <237@omen.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 25-Sep-85 08:33:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 25 08:33:28 1985
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In article <90900002@hpisli.UUCP> jayj@hpisla.UUCP (Jay Johannes) writes:
>
> 
> My Pioneer Laserdisc player, model VP-1000A has just gone up in smoke.
> When I opened it, I found a totally fried high voltage board. I am 
> estimating that it will cost between $100 and $150 to get the parts
> and service manual to fix it.
>
You might be able to get a junker VP-1000 for a song - when the HV board
in my VP-1000 zapped over, I got a second one from my local LaserDisc
dealer for $40 (trade in on a 700).

However, since I had only a few seconds of arcing on the HV board, I
was able to scrape off the carbon witn an Xacto knife and then give the
board a few coats of no-arc spray (the kind used for TV flybacks). According
to the dealer (I traded both players in on a 700) it's still going strong!

The 700 model is much better at playing CLV discs, has almost no crosstalk.
It also sounds better than a STOCK VP-1000, both in frequency response
and elimination of the background buzz in the audio.  The 700 does
not play some of the old DVA CAV's as well as a supertweaked VP-1000.

So, see if you can bum a HV supply, or a whole VP-1000 for a few bux
and wait for a cheaper 900 with digital audio to come along.

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