Thank you SO MUCH for this video! I was able to repair my 3 disc player and it was definitely above any skill I had done with electronics before. This is amazing!!!!!
I had a wave radio on the bench at work and most of the circuit board vias had corroded. The boss decided to send it to Bose who, in their infinite wisdom, kept the machine for months and got proper snotty when we followed up asking how much longer it would take. That's pretty shite for a premium company....Bose used to be on the ball. Glad you got this one going again though - thanks for uploading! :)
they stop offering fixin' these units. I have one that went kvacked. BOSÉ now does hearing stuff. The do not offer the multi cd rom plaver either. Sad.
Thanks - I'm working on a 5 disk unit, and this was enormously helpful. BTW - my little discovery - there are two more toggle switches, under the white gear with the semi-circular cut in it.
Another one bites the dust,. It was trying to track like hell you could hear it wasn't happy and I was shouting "clean yer disk" lol. Anyway well done Dave 😉
For some reason, people will open the wallet to get their Bose fixed. Thanks for the video! I had one of these where the two-piece turret position sensor pot had a crack in its carbon track. It's 10k, and NLA. I had to tunnel through the three disc mechanism to even get to it. Sheesh! All that work, and it's not fixable. Eh win some, loose some.
I had a gray one of these with a single CD player. Bought at a yard sale. I was playing it one time and the sound started to get weaker and weaker until it stopped working completely. I cracked it open and there was soo many capacitors. I ended up scrapping it because it isn't worth fixing. I kept the speaker/waveguide assembly and a few other parts.
Good Job, Thank You ! I have 5 discs system, I bet it is just dirty also, those switches. Jammed CD, stuck in there. Couple questions: Is it absolutely necessary to solder that short, before remove that Laser eye connection?? And, can I use Rubbing alcohol, and Q-tip to clean all those switches, and also laser eye? or just dry Q-tip for laser eye?? Thanks again, youtheman =)), ps. what are you using to crease gears, drop of vaseline??
Wow.....I have a Bose peace with the same problem..I will try with a friend who know about Bose systems maybe he can help me...Thank you very much very interested...
Hello Sir I have a 1 disc player that is stackable to a 5 disc changer and I would like to know if you do any repair work for clients. I’ve had these for a while and would love to start playing my Prince CD’s again. Thanks
I have one that has 2 cd stuck in the number 2 slot Won’t eject! Keeps trying Bose no longer does much service on their older models I only used it a handful of times! I can’t seem to locate anyone that does repairs!I am in Massachusetts
We did you learn to do all of these repairs looking at CZcams? I don’t know why my Facebook peeps think all I have to do is watch a CZcams video. I have no idea what you are doing . Just whip out my voltage detector, and plop those micro screws back in where I took them out…..😮 I need someone to fix mine. I have an old cd collection I want to still enjoy. I can hardly bend my arthritic fingers at 64.
This might be a stupid question, but....I have a (new to me) 3cd changer, that doesn't load the discs. I can manipulate it (after I've taken it apart, and cleaned/checked things), but if I put power to the unit, the CD's don't go in. I think it's aligned right, etc... BUT I don't have it hooked up to a AWRCC yet, (I Just got it yesterday and in the short amount of time I've been free I've just concentrated on the CD changer). Does it need to be hooked up to the AWRCC to function/take the CDs?
@@12voltvids Thanks, that makes sense. I was able to hook it up to my Bose, and eventually I got CD's #3 and 4 to work, but not #2. It loads, but doesn't spin. I'm not seeing any obvious things (but it's not in my wheelhouse). Maybe something isn't aligned? Or maybe a switch isn't triggering the motor to spin the CD. I thought I cleaned all of them (with deoxit). Any advice? thanks in advance.
Casio Waveceptor WV-300 which uses the 3023 module. It is exceptionally rare. Here is a listing when it used to be available. www.amazon.com/Casio-WV300DA-7AC-Waveceptor-Atomic-Silver-Tone/dp/B00134JO4U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8 There is currently one on ebay for about 200.00! Goy on Ebay is on drugs. It originally sold for about 140.00 which made it expensive for a Casio, but it is the best one I have owned. Had it since 2003 still on the original battery because it recharges constantly from the solar cell.
@@12voltvids Thanks for your answer sir.You have been very helpful. But ebuy is close for our country. i have to look another sources. Have a nice day.
My Bose multi-cd changer says disc error and cds are stuck inside. It won't play. Also, when I shake it, I hear something raddling inside. I wish I could mail it to you to fix. Sad in Georgia...
Madness832 That is super weird. Usually the lower case “d” is when the display supports only numeric. But this is alpha/numeric. There is a D in reaDing. Odd.
I have had cd tracking problems due to the cd block restricted from moving properly along the guide rails and binding on the guide rails due to dried hardened lithium grease on the gears and guide rails
Thanks so much for the video. I have a jammed CD in the 3 CD changer. The elevator is not even. I really know nothing about this kind of thing but I'm trying to help my neighbor get this working again. Do you have any tips on getting the CD out and the elevator level again. I don't feel comfortable disconnecting the circuit board.
No that is there from the factory. When they are manufactured the short is put there and it is opened after installation. All laser blocks have short pads on the ribbon cable or on the block itself.
@@user-so8nn5vi7d why what? The short on the laser diode? that is there to prevent static electricity from blowing up the laser diode. They are so sensitive that just static in the are being picked up by the ribbon cable can blow the diode without even touching it. When you buy a new optical block it comes in a static-free clam shell case which is in turn put inside a second static-free bag which is inside a second static shield. Of all the components I have dealt with laser diodes were the most sensitive to ESD
It shorts the laser diode leads (cathode and anode) together to prevent any ESD across the junction when it is disconnected from the drive circuit. Laser diodes are extremely ESD sensitove.
Asking twice does not increase your chances. Bose does not sell parts period. Not even the little cord that connects the changer to the radio. Bust a pin off plugging it is and you are screwed.
I don't repair hundreds or thousands of devices. I work on a couple of units a week. I did fix thousands when I did this for a living. Now I am very selective as to what I accept and only taken candidates that have a good chance of repair. Unless it is mine, then I don't really care if I fix it or not. If not i wreck it and piss off people.
czcams.com/users/shorts96DrC6ap33w?si=n-JDNzFZCwg4w3pC Sir I really need some guidance here, I had issues with the device, and found that kids must have forced a cd in a compartment where a cd was already inserted. I managed to pull them out, and now the disc is not spinning. Any guidance will be appreciated:(
Thank you SO MUCH for this video! I was able to repair my 3 disc player and it was definitely above any skill I had done with electronics before. This is amazing!!!!!
Great video! Thank you. Managed to fix stuck CD changer mechanism and "Disc Error" message by following the same procedure.
Love it when you do a bose video especially because I own 3 of these wave music systems.
I had a wave radio on the bench at work and most of the circuit board vias had corroded. The boss decided to send it to Bose who, in their infinite wisdom, kept the machine for months and got proper snotty when we followed up asking how much longer it would take. That's pretty shite for a premium company....Bose used to be on the ball.
Glad you got this one going again though - thanks for uploading! :)
they stop offering fixin' these units. I have one that went kvacked. BOSÉ now does hearing stuff. The do not offer the multi cd rom plaver either. Sad.
Thanks - I'm working on a 5 disk unit, and this was enormously helpful.
BTW - my little discovery - there are two more toggle switches, under the white gear with the semi-circular cut in it.
Yes there are
Always wanted a peek into one of these.
I wish I had your knowledge and experience. Brilliant.
Smashing repair :-D
Naaa mode switches never fail :)
And if you replace them with optical sensors then they get dirty/dusty.
You can't win really.
You the man. Stupid mode switch. Usually its the augers for on the three changers. First mode switch that fixed a bose for me. Thanks for the tip
Another one bites the dust,. It was trying to track like hell you could hear it wasn't happy and I was shouting "clean yer disk" lol. Anyway well done Dave 😉
That sliding mode switch looks similar to what Panasonic and Hitachi used in their VCRs of the 80s.
It could have been a pair of pin switches activated by the metal lever. Didn't tear it down to see the actual switch.
For the cost, they should have a long warranty. But I suppose they don't.
Great job! Nice not to have to replace any parts! Good album, Let It Ripp :)
Not that you can get any parts for Bose. They don't sell replacement parts.
For some reason, people will open the wallet to get their Bose fixed. Thanks for the video! I had one of these where the two-piece turret position sensor pot had a crack in its carbon track. It's 10k, and NLA. I had to tunnel through the three disc mechanism to even get to it. Sheesh! All that work, and it's not fixable. Eh win some, loose some.
I had a gray one of these with a single CD player. Bought at a yard sale. I was playing it one time and the sound started to get weaker and weaker until it stopped working completely. I cracked it open and there was soo many capacitors. I ended up scrapping it because it isn't worth fixing. I kept the speaker/waveguide assembly and a few other parts.
And it wouldn't have been the capacitors. Audio output ic. A 8.00 part.
I wonder if the 5 Disc version for the Acoustic Wave II suffers the same issue? I see tons on Ebay listed as for parts. Great video!
Good Job, Thank You ! I have 5 discs system, I bet it is just dirty also, those switches. Jammed CD, stuck in there. Couple questions: Is it absolutely necessary to solder that short, before remove that Laser eye connection?? And, can I use Rubbing alcohol, and Q-tip to clean all those switches, and also laser eye? or just dry Q-tip for laser eye?? Thanks again, youtheman =)), ps. what are you using to crease gears, drop of vaseline??
Wow.....I have a Bose peace with the same problem..I will try with a friend who know about Bose systems maybe he can help me...Thank you very much very interested...
Hello Sir I have a 1 disc player that is stackable to a 5 disc changer and I would like to know if you do any repair work for clients. I’ve had these for a while and would love to start playing my Prince CD’s again. Thanks
Me, too!
@@annak91 Me three!
Me, four
I have one that has 2 cd stuck in the number 2 slot
Won’t eject! Keeps trying
Bose no longer does much service on their older models I only used it a handful of times!
I can’t seem to locate anyone that does repairs!I am in Massachusetts
We did you learn to do all of these repairs looking at CZcams? I don’t know why my Facebook peeps think all I have to do is watch a CZcams video. I have no idea what you are doing . Just whip out my voltage detector, and plop those micro screws back in where I took them out…..😮 I need someone to fix mine. I have an old cd collection I want to still enjoy. I can hardly bend my arthritic fingers at 64.
Where did i learn? I learned from spending the past 40 years fixing this stuff. I took many courses over the first 20 of them.
This might be a stupid question, but....I have a (new to me) 3cd changer, that doesn't load the discs. I can manipulate it (after I've taken it apart, and cleaned/checked things), but if I put power to the unit, the CD's don't go in.
I think it's aligned right, etc...
BUT I don't have it hooked up to a AWRCC yet, (I Just got it yesterday and in the short amount of time I've been free I've just concentrated on the CD changer).
Does it need to be hooked up to the AWRCC to function/take the CDs?
Yup
@@12voltvids Thanks, that makes sense. I was able to hook it up to my Bose, and eventually I got CD's #3 and 4 to work, but not #2. It loads, but doesn't spin. I'm not seeing any obvious things (but it's not in my wheelhouse).
Maybe something isn't aligned? Or maybe a switch isn't triggering the motor to spin the CD. I thought I cleaned all of them (with deoxit).
Any advice? thanks in advance.
good night sir . What is your digital watch's model. i collection watch but i can't find it anywhere.Thanks.
Casio Waveceptor WV-300 which uses the 3023 module. It is exceptionally rare.
Here is a listing when it used to be available.
www.amazon.com/Casio-WV300DA-7AC-Waveceptor-Atomic-Silver-Tone/dp/B00134JO4U/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
There is currently one on ebay for about 200.00!
Goy on Ebay is on drugs. It originally sold for about 140.00 which made it expensive for a Casio, but it is the best one I have owned. Had it since 2003 still on the original battery because it recharges constantly from the solar cell.
@@12voltvids Thanks for your answer sir.You have been very helpful. But ebuy is close for our country. i have to look another sources. Have a nice day.
Interesting that you have two power cords for troubleshooting. Care to share where the spare came from?
what kind of lubricant do you use? I assume it's specific for plastic parts/gears.
Lithium grease.
Do you repair BOSE lifestyle 901 head units
Nice one. Happy T. Day.
My Bose multi-cd changer says disc error and cds are stuck inside. It won't play. Also, when I shake it, I hear something raddling inside. I wish I could mail it to you to fix. Sad in Georgia...
The main unit has a full alpha display, but shows, "READING *d*ISC." Weirdness, there!
Madness832 That is super weird. Usually the lower case “d” is when the display supports only numeric. But this is alpha/numeric. There is a D in reaDing. Odd.
look at the logo on a pressed CD. The d in "disc" is lowercase even though nothing else is.
Where can I repair my Bose wave 3 Multi-CD Changer ?
I have had cd tracking problems due to the cd block restricted from moving properly along the guide rails and binding on the guide rails due to dried hardened lithium grease on the gears and guide rails
If you ever get bored and need something to do I have a Bose Acoustic Wave music system II 5 disc changer that needs a looking at. 🙋🏻♂️
No thanks.
😂😂😂So do I BUT I guess we're out of luck
I repaired one it’s a big job. Do you still have it?
Thanks so much for the video. I have a jammed CD in the 3 CD changer. The elevator is not even. I really know nothing about this kind of thing but I'm trying to help my neighbor get this working again. Do you have any tips on getting the CD out and the elevator level again. I don't feel comfortable disconnecting the circuit board.
I couldn’t see what you were doing. Your hands were underneath the part. What were you moving and checking
if the plastic piece on the elevator screw breaks can you fix it?
Super glue
Nice work !...Did you need to cut into that ribbon cable to bare wire to short the laser ? 73's
No that is there from the factory. When they are manufactured the short is put there and it is opened after installation. All laser blocks have short pads on the ribbon cable or on the block itself.
@@12voltvids Thank you for the reply...73
Could you explain why?@@12voltvids
@@user-so8nn5vi7d why what? The short on the laser diode? that is there to prevent static electricity from blowing up the laser diode. They are so sensitive that just static in the are being picked up by the ribbon cable can blow the diode without even touching it. When you buy a new optical block it comes in a static-free clam shell case which is in turn put inside a second static-free bag which is inside a second static shield. Of all the components I have dealt with laser diodes were the most sensitive to ESD
Mine keeps clicking and squealing like at the 18:20 mark of video. The Bottom slot works. Any thoughts?
where can i find a outer cover for the main unit mine is broken
How does bridging soldier on the laser ribbon cable prevent damage to the Diode?
That is for anti-static protection. It will divert any ESD away from the laser diode which is very susceptible to such damage.
It shorts the laser diode leads (cathode and anode) together to prevent any ESD across the junction when it is disconnected from the drive circuit. Laser diodes are extremely ESD sensitove.
Wouldn’t the laser diode have to be grounded to earth to prevent ESD?
@@XMguy no. If the discharge can't pass over the junction then it can't hurt it. Like a bird on a wire.
12voltvids thank you for your explanation.
sir, nice post god bless
what are you cleaning the mech switches with?
Yes. I was curious, too
you mentioned 17.5 volt if i saw correct.
if i'm correct, my friends is only showing 16.5 volt.
might be why it is acting erratic.
That Billions transformer you pointed to is exactly what I need. Mine is kaput any ideas on where to find one?
Is there a way I can send my player to you?
why those indication lights donot glow when there is a cd inside?
They do, just too bright in studio to see on camera. It is incredibly bright in here. Lights everywhere.
Does anyone in Orange Cty, CA have experience changing out the 9 pin cable to the Bose. I just purchased a replacement but need it installed, Help!
Maybe that unit needs a reset
I never clean optical laser lenses unless i really have to in case of risking damage to it.
If you do it correct, sweep lightly on the lens with very little pressure. No cleaner either.
Where can I find someone to repair mine? I live in NJ
Do you still need repair? I’m in Nj
Hi can you tell me the name of the track in tthe 27:49 minute? Thank you! nice videos!
Hi I i borrrowed my moms system and the cd lid broke. What can I do? Help !!!
It.is an.Advanced.system 2
Please my changer laser is bad where do I get a new one
Asking twice does not increase your chances. Bose does not sell parts period. Not even the little cord that connects the changer to the radio. Bust a pin off plugging it is and you are screwed.
WHY do my comments keep getting deleted??????????????
Who works with electronics and repairs hundreds if not thousands of electronic devices but manages to put a dirty disc in a Cd player, not me, lol
I don't repair hundreds or thousands of devices. I work on a couple of units a week. I did fix thousands when I did this for a living. Now I am very selective as to what I accept and only taken candidates that have a good chance of repair. Unless it is mine, then I don't really care if I fix it or not. If not i wreck it and piss off people.
@@12voltvids Exactly what i meant.
czcams.com/users/shorts96DrC6ap33w?si=n-JDNzFZCwg4w3pC
Sir
I really need some guidance here, I had issues with the device, and found that kids must have forced a cd in a compartment where a cd was already inserted. I managed to pull them out, and now the disc is not spinning. Any guidance will be appreciated:(
*It's FUBAR it's jammed it doesn't work* ok ok we believe you! 😂
Did what you did and still dead.