> Another silly question (maybe to you or others) that seems
> somewhat self-explanatory but has me a bit confused. You
> all mentioned that you purchased a replacement power supply.
> Is that the electric power cord that plugs into the wall or
> is it the cord that resembles the cord that plugs into a
> computer power supply that goes into the PCB of the Raite??

Actually, the power supply is the complete "yellow" PCB (printed circuit
board) on the left hand side of the machine. The "green" PCB on the
otherside is the motherboard.

While some people have indeed replaced the complete power supply, all of
us that have responded to you so far have actually repaired the existing
power supply. So all you need to do is order the parts from the list and
replace them on the PCB and you should be good to go. (There are 1 or 2
parts from the main motherboard PCB that will also likely need replacing).

> Rob, I REALLY do appreciate your post and compared to me, you
> and anyone else that has successfully repaired their Raite
> are an electronics wiz---no joke. The soldering is exactly
> what I'm afraid of. I've never had a reason to do any, so I
> will have to read up on it.

Well, just FYI, before I started the JP1 group (for people hacking remote
controls) I'd never done any soldering either. I have next to no
electronics knowledge either, so when people start talking about
capcitors, resistors, diodes, etc all I know is that they exist and that I
can order them from Mouser or Digi-key, I don't really know what they all
do.

Think of it like this, you can plug a device into a wall outlet without
understanding how electricity works, well it's somewhat similar here. You
can remove a burned out capacitor and replace it with a new one without
knowing what a capacitor does nor what it's role in the overall circuit
is. All you need to know how to do is work a soldering iron.

Just like with the wall outlet, you do need to take care to put the new
parts in the right way around but unlike the wall outlet these parts
aren't designed so that they can't go in the wrong way around. The PCB
itself will usually have markings that should show you which side is
positive and which side is negative.

Here's another way of looking at it. Right now your Raite is worthless,
even for parts you won't get more than $5 or so for it, so what do you
have to lose? If you are not successful in trying to repair the player,
you'll still probably get $5 for it for parts, so you won't have lost
anything, but if you are successful, not only will you feel really proud
of yourself (trust me, I was *WAY* pleased with myself when I fixed mine,
as it was the first electronics device that I ever fixed) but you'll also
have a region-free MV-free DVD player again.

Even though there are tons of really cheap region-free DVD players on the
market now, very few of them are macrovision-free, so the Raite is still a
desirable player (for those that understand what it is).

Rob
http://www.hifi-remote.com