Hi Rob, OK, I have been trying ever since your message of 2 months ago to secure a Pioneer drive for my 715, to no avail. Retail RPC-1-capable Pioneer drives ...
I always advocated just getting any drive for which there was an RPC1 hack available. I only singled out the LiteOn drives because the hack is just so easy....
I've got a Raite AVPhile 715 and all along it's been problematic with some DVDs but not others. I've upgraded the firmware on the drive and the unit, but...
Hi there, I finally replaced the crappy Raite 105H drive with a Pioneer DVD-120, and it works like a charm: MUCH more responsive, and no more hesitation. The ...
Hi, I searched the archives on this but came up empty-handed: is anyone experiencing an annoying buzzing or humming coming through the audio on the 715? It...
This is totally a SWAG but open it up and check all the capacitors on the power supply, if you see any leaking - replace them. I had poor audio on one of my...
Hey, I haven't posted here in a couple of years....it seems.. its like the television, if you have a clear picture and everything is running fine, you don't...
Hello, yesterday, I updated from a flavor of the 42 firmware to Yam713_BT_06a3_patched. I did this because of ongoing sound stuttering and audio synch...
... Is it possible this FW is not updateable - oh no! I looked at the bank30.rom with a hex editor. unable to find the strings apasswd or bank30 inside. I'm...
... Panic over. I was using Nero Express, and I didn't notice it was leaving the disk open (multi session) soon as I turned this off it worked.. Phew! Dave...
... way ... Eventually upgraded it to 42-BT-713-MONYKA-V2, seems pretty nice, but still has the sync problems with KVCD formated disk. The A3 firmware I tried...
My Raite 715 AVPhile DVD Player that has given me good service since abou 2000 (one of the last ones shipped) would not turn on yesterday evening. There is...
... since ... yesterday ... drawer ... user ... all ... and ... to ... Hello - there is a fuse inside. As you open the cover, you'll see the small power...
... Check out these FW's - http://www.weethet.nl/english/video_yami715_updatefirmware.php#patched
Found both patched versions to be very reliable! Rgds Dave ...
In look at the circuit board of the power supply I see that ZD3 shows heavy brown "burn" around it ZD1 show slight brown Q5 and Q6 slight brown, hardly...
This all sounds so familiar.. my zd3 was also fried to a crisp. I guess I would replace all the common parts that the list offers, mainly because you don't...
The D14 and D14a appear to be diodes of some kind,, but I see nothing on them to know what to get. The C5 is a capacitor on which I can see the size and...
Here's an old post I had on www.nerd-out.com forums. Doesn't seem many people are posting there anymore so thought it might be helpful here. Hope it helps...
Good explanation :-) I am just about doing the same repair but I have so far just changed Zener and capacitors C23 C19 ZD3 ZD3 I am waiting for delivery on the...
Hello Folks, I want to buy a DVD/VCD/MP3 player to be used at home. what is the best option, home theater or hi-fi music system? what is the diffrence between...
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Forum kinda dead these days. My Raite works fine, still. We blew a supply in one my friend has. Got another. Now fixed the one I have for spare from his....
Hi Walt, How exactly did you fix your Raite?? Mine died months ago (board fried in 3 or 4 spots = dead player) and I'm not an electric wiz but I don't want to...
... Replaced the smoked 3 or 4 parts with the uprated ones suggested in other posts. Did it last year. Now I have a spare power supply. If your supply is...
I would also greatly appreciate it if someone answers Sharon in some detail -- to the list of course. My Raite is also sitting on the shelf with a fried power...
I'm no electronics wiz either, but when my Raite burned out a year or so back, I came back to this group (which was pretty dormant at the time) and searched...
Hi everyone, Good to know the list isn't as dead as I thought. Thanks to everyone for their input and info. I haven't had a problem discovering the posts in...
... 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...
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