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...
I see where the parts on the power supply board are to be replaced. But where are the ones on the motherboard? The main board may be more tricky because of the...
Get the PCB marker numbers from the parts list, then look at the photos in the Photo section. From memory, you should see three larger resistors in a line...
Great info Rob. I will defintely take your (and everyone else's advice). I'll let you all know about my progress. Thanks, Sharon ... Actually, the power...
hi everybody this is my first message i have a rait avphile 715 dvd player and it has a hiachi gd-2500 dvd rom drive, i had problems with the tray , so i...
Greets, I couldn't find a classified section so I don't know if posting here is acceptable use. I came here awhile back looking for a solution to "the problem"...
Hello, I am looking to purchase a DVD player & burner sometime around Christmas or maybe right after when the sales hit. I am looking for other people...
Season's greetings and happy new year to all. Picked up an extra 715 for $ 10 recently and thought I might change the DVD player for a hard drive, a spare 20...
Alas, it looks like I will be leaving the Raite group, as the previously-repaired power supply in my AV715 went out again in a blaze of glory, taking out the...
I have a Enzer 5015 DVD Player with a Raite RDR-201 DVD-ROM drive. The firmware version for this drive is 4.71. Is there a newer firmware version and, if so,...
Hi Check if the drive is set to the correct region and the latest player firmware. I replaced my drive (Raite RDR-201H) with a Samsung SD-612B yesterday and...
Hello all, Just my two-cents' worth: I'm no "brand-wh*re," but I've had very good luck with tray-load Pioneer drives (even the infamous DVD-120). They fit the...
Does closed captioning work at all? I have Yamakawa 715 with latest A2 update and it doesn't work for me. (TV supports them and they work on my laptop, so the...
Rob, ... Thanks so much for the suggestion. I finally pulled out the power supply board and had a look. There are two caps that look suspicious, but Iım not...
They don't use adhesive to attach capacitors (they just solder them in place) so that gunk in the pics is definitely leakage. Time to replace them! In fact, I...
My PAL 16:9 DVDs are playing incorrectly on NTSC TV - image is stetched vertically. Any fix for this? I have very old firmware - first one with region free...
I'm an owner of a yamakawa 365 dvd divx player. I'm having trouble watching xvid movies and divx movies encoded with divx 5.2 . Im trying to find the latest...