Kitchen Table Electronics Repair - Sony CFD-922 Boombox

[frco121]

Which year is this??

[uxwbill]

@frco121 Please check the upload date, this video was created within a day or two of that time.

If you're about to suggest that CD/tape/record/whatever players are "obsolete" because you have your MP3 player (no matter the brand), digital music streaming service or store...just don't.

Not everyone listens to music that way, nor does everyone want to. You do what works for you...my mother will do what works for her.

[frco121]

@uxwbill ok didn't look at the upload date.... Nice fix bytheway. Hope your mom is happy

[uxwbill]

@frco121 She is, and the boombox works perfectly well to this day.

I apologize if I came across as harsh in my reply. There have been some people come along who ask things like that and make it seem like it is stupid to fix things like this.

[frco121]

@uxwbill Everything that can be fix,must be fix,only stupid people throw it away.

[Corvette1658]

Wow she likes country music cool i am a country boy.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

I have the same model, except it's the default silver color.

The problem with it is that the tape player stopped responding completely.

The rest works fine, except the CD Door whips open; that I don't think I can fix.

I managed to take out all but two screws. The ones in the back that require long drivers...which I don't have.

[uxwbill]

@Morahman7vnNo2 You'll need a long screwdriver, there is no way around it. Most boomboxes are built that way. As for the tape player, that sounds like a belt problem to me. I don't think all of the buttons could have possibly broken.

The CD problem is not that hard to fix. There is a grease-damped gear that keeps the cover from flying open under spring pressure. Sometimes these gears come off of their shafts or lose their damping material (grease).

[schomminater]

I have one of these that is similar to the one you got. Mine is black and the front is a little different. I think Mom and Dad bought it in about 1999. Still works perfectly.

[uxwbill]

@schomminater This one is from around 1999 as well. Despite looking somewhat rough, it's still going strong, right down to the tape deck.

[Bylga]

I just love your videos. They are so interesting!

[uxwbill]

@Bylga Thank you for watching and do feel free to comment any time!

[Saturday8pm]

Good idea, but next time, try NOT to edit out the actual repair. How did you replace the plastic rod? Beats me, for to another tinkerer, that's the x in this algebraic equation. Sorry your mother likes classical, it's time she shook her ass a little.

[uxwbill]

The plastic rod was in place, just broken loose. As the video shows, I re-centered it and poured glue in around it to complete the repair.

I haven't got enough hands to do a "live" repair video and my helpers never seem to be around when I'm repairing this stuff. I'm sorry I didn't have some "live action" of the repair in progress for this video.

[uxwbill]

As far as the music goes, that was my selection from the tuner. It's a strong station, one that comes in well on everything. So it makes for a great demonstration.

My mother listens to music of all kinds, although I find most of her taste in music...weird. Stuff like the Backstreet Boys (nope!), musicals (okay, I kinda like these), rap (not for me), and other stuff that defies categorization.

[Saturday8pm]

@uxwbill

Thanks for the replies, I forgot about this vid, hence the extreme time lag. You're absolutely right in fixing this puppy, it turned out to be worth the effort, I even bought a long Phillips to crack the hull as there's no other way around THAT.

[Saturday8pm]

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These were good portable units, I dunno what's out there now 'cept a bunch of tricked-up boxes that can't be considered portable. I tested this box ( I still have the black Sport version, fixed the cassette door and increasingly unreliable internal speaker connection ) among five others and though it wasn't the flashiest or cheapest it pulled in the stations best. Shame it's out of production.

[Thejano1998]

GOOD RADIO!!!

[Watcher3223]

The dual cassette deck didn't need much except cleaning and demagnetizing of the heads. I did have to tweak the speed as the pitch was a tad off in playback. The belts were fine, fortunately.

I also cleaned the whole thing inside and out and got it looking as new as I can get it.

Because of the effort, I got a bookshelf CD stereo with 3-way speakers that works perfectly now for little money.

Electronics repair is a great skill to have, indeed.

[Watcher3223]

Praise for your video. Instead of taking the boombox out and smashing it, you are actually FIXING it and getting it back into working order!

Now that is conservation.

I also make it hobby of fixing things.

My most recent repair is a Sharp 5 CD stereo system. I bought it for $20 as is from a thrift store.

It wouldn't read discs, but the problem was simply dust on the optics. Cleaned it and it works like a champ. Even sounds pretty good, which I didn't expect at all since it was a Sharp.

[uxwbill]

My attitude is one of "waste not, want not". If something is broken, I'm going to at least try fixing it. Even if I don't get it fixed, chances are good that I will have learned something for the next time. And if I do fix it, well, it's another device kept out of the already overburdened landfill.

I don't think Sharp equipment is too bad (although the PS interpreter on their printers is garbage!) but I'm not crazy about working on integrated systems. Still, I did work on and fix an AIWA unit.

[Watcher3223]

"I'm not crazy about working on integrated systems."

Tell me about it.

A lot of those things are designed and built in a way that makes servicing difficult.

[Watcher3223]

"I don't think Sharp equipment is too bad."

They're okay.

But, with audio equipment Sharp isn't exactly reputable in that regard with exception of their Optonica line of audio components, which are vintage 1970s-1980s.

[ATHS55]

@uxwbill If this had been at Daves' farm, he'd have run over it with one of his clunkers. Or just blown it up. :->

[dickcheney6]

Nice boombox I'm a big fan of sony, I used to have a radio sort of like that-the top where the CD and tape decks were was exactly the same, but the control panel was a bit different it was more switches and knobs, the tuner was a flag under a window, not on the screen. Also, it was one of those where the mode was changed by a mechanical switch, and when you set it to "tape" without any tape buttons pressed, the power was off.

[McVaio]

I reinforced the plastic release knob of one's LeBaron's front passenger seat with as well after it broke. It's all weak plastic so I winded some steel wire around the mount point, glued that in until I got a solid glue/steel wire mass and then clicked it back in place! Worked like a charm and won't break again haha!

[NovaScotian1992]

What was in the cd player?

It sounded pretty good

[blazerlover25]

that was travis tritts where corn dont grow

[NovaScotian1992]

Thank You.

[uxwbill]

We have a winner! It was the first CD I grabbed off of the stereo rack.

[blazerlover25]

lol ive heard that song so much i almost hear it in my sleep guess thats what happens when you live in the country for so long lol travis tritt is a good singer but that pink jukebox dont do him justice lol

[uxwbill]

It's a pretty good CD overall. I actually hadn't played it in a while, though. I've become somewhat disinterested in today's country music, moving instead to the oldies of the 50s, 60s and 70s. (Yes, there is a story behind that and it has to do with country music not being what it once was.)

The boombox was actually a discount find...we didn't really care about the color! It lasted for nine years before this breakdown, so I guess it's done pretty well as far as portable audio stuff goes.

[vwestlife]

Thanks! I was racking my brain to name the song because I know that intro for sure.

[Ajaces]

Great Job, reinforcements are definitely a much better fix!