Kitchen Table Electronics Repair - Sony CFD-922 Boombox

Time to repair something else, just to keep it out of the landfill. This time it's my mother's Sony CFD-922 boombox. The eject button broke because it is flimsy. I glued and reinforced it to keep this from happening again.

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Science & Technology

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• Sony
• CFD-922
• boombox
• repair
• kitchen
• table
• electronics
• boom
• box

[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.

[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).

[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.

[Bylga]

I just love your videos. They are so interesting!

[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.

[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.

[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.