Re-Capping a Pioneer CLD-V870 Laserdisc Player Power Supply
Recently, I received a dead Pioneer CLD-V870 Karaoke style Laserdisc player. When plugged in, there was no standby light. I performed the usual step of removing D105 surge suppressor from the power board since this commonly failed on some later models. I clipped both ends and removed it, then replaced the fuse with a known working one. Still, the standby light nor the unit would come on. Next, I had to manually wind the gears to get the tray to eject. Once the tray was out, the power supply could be safely unscrewed and removed. I inspected the board and found a number of capacitors. Rather than troubleshoot one by one, I took an inventory and ordered replacement caps from Digi-Key. I saved the list of capacitors for VWR1269. Link here Before de-soldering any of the old caps, it is a good idea to mark the tops of each cap with the same directional line. In my case, I drew a line pointing towards the front of the unit....