On Monday, September 27, 2010 10:49:08 am Von Fugal wrote: > I have a blown up car stereo and a working antique cabinet stereo. The > antique does phono, tape, cd, radio, so needless to say it's kind of > awesome. However, the cd player doesn't track, it'll load, *maybe* glean > some track info, then fail to play for more than a second. > > So, like any self respecting DIYer, I hope to integrate the cd player > from the dead car stereo into the cabinet stereo. First glance it looks > pretty straight forward, the ribbons to the optics are of the same > count, and the various motor wires would be easy enough to solder up. > The ribbons to the optics, however, are different sizes. I've been to > CUES and the guy said they don't have that kind of ribbon connector. > Does anybody know where else I might try to find such connectors - > either adapter to go from one size to another, or two connectors I can > manually hook together? Also, any warnings about trying such a feat?
Maybe PLUG can hold a fund raiser to get you a real CD player. -- Doran L. Barton <[email protected]> Open-source developer, sysadmin, consultant, and all-around geeky dude "Police arrest man found with $4000 in crack" -- Newspaper headline
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