KSS-210A Optical Pick-Up Lens For CD/VCD Mechanism Repairing Replacement Parts

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My 30+ year old Aiwa NSX-5200 hasn't played CDs well for many years. In fact, like most of these units, it started having trouble with skipping and intermittent playback within its first few years of ownership. Still, it was the cornerstone of our "home theater" because it has a great amp and surprisingly good speakers. But, this year I finally replaced it with a more powerful dedicated Yamaha amp and Onkyo 6 CD player. Also, I just today received a complete 5.1 set of Sony speakers to replace the "sort of" Aiwa surround sound speakers. I say "sort of" because the miniature surround speakers were essentially useless from the get go. So, I'm going from two channel stereo to full 5.1 with a single sub.Which meant with the new gear, I would be left with a crippled Aiwa unit that I always liked but wouldn't play CDs. So, just out of curiosity, I thought I would see if I could get my hands on a replacement laser pick-up to replace the notoriously bad original Aiwa unit. I never knew it, but apparently there was a class action suit against Aiwa back in the day for this problem. Regardless, I didn't want to spend a wad of cash because I wasn't sure if a replacement would work or if I could successfully replace it. And, some online sources suggested that it would require special electronic test equipment to make it track properly, which I did not have.I watched several online videos to see if this was a operation I could pull off. Most made the procedure look fairly simple. So, I dove in without any repair manual or instructional video depicting my particular unit. It turned out that my Aiwa was quite a bit more involved than any of the videos I had watched, but I really didn't have anything to lose, so after taking pictures of the existing pick-up from several angles and using the numbers printed on it to order an exact (to my surprise) replacement, I proceeded to take my unit apart.It's a good thing I took pictures, because there were a couple of surprises when I went to put the unit back together. On first try, the sliding CD tray kept crashing into something that prevented it from closing. I discovered that there was a step necessary that I had overlooked when fitting the parts back together. I was able to figure things out before replacing the units outside cover, which meant plugging the unit in without it so I could actually see where the interference was. I mention that, because before you tackle a project like this, be sure you know where NOT to touch things (like the power supply) and be sure other components you have moved out of the way (like circuit boards) will not short to ground when you apply power. In other words, if you don't know what I'm talking about, you may want to leave this project to a qualified repair person.Nevertheless, I persisted and got all the parts back in there proper respective places and tested the operation of the CD tray. It now functioned 100% properly. I then loaded three CDs which previously would no longer play in the unit. I hooked up the speakers and hit play. Much to my astonishment, the Aiwa played flawlessly. A totally successful operation! I had saved my beloved electronic device which now has a stay of execution (and me, a stay of electrocution). So, yes, I encourage you to give this try if you diagnose your CD as needing a new laser pick-up. But remember not to electrocute yourself and be careful not to fry any electronics with static electricity. Watch a video or two if you don't know what I mean.

Worked perfectly, trivial to install, and did not need any adjustments (the service manual said they should be, but I didn't bother. This one was installed to replace the KSS-150A laser mechanism. IMPORTANT - don't forget to remove the solder blob shorting the power suppply before installing. The ad does not mention it, but look for a blob on the corner of the PCB that shorts two wires together. You need to remove the blob.

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Bought a broken Sony CD player. The spindle would not spin up as it did not detect the disc. After replacing the laser all works great.

After thinking about it for years, I got myself a Sega CD (model 2) off of ebay listed relatively cheap because it gave the 'No Disk' error. After opening the thing up and doing some research, it seemed like the laser was the most likely culprit, and the KSS-210A appeared to be the one to get for the particular revision of the Sega CD 2 that I had as it's almost completely identical visually (I believe there are two or three different revisions, one or more of which have a different configuration of optical laser, so be sure you know which one you have!)Admittedly, this was only my second time swapping out the optical laser in a device, and my first time doing so with a Sega CD and a laser that I didn't salvage from another device. At first the laser did not work, but then I realized it had an anti-static solder bridge that needed to be removed with a soldering iron. After I fixed that little oversight, the laser lit right up and has my Sega CD playing games and albums again!I imagine it works just fine in other, non-gaming devices that it's compatible with.