Kitchen Table Electronics Repair – Sony CFD-922 Boombox
Oct.28, 2010 in
Repair Tips
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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May 26th, 2009 at 4:29 am
Great Job, reinforcements are definitely a much better fix!
May 26th, 2009 at 6:20 am
What was in the cd player?
It sounded pretty good
May 26th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
that was travis tritts where corn dont grow
May 26th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Thank You.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
We have a winner! It was the first CD I grabbed off of the stereo rack.
May 26th, 2009 at 6:49 pm
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
May 26th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Thanks! I was racking my brain to name the song because I know that intro for sure.
May 26th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
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.
June 18th, 2009 at 7:11 am
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!
September 12th, 2009 at 9:28 am
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.
September 27th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
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.
September 27th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
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.
October 21st, 2009 at 9:26 pm
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.
October 21st, 2009 at 11:42 pm
“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.
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:02 pm
“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.
August 9th, 2010 at 7:43 am
GOOD RADIO!!!
August 24th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
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.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
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.
August 25th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
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.
September 8th, 2010 at 2:53 pm
I just love your videos. They are so interesting!
September 9th, 2010 at 3:33 pm
@Bylga Thank you for watching and do feel free to comment any time!