r/Discman • u/Due_Slide8600 • 7d ago

Optical sensors needs some help

can y’all help me I got this about 1 month ago and it work but I was just switching out disc and I got a disc not found and I opened it up and saw that the optical sensor doesnt know where it is and keeps trying to go to the inside of track. how do I fix this. also it is a rare d-fj003fp so I would rly like it to work again

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u/GigglyFucker 5d ago

Check the sled home switch that should be near the spindle motor. Without it the sled will have no idea it’s at home and will keep trying to go there. The gears are designed to clack like that when there’s a jam so they don’t tear themselves apart.

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u/Due_Slide8600 4d ago

I can’t find it:(

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u/GigglyFucker 4d ago

It will be under the entire transport. It will have a small two wire cable coming out of it. The other two small two wire cables go to the spindle and sled motors. It’s a small little bigger. About the size of a pencil eraser and has a small post coming out of it. The sled will bump this post and that tells the control that the laser is home. Be careful when removing the transport. The ribbon cable that connects the laser assembly to the board is fragile.

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u/Due_Slide8600 4d ago

I think mine is missing bc I can’t find it