CD/DVD/Bluray-Disk Drives Troubleshooting and Repair Tutorial

This is the CD Drives troubleshooting and repair tutorial for your electronic service reference. It should be work and also largely relevant for DVD/HD DVD/Blu-ray equipment. This document was developed specifically for the troubleshooting and repair of the CD players in component stereo systems, compact stereos, boomboxes, car units and portables, as well as CDROM… Read More »

Active FM Booster

This is a simple low cost circuit of an active FM booster that can be used to amplify the FM band signal, so you can listen the FM channels/programs from distant FM stations clearly. The circuit make use of a common-emitter tuned RF preamplifier wired around VHF/UHF transistor 2SC2570. (Only C2570 is annotated on the… Read More »

Digital Variable Resistor / Potensiometer DS1669

The DS1669 is an electronic digital rheostat manufactured by Dallas Semiconductor. This component has a function similar to digital variable resistor/potensiometer which can be operated by push the buttons. You can adjust the audio volume, LCD contrast, frequency, etc. by using two buttons instead of a common potentiometer/trimpot. This circuit explains how we do it… Read More »

Car Audio System Anti Theft Security

This is the circuit diagram of car audio system anti theft security which can be effectively used to protect and secure your expensive car audio system from stealing. This simple circuit designed based on popular CMOS NAND chip CD4093,. When the circuit is switched on via switch S1, the indicator LED1 will glow and the… Read More »