I wanted to have a LaserDisc player since I saw the first discs as a kid, and last week it finally happened. Was looking for a while now for a decent priced CLD-D925 or DVL-909/919, but people tend to bid insane amounts for it on eBay. I went for a CLD-D515 - according to laserdiscarchive.co.uk it does everything as the CLD-D925 does, without the digital frame store. When I opened the package, the first thing I noticed was there are wires coming out of the back that don't belong there. On one wire is a 3,5mm jack that was plugged into the remote-in port. On three other wires a 6mm jack socket. I also noticed there is no AC3 RF socket at all. In one forum I learned that laserdiscarchive is wrong about this player, there are versions of it with and without AC3 RF output. Tough luck! I was hoping that maybe a kind soul had installed a mod to enable AC3 output - but didn't find anything related to modding this LaserDisc Player. After doing more research I got ot know that some time ago the player was owned by a dentist. This explains also why there was a custom CAV LaserDisc from 1996 inside, which tells you everything you need to know about dental prosthesis - if you want... So, what do we have here? What is this strange mod about? My guess is it's not an audio mod at all, but some kind of remote control unit to have it installed in a dentist's office information kiosk. What do you think? Who has seen something like this before, and even more important - how does it work? This is how it looks on the inside: And a close-up of the PCB (the two lower ICs have the inscription sanded off I think):
That circuit board is a color carrier converter ... Probably is converting NTSC to PAL-60. :nod: Just check the frequency on the two quartz oscillators on the small board. :thumbsup:
