The common fault with the CDX is cracked solder joints - there are a number of weak joins actually between boards - this causes symptoms just as you describe - the 2 is actually a ? with the dot missing! Well worth fixing and should not be expensive. The CDX has a lovely warm sound , quite unlike most Japanese CD players of this era. It was really a reboxed Philips CD100 which was the basis for a number of high end machines of the time.

This is the repair tip!

Intermittent failures

Problem:

Intermittent failures

Cause:

Disconnection of through-platings

Solution:

Resolder all the marked through-platings when sets are received for service. Possibly run a wire through the plating.

 Peter -THANK YOU very much! My brother repairs car audio so I will have him do the work.

The CDX and its Philips made cousin Mission DAD7000 were the first two players I ever heard which told me that CD was worth having in my life! The standard Philips models gave me a headache and the Sony CDP101 sounded boring at the time (not strictly the player's fault, I discovered later on).

The CDX is WELL worth repairing, and if you can find a source of lasers for the brilliant old CD-M1 mechanism, please let me know, as they're getting extremely rare now and the Chinese haven't yet cottoned on to the fact that there could be a good market for well made pattern replacements.......

Second PCB for repair

 Thanks for all the help on this -I missed out on a LOT of sleep last night due to a Beogram CD X performing perfectly!!! 

 Next up is the Beogram 8002 record player. Will start a new thread after I get home from work today.

007,

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