Magnavox FD1040 aka Philips CD104 - built to last, but for how long?
I was sent this Magnavox FD1040 by a viewer called Roland, which is more commonly known as the Philips CD104. This is the oldest player I've featured to date, and although it arrived unable to read a disc I was optimistic about a repair. That's because the disc mechanism inside is a CDM-1, regarding by many as the best and most reliable mechanism ever made. The reason these units tend to fail is because of bad capacitors and an issue with the 'griplets' - grounding points on the PCBs that can lose continuity over time. So would resolving these problems bring this classic player back to life, or does it have bigger problems? Outro music: Calvary by TrackTribe

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