Take care of your Apex!!!!

[duffman981]

Lesson learned, DO NOT PLACE VCR on top of Apex AD-1100W!! and or place the player on carpet because it will screw with the laser calibration. I say this because I had to return mine to Walmart a while back.

Duffman

[leebo]

Also, don't drop it out of a ten story window!

[circleking]

Since we're on the subject of Apex; Apex 5131 is prone to overheating too. I installed heat sinks on the processor chips and punched ventilation holes in the cover. This unit has a power supply that runs hot also.

I'm curious how placing on carpet could screw up laser calibration.

As for the 10-storey window---I reserve that for Compaq products.

[jeepman]

Since we're on the subject of Apex; Apex 5131 is prone to overheating too. I installed heat sinks on the processor chips and punched ventilation holes in the cover. This unit has a power supply that runs hot also.

I'm curious how placing on carpet could screw up laser calibration.

As for the 10-storey window---I reserve that for Compaq products.

Heat leads to expansion. I imagine the laser is on a fairly lightweight mechanism, and excessive heat could cause a very slight change, and we are probably talking about a mechanism that doesn't want to veer from its original calibration.

[duffman981]

well carpet isn't a flat hard surface, and the problems started after I did that so its more of an educated guess.

[leebo]

Hmm...

What color was the carpet?

[duffman981]

light brown, no wait beige.

[ZAP!!]

Sounds like you need new carpet. Get rid of all af it and get a nice powder blue. That should fix it.

[thxkid]

Hell, do just like I did on playstation, Dreamcast, X-box and SNES, cut out 2in tall round wooden feet, about 2-3in wide, apply very small amount of silicone stick on bottle of unit keeps it above everything allowing it to be cooler, specially when set on carpet.

[IonNuke]

Nothing has happened to my Apex "yet". It's sitting on carpet. Then again the AD-3201 has little feet so it's a few centimeters off ground.

I reserve 10 story window for my packard bell products.

The compaqs get the express treatment. How many flips and barrel rolls will an old 386 compaq notebook do @ 80mph out the window???

I last counted 6 and then i couldn't see it in the rear-view mirror anymore.

[duffman981]

compaq hatred runs deep in many of us, I salute you for your ability to deal out death to that godforsaken compaq machine

[IonNuke]

by the way those old desktop boxes of packard bells do bounce a bout 1~2 feet when you fling them out a 10 story window

[dphirschler]

My building only has 8 floors!


Darryl

[isepiq]

Yup, my Apex AD-1100W jut burned out on me. Had a VCR on top of it. It is just a couple days over the warranty. When removing the last disk that it played there was a very strong burning smell coming out from the tray opening.

I heat a problem with these players???

Should I try to replace it with the same brand or is there a better one???

Thanx!