Rowe CD Jukebox Title Page Repair Log

claysred

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I have a Rowe CD-100C jukebox out on location that is eating my lunch. The location called and told me the title pages would not turn. Upon arrival, I noticed all the pages had been turned to one side (#00-11) and the title page turn buttons had no response when pushed. I opened the door and tried the title page switch inside the cabinet. Same issue, nothing moved. I recycled power and the pages flipped and began working. I hung around but could not make it mess up again.
Next day same call. Went to location again and found all the pages turned to the same position and nothing would respond. I removed the title rack and changed out the title rack motor. I checked the two switches on top of the title rack and adjusted them. All worked well and I left.
Next day same call. Again, all the pages were turned to the beginning and would not move. The waitress told me the title pages moved by itself to the beginning and then would not move. Out of desperation, I started changing parts from a working machine. I replaced the power supply, CCC, keyboard, and title rack PCB. I figured I had it fixed for sure!
Next day same call. I checked voltages at the CCC and title rack PCB. All looked fine. Next I changed out the service switch assembly on the left side of the jukebox with a new one. The old one had black tar looking gunk on the pins. After this, I felt certain that I had found bad contacts and replacing the switch was the problem.
Next day same call. ARRGGG!!!! There is really nothing else to change except for the display and the wiring harness. I went to the location and removed every single plug connector in the wiring harness one at a time. I removed each wire and reformed the pins to push harder on the PCB pins. I was careful not to mix up any wires. I rebooted and it has not had any issues since.

SO....5 trips to the same location to fix this thing. Looks like the pins had become weak over the years and were making bad connections. Wish I would have done this first.

I hope this helps someone with the same issue.

Clay
 
Make sure that attract mode that automatically flips the title pages is turned off in the software.

Aren't the title pages fed through the display board on that model?
 
Ken.....the attract mode was turned off in the software. I always do this to reduce wear and tear on the title rack.

I'm not sure if the title pages are fed through the display pcb. I do know that if I unplug the display connector and plug it back in, the jukebox will reboot.

After reforming all those pins, (it took me about 45 mins) I have not had any more issues out of it.
 
I always turn that title page attract mode off too. It's annoying plus it wears out the delicate pages.

I had an old CD100A on location at a bar that kept having the audio cut out. I went through three brand new players and mech control boards. Finally I went through and reformed all the connector terminals between the power supply, CCC, and mech control. Jukebox has been working fine for several months now with no problems.
 
Title page issue

Hi everyone I'm new to this forums and also new to jukeboxes, i have teach my self a little by reading around and i have found lots of the answers for my questions in this forum, so thank you!

my current problem is with a rowe cd100k that i bought at a yard sale as a project because it was not working long story short i replace the amp and repaired the cd-pro drive and is now playing beautifully , but now is the title page, originally i will press the up or down button and i will get a noise only but it wouldn't switch up or down the pages, but i was able to move them manually using the manual turning option, so i removed it from the jukebox to try to clean and grease it and to check the motor as i thought that was the problem, i removed i few parts from the side of the title page and grease them also looking for loose parts that needed to by tight also replace the little board attached to the motor where the power and computer connects, after that i went ahead and test it and for my surprise it worked ! it was able to go up and down but heres the issue : once i reach the very last page from the top or the bottom it get stuck and won't move anymore just a weir sound, i have to manually switch the first or last page to make it work again, what could be happening?? again it just happens once it reach the first or last page, in between them works perfectly and strong.

any ideas would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance.
 
No on the C it has a title rack interface board. On A and B models it was from the display, I believe the cd 51s also. One thing to remember about all rowe cd 100s is the rowelink plugs, these are always the two pin one lead white and other orange. Always reform those connectors the mech board ccc title rack interface everything in the system uses it and if any of those components are failing they can cause really strange intermittent problems and usually its just a bad connection.
 
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