Checks Prior to Repairs, Laser Power Check

5-6. CHECKS PRIOR TO REPAIRS

These checks are performed before replacing parts according to “approximate specifications” to determine the faulty locations. For details, refer to “Checks Prior to Parts Replacement and Adjustments” (See page 8).

5-6-1. Temperature Compensation Offset Check

When performing adjustments, set the internal temperature and room temperature to 22 to 28ºC.

Checking Procedure:

1.Rotate the AMS knob to display “TEMP CHECK”.

2.Press the YES button.

3.“T=@@(##) [OK]” should be displayed. If “T=@@ (##) [NG]” is displayed, it means that the results are bad.

(@@ indicates the current value set, and ## indicates the value written in the non-volatile memory.)

5-6-2. Laser Power Check

Before checking, check the IOP value of the optical pick-up. (Refer to 5-8. Recording and Displaying IOP Information.)

Connection :

Laser power meter

Optical pick-up objective lens

Digital volt meter

BD board

CN110 pin 5 (I+3V)

CN110 pin 4 (IOP)

Checking Procedure:

1.Set the laser power meter on the objective lens of the optical pick-up. (When it cannot be set properly, press the 0 button or ) button to move the optical pick-up.)

Connect the digital volt meter to CN110 pin 5 (I+3V) and CN110 pin 4 (IOP).

2.Then, rotate the AMS knob and display “LDPWR CHECK”.

3.Press the YES button once and display “ 0.9 mW *** $ ”. Check that the reading of the laser power meter become 0.84 to 0.92 mW. (*** means IOP value)

4.Press the YES button once more and display “ 7.0 mW *** $

”. Check that the reading the laser power meter and digital volt meter satisfy the specified value.

Specified Value :

Laser power meter reading : 7.0 ± 0.2 mW

Digital voltmeter reading : Optical pick-up displayed value ± 10%

(Optical pick-up label)

	KMS260A	(For details of the method for checking
	27X40	this value, refer to “5-8. Recording and
	27X40	Displaying IOP Information”.)
	B0825	Displaying IOP Information”.)
	B0825

	N

Iop = 82.5 mA in this case

Iop (mA) = Digital voltmeter reading (mV)/1 (Ω)

5. Press the MENU/NO button and display “LDPWR CHECK” and stop the laser emission.

(The MENU/NO button is effective at all times to stop the laser emission.)

Note 1: After step 4, each time the YES button is pressed, the display will be switched between “ 0.7 mW *** $ ”, “

6.2 mW *** $ ”, and “ Wp *** $ ”. Nothing needs to be performed here.

5-6-3. Traverse Check

Connection :

Oscilloscope

BD board

CN110 pin 3 (TE)

CN110 pin 1 (VC)

V : 0.5 V/div

H : 10 ms/div

Input : DC mode

Checking Procedure:

1.Connect an oscilloscope to CN110 pin 3 (TE) and CN110 pin 1 (VC) of the BD board.

2.Load a disc (any available on the market). (Refer to Note 1.)

3.Press the ) button and move the optical pick-up outside the pit.

4.Rotate the AMS knob and display “EF MO CHECK”.

5.Press the YES button and display “EFB = MO-R”.

(Laser power READ power/Focus servo ON/tracking servo OFF/ spindle (S) servo ON)

6.Observe the waveform of the oscilloscope, and check that the specified value is satisfied. Do not rotate the AMS knob. (Read power traverse checking)

(Traverse Waveform)

Specified value : Below 10% offset value

Offset value (%) = IA – BI X 100 2 (A + B)

7.Press the YES button and display “EFB = MO-W”.

8.Observe the waveform of the oscilloscope, and check that the specified value is satisfied. Do not rotate the AMS knob. (Write power traverse checking)

(Traverse Waveform)

Specified value : Below 10% offset value

Offset value (%) = IA – BI X 100 2 (A + B)

9. Press the YES button display “EFB = MO-P”.

Then, the optical pick-up moves to the pit area automatically and servo is imposed.

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