TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INTRODUCTION

3

FEATURES

3~5

SPECIFICATIONS

6~9

LOCATION OF CUSTOMER CONTROLS

10~11

DISASSEMBLY

12~13

1. CABINET and CIRCUIT BOARD DISASSEMBLY

12

1-1. Bottom Chassis

12

1-2. Front Bezel Assy

12

1-3. Cabinet and Main Circuit Board

12

2. MECHANISM ASSY DISASSEMBLY

12

2-1. Pick-up Unit

12

2-2. Pick-up

13

EXPLODED VIEW

14~15

MECHANICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS LIST

16~18

GLOSSARY

19

THE DIFFERENCES OF CD-R/CD-RW DISCS AND GENERAL CD-ROM

20~26

1.

Recording Layer

20

2.

Disc Specification

20

3.

Disc Materials

21

4.

Reading Process of Optical Disc

22

5.

Writing Process of CD-R Disc

23

6.

Writing Process of CD-RW Disc

23

7.

Organization of the PCA, PMA and Lead-in Area

24

8.

Function of PCA and PMA area

25

9. OPC and ROPC

25

10. Writing Process of DISC

26

THE DIFFERENCES OF DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW DISCS AND DVD-ROM

27~35

1.

Recording Layer

27

2.

Disc Specification

28

3.

Disc Materials

28

4.

Writing Pulse Waveform of DVD+R

31

5.

Writing Pulse Waveform DVD+RW

33

6.

Organization of Inner Drive Area, Outer Drive Area, Lead-in Zone and Lead-out Zone

34

LightScribe MEDIA

36~39

1.

LightScribe Media

36

2.

Hardware Block Diagram of LightScribe Label Printing

37

3.

MD Assy For LightScribe

38

4.

Optical Encoder Assy

39

DVD & CD DATA PROCESSING

40~43

1.

Data Processing Flow

40

2.

Copy Protection and Regional Code Management Block

41

3.

About Prevention the DVD-ROM from to be copy

42

4.

About the DVD-ROM Regional Code

43

INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE PICK-UP

44~46

1.

Block Diagram of the Pick-up(HOP-7632TS)

44

2.

Pick up Pin Assignment

45

3.

Signal detection of the P/U

46

DESCRIPTION OF CIRCUIT

47~53

1.

ALPC Circuit

47

2.

Focus Circuit

49

3.

Tracking & Sled Circuit

50

4.

Spindle Circuit

53

MAJOR IC INTERNAL BLOCK DIAGRAM AND PIN DESCRIPTION

55~72

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

73~90

BLOCK DIAGRAM

91

PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD DIAGRAM

92~96

ELECTRICAL REPLACEMENT PARTS LIST

97

CAUTION - INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM.

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LG Electronics GSA-4167B, GSA-4168B, GSA-4165B service manual Table of Contents

GSA-4167B, GSA-4165B, GSA-4168B specifications

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