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I'm an electronics engineer based in Sydney and would be happy to have a look at the player for you (no charge for labour).

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Woah, that'd be great! Do you want me to mail it up to you, or do you happen to be dropping past Canberra some time in the next couple of days? I'd drive up to drop it off, but I'm going skiing this weekend (long ski season, yippee! ).

Bought a 1/8" to dual RCA jack, am playing from my CD player direct to the front inputs on my amp. It's not brilliant but at least I still have music.

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I just noticed that your profile says you're in Canberra, I thought you were in Melbourne.

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This is very true. I moved down to Melbourne to be with a girl, and now I've moved to Canberra to be with another. The rest of the details are long, boring and painful to everyone but me , and this time it seems to be working much better.

This is what I love about this community - people are willing to help out.

In anticipation,

Paul