Hello,
I have owned a Rowe AMI 100-C for several years now and several issues have surfaced since. I am listing them in order of priority which I would like to have them fixed.
1. It will not play certain CD's. This started several years ago and it had gotten worse. I found an eBay listing where you send your CD transport to this guy and he'll fix that problem, for I believe around $90. So I did that and it worked better, not perfect but better. Prior to that, some AC/DC titles would not play 9 out of 10 times, afterwards it was more like 5 out of 10. Just the other day I bought several brand new CD's (Walmart and Best Buy), sealed, fairly new releases. A couple of them are compilations of various artists which it'll play. Tom Petty, Elton John and ZZ Top will not play, period. It seems like it plays older (as in used, bought on eBay) CD's just fine, but then again, it plays the brand new compilations as well, so there doesn't seem to be a pattern that I can identify. My next step was to contact the guy who fixed it last time, have not done that yet.
2. The animation window motor is making a LOUD humming noise. The dumb part is that the motor works perfectly fine (quietly, as it should) when the front door is open (service). As soon as I lower it, it starts humming badly, to the point it will take away from the experience. This is a motor I've replaced a couple of years ago; I purchased it from this guy from AB Jukebox Repair, I believe it was about $60. I emailed him when the humming began and haven't heard back.
3. The lights in the animation window are not working, they did at some point. It would be nice to have them work again.
I will attach some pics for reference.
Thanks in advance!
Peter,
Northern CA