CDs provide excellent music reproduction.
An advantage of the CD disc format is that the basic mechanism is the same whether it is a CD player being used in a home theater or a CD-ROM drive attached to a computer. You can listen to CD's on an old CD-ROM drive without needing a computer once the drive has been modified. The modification does not require electronic skill, although you will need to wrap some electric wires together. You will need a few parts from a hardware store and a pair of portable powered stereo speakers to modify the CD-ROM drive.
Instructions
1. Put newspaper down on a work surface. Put the CD-ROM drive down on the newspaper. Put the power supply down on the newspaper.
2. Cut off the green wire from the small square white connector of the power supply using the wire cutters.
3. Cut off the black wire closest to the green wire from the small square white connector of the power supply using the wire cutters.
4. Strip off 1/2 inch of insulation from the green and black wires using the ruler to measure the wires and the wire strippers to strip the insulation off of the wires.
5. Strip off 1/2 inch of insulation from the black and red wires attached to the toggle switch using the ruler to measure the wires and the wire strippers to strip the insulation off of the wires.
6. Wrap the black wire from the toggle switch around the black wire from the small square white connector of the power supply. Wrap electrician's tape around the wiring.
7. Wrap the red wire from the toggle switch around the green wire from the small square white connector of the power supply. Wrap electrician's tape around the wiring.
8. Insert the small square white connector into the power socket on the back of the CD-ROM drive. Insert the plug of the power supply into a wall socket for power.
9. Place the portable powered stereo speakers next to the CD-ROM drive, with one speaker on each side.
10. Plug one end of the minijack-to-minijack audio cable into the audio output on the back of the CD-ROM drive. Plug the other end of the mini-jack-to-mini-jack audio cable into the audio input that is on one of the two portable powered stereo speakers.
11. Press the "On" switch that is on one of the two portable powered stereo speakers. Flip the toggle switch to provide the CD-ROM drive with power.
12. Press the "Eject" button on the CD-ROM drive to eject the disc tray. Place a CD music disc onto the disc tray.
13. Press the "Eject" button again to close the disc tray. Listen to the audio from the CD music disc as it plays in the old CD-ROM drive and is heard coming out of the portable powered stereo speakers.
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