Posted on Wednesday, 27th April 2011 by Auw Jimmy

If you have read my previous entry about QLS QA-550 SD Card Player, probably you still remember that I plan to upgrade the clock. Well, finally my TentLabs Low Jitter 11.289 MHz clock has arrived. We are about to begin, but not now, not tonight!

If you ask why TentLabs. Basically I own Guido’s XO2 module before, but it’s 27 MHz version. After some confirmation with Guido, he confirms that I can just change the clock from 27 MHz to the needed frequency. Well, that’s cool!

An interesting links from Guido to understand that lowest doesn’t mean the best.

http://www.tentlabs.com/InfoSupport/page34/page34.html

Below is the clock module (XO) from TentLabs.

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Tags: Clock, regulator, TentLabs, XO, XO2
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Posted on Monday, 13th July 2009 by Auw Jimmy

It’s been awhile since my last mod of Toshiba SD-2960 DVD Player here, here, and here. Now, it’s time for more fun. I plan to reclock the DVD Player with TentLabs XO2 reclock module.

The first and most tempting job is to find the servo processor pin out which connected to the original oscillator.

Here is the “poor’s man x-ray” photo Well, it’s not a real x-ray actually. I just take a picture with strong light (you can use light/LED torch) on the other side of the PCB. By doing this, we will be able to see the lines on the PCB. The PCB is two layer through hole. So it may have connection both on the top and bottom side.

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Tags: DVD, Reclock, TentLabs
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Posted on Sunday, 14th June 2009 by Auw Jimmy

I need some touch for my old Toshiba SD-2960 DVD Player. So here is the TentLabs XO2 @ 27 MHz, a perfect yet affordable reclock solution for my wallet.

This is actually a simple PCB. Not all parts used, since this PCB actually “upgradeable”. I bought the XO2 version (Clock Upgrade + Low Noise PSU). If in the future, I wish to upgrade to XO3 (XO2 + S/PDIF reclock), I just contact Guido Tent @ TentLabs to put more components on this PCB.

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Tags: DVD, PSU, Reclock, TentLabs, XO2
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