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Everybody is on a budget these days and with the cost of electric power going up further, we need to make some sense of the appliances we are using in the home. A computer is such an expensive way to provide music for a child’s room. And if the computer is using a CRT monitor and it is turned on while just listening to music, then what we have here is an expensive proposition. There is no need to buy an expensive DVD stereo component just for the kid but with a little creativity, we can assemble a cheap CD player that can play both original CDs and those burned from the computer. And it won’t cost a ton of money.
For just under 60 US dollars, you can assemble an acceptable CD player that your kid can enjoy without burning a hole in your pocket in terms of electricity costs. For this project, you need to acquire an internal CD-ROM drive, a USB HDD 5.25 case and a powered portable speaker, all of which can be had for less than or equal to 20 US dollars each. You will need to get a CD-ROM drive with at least two buttons, one for forward and the other for stop and eject. If you have an old model internal CD-ROM drive that is lying around your storage, you can just use that old CD-ROM drive and save 20 US dollars. Old CD-ROM models have more than two buttons and they are so much the better since you can play both forward and backward in choosing selections from the CD. If you have an old speaker that came with your PC purchase and that you have changed in favor of a better one, then you can just use that for this project giving you another 20 US dollar savings. For less than or equal to 20 US dollars, you can purchase a USB HDD 5.25 case to make the CD player more appealing visually. You won’t do anything about the CD-ROM drive and the speaker so just get them ready and keep them near the workplace. What we have to work on is the USB HDD 5.25 case. Open the HDD case and remove everything that has to do with putting a hard disk drive in. Next, install the CD-ROM drive inside the HDD case using the screws provided when you bought the HDD mobile storage device. Connect both the IDE and sound cable to the CD-ROM drive inside the mobile storage and then close the case using the screws provided when you bought the mobile storage. Now you are ready to assemble the CD player. Power on your mobile storage device and your speaker. Connect the input cable of the speaker to the HDD mobile sound out hole at the back of the HDD mobile case. Insert a music CD into the CD-ROM drive and control the sound volume in the speaker. Test the forward and eject buttons of the CD-ROM drive and if ok, you’re good to go. Now you have a fully functioning and visually appealing CD player that is not a pain in your pocket. If you can use an
old CD-ROM drive and an old speaker from your old PC, then all you have to
buy is the USB HDD storage which you can get for less than or equal to 20
US dollars. In my case, I was able to make two CD players using old CR-ROM
drives and speaker that I was no longer using. I just had to buy two USB
HDD 5.25 cases. Both of them are still functioning as of now using CDs
that I burn from my MP3 files. |
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