Marantz SA-1 reliability problem

I live in Pasadena area and my friend lives in Arcadia (which is the next city). We had a couple of un-warned brown-out but none of those events cause the fuse to zap. Instead, I was almost sure that the unstable electricity has something to do with it since I did obvserve wall voltage dropping to around 100V during some extremely warm days.

Both my friend's and my problem took place while we switched on on the unit. The motor starts spinning normally for about 2-3 seconds, and then die, leaving only the 2 red LED on.

Hi, SC53,
Although the SA-1 kicks ass while playing SACD, I am using it more as a CD player since there simply isn't enough software available in the market that interests me. As it turns out, I found myself listening LP nearly 90% of the time.

Here it goes again. My SA-1 blew another fuse. This time it was clearly not caused by surge. It was mis-loading the CD a few times and then all of a sudden, the whole unit dies, just like last time. Anyone with the same experience out there?

Just called Philips Service Center (who services the Marantz in the US) and according to the service tech, there is a Marantz memo for SA-1 regarding mis-read and fuse blown problem. There is suppose to be a minor part upgrade that should solve the problem. I will ship the unit in and post the result after I get it back. In case you would like to contact them, it is (Philips CE, 630-775-0990, 1279 W. Hamilton Pkwy, Itasca, IL60143-1150.

As a follow up of all my previous posts, my SA-1 was never fully functional flawlessly since it was returned from Philips Service Center. It wasn't until I finally managed to send the unit to Marantz Japan to get it fixed. Upon return, Marantz included a piece of ribbon cable and a fuze without any notes. I am not sure if Marantz was trying to tell that it was the ribbon cable that was causing all the problem. Now I am a happy chap.