Chapter 369 Never-ending innovation

Author: quiet thoughts

Chapter 369 Never-ending innovation

Just after the New Year in 1983, Hongchuan Feng, like the general public, started working in Hongchuan Building on the second day after the holiday.

The first thing that needs to be solved in the new year is the development of the Dongyi CD player, which is one of Hongchuan Electric's flagship products and must be checked by him personally.

Hearing Hongkawa Kaede's inquiry, Nakajima Heitaro straightened his posture slightly and said, "According to the progress, there should be no problems in July and August."

The second-generation CD player does not need to be redesigned. Its purpose is to improve the shortcomings of the first-generation CD player, so the time is not particularly urgent.

When Bu Nao mentioned the shortcomings, Hongchuan Feng also frowned slightly, "Brother Nakajima, please tell me about the main issues they have collected from user feedback."

As a new type of music player, CD players always have various problems at the beginning.

Hongchuan Electric is like this, and Sony is also like this.

“The most common complaint from users about their CD players is whether they are shock-resistant. If they are stationary, there will be no skipping or lagging.

But if you are in the process of exercising, such as walking, running, or jumping quickly, there is a high probability that the CD will jump.

This greatly affects the user experience. Many people complain that portable CD players are far less convenient than they imagined.

At best, compared to a desktop CD player, it can be taken outdoors and used as a mobile audio equipment.

The active speakers paired with it have won wide acclaim from the public."

To be honest, it was due to the earthquake resistance of his own CD player, and Heitaro Nakajima was not surprised that users would complain in that regard.

Of course, complaints are complaints. The cheap price and real portability of portable CDs still have great advantages over desktop computers.

Whether it is popular or not depends entirely on the support of its peers. Even if it has some shortcomings, it will still sell well.

In addition, Hongchuan Electric's three-dimensional active speakers unexpectedly seem to be becoming a best-seller.

This kind of compact speaker does not require an amplifier, and can be driven by the lowest-end Walkman. This is simply a black technology for many people who like music.

Of course, the most important thing is that it is cheap. It only costs less than 40,000 yuan, and you can build a stereo system with one mistake.

The stereo system, which costs less than 80,000 yuan, has instantly become the most popular among street youths.

Those bamboo shoots with flamboyant personalities no longer need to carry a half-person-high speaker to gather on the street. Putting a small active speaker in a backpack can solve everything.

At the same time, compared with the standing sound system in the home that costs hundreds of thousands of months, active speakers are much cheaper, which makes them the choice of many middle-class families.

It's too expensive to afford repairs, but if you use an active speaker with a slightly weaker effect, there won't be any problem.

At the beginning of its release, the sales volume of active speakers was much lower than that of CD players. After two or three months of fermentation, there is now a trend of latecomers taking over.

I have to say that this is indeed an unexpected surprise. The profit earned by the active speaker worth more than 400,000 yuan is much greater than that of the CD player.

Although Bu Nao seems to have more profits from speakers, Fou Hongchuanfeng has always focused on CD players.

He knows that this will be the mainstream in the future, and he cannot favor one thing over another just because of temporary market feedback.

“The earthquake-resistant problem of Eastern generation CD players must be improved. Even if the phenomenon of disc skipping cannot be eliminated, the frequency of their occurrence must be reduced.

Anti-seismic solutions can focus on the two directions of the optical head and the turntable, which are the main mechanisms for the operation of the CD player."

The so-called disc skipping is nothing more than whether the vibration causes the turntable to be unstable, or the optical head loses the capture of information due to shaking.

It is impossible to completely solve the problem with current technology, but it is possible to reduce the impact of vibration.

"Sa Pan and Bald Head?" After hearing Hongchuan Kaede's reminder, Nakajima Heitaro thought thoughtfully.

As an expert in that field, he already had several vague ideas in his head.

“Think about the physical aspect first, such as optimizing the structure of the turntable and strengthening its cooperation with the optical disc.

The same is true for bald heads, but they are more suitable for improvements in digital informatization.

To reduce the difficulty of implementation, give priority to the turntable.

Design a caliper structure to strengthen the contact area between the disc and the transmission system, which can effectively reduce the resonance of the turntable system."

As he said this, Hongchuan Feng took out a piece of red paper and started to write and draw. He also studied science in his previous life, and his knowledge of mechanical structures was very basic.

At the same time, precision mechanical design has always been Hongchuan Electric’s strength. This tradition has been spread since the Walkman a few years ago.

At this time, when everyone in the east saw the schematic diagram drawn by Hongchuan Feng, their eyes lit up.

There are many things that everyone did not expect at the beginning, but once they saw the appearance clearly, they instantly understood the principles behind them.

"Yasuda, leave that task to me."

"Hai, the turntable system will be put into production smoothly before July."

The general idea was given by Hongchuan Kaede. As a mechanical design expert, Yasuda already had specific design ideas in his mind.

"In addition to earthquake resistance issues, their portable CD player also requires further optimization in terms of miniaturization."

Hongchuan Electric's current CD player has an extra power supply box. Although it is a big improvement compared to desktop CD players, there are not many users complaining.

But that doesn’t mean Hongchuan Electric is content with the status quo and resting on its laurels.

"Do you think this is Hongchuan Keyuan's latest achievement, the chewing gum battery."

Hongchuan Feng took out a flat, slender battery from the storage box handed over by his assistant.

"Eh!" Everyone present looked surprised.

Hongchuan Feng passed the chewing gum battery eastward and let them watch it carefully.

"That new type of battery has gone through tens of millions of recipe screenings before reaching its current capacity of 1,350mAh."

"1350mAh?!" Everyone exclaimed consciously.

"That's right." Hong Chuanfeng nodded affirmatively, "It will be a special battery that they will mainly promote in their future electronic products."

The capacity of the AA battery used in portable CD players today is about 2000mAh.

It seems that the chewing gum battery is a lot worse, but the No. 2 battery is too big.

The reason why the first generation of portable CD players had a split structure was because a few AA batteries couldn't fit into the compact CD player.

Now that there are chewing gum batteries, the true integrated design of the CD player is no longer an obstacle.

"They want to get rid of the burden of the battery box in the Eastern generation portable CD player. Four pieces of chewing gum are laid flat on the bottom of the CD player, which can completely replace the battery box."

Hongchuan Feng took the chewing gum battery and made a gesture on the bottom of the CD player, and everyone's eyes lit up.

With a thickness of less than two centimeters, it is really a piece of cake to install it on a CD player.

"At the same time, chewing gum batteries can also be used in the Walkman. They have done tests and found that a single chewing gum battery can support the Walkman to work continuously for 2 hours."

I have to say that although it is the first generation chewing gum battery, Hongchuan Feng is very satisfied with its performance.

It not only solves the battery life problem of the Walkman, but also solves the miniaturization problem of portable CD players.

"If that's not the case, maybe their future products can completely abandon the traditional AA battery design."

Yasuda is very aware of the advantages of that new type of battery, and it may not be impossible for it to replace the common AA and AA batteries in electronic products in the future.

"It doesn't have to be so radical." Hongchuan Feng never thought that his own chewing gum battery could replace international standards.

"They can prepare the legs and make the battery compartment of the Walkman into a detachable module.

There are special battery compartments for AA batteries and chewing gum batteries, so you can easily switch the battery model by just pressing it in.”

He had already considered this aspect and took out a small long box.

"Similar to that design, they provide gum battery compartments for free in their new Walkman accessories, while AA battery compartments require additional purchase.

Of course, he believes that after users experience the strong battery life of the chewing gum battery, it will be difficult to refuse its existence.

After the public’s usage habits are developed, we will consider the future integrated design of chewing gum batteries.”

Hongchuan Maple has always preferred a step-by-step approach in market promotion. If it is too aggressive, it will easily suffer complaints from users.

Everyone here is also impressed by the compact battery compartment design. It is really full of creativity.

"For the same reason, the portable CD player will also retain the interface of the original battery box. Users can change the power supply method at will according to their own choices."

Hongchuan Feng not only wants to vigorously promote the use of chewing gum batteries, but also worries about user acceptance.

Therefore, in the way of large-scale promotion, a compromise design method is adopted.

Everyone nodded in agreement. After all, many Neon people are very stubborn.

Just look at the fact that in the era of smart phones, little confinement children are using flip phones a lot.

The stubbornness of the Neon people is like reversing the course of history.

"What's the service life of their chewing gum batteries?" Heitaro Nakajima is more concerned about the durability of new batteries.

"There is no problem with charging and discharging 500 times. When the Walkman is on the market, they will put the chewing gum batteries in the vending machines.

Several clubs in this area are currently discussing it, and if nothing else happens, there should be no problem."

Using Hongchuan Electric's products to promote chewing gum batteries is a way. Of course, it is convenient for users to purchase, and vending machines can also be a useful tool for promotion.

Even Hongchuan Feng wanted to meet Sony and Suzhen.
To be continued...