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Title:	You get surface noise in real life too
Notice:	Let's be conformist
Moderator:	GOVT02::BARKER

Created:	Thu Jul 28 1988
Last Modified:	Mon Jun 02 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	550
Total number of notes:	3847

136.0. "Is it worth repairing an old CD player ?" by PEKING::TAYLORG (Bodybuilders do it till it hurts) Tue Jan 02 1990 14:44

    I have a JVC XLV220 CD player that is miss tracking on the first
    minute or the first track of every CD i have.  I have tried a few 
    of my CD's in another CD player to see if it is the CD or Player 
    that has the problem.
    
    The CD's played correctly on the other CD player so, my CD player
    is the problem.  How much do you reckon it would cost to
    repair ?
    
    The CD player is 3-4 years old and cost �180 new.  Would it be cheaper
    buying another CD player rather than paying to get the JVC
    repaired ?
    
    I am intrested in the Marantz CD50SE which costs �300.
    
    Thanks in advance
    Grant

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
136.1	Needs a clean?	WOTVAX::MEAKINS	Clive Meakins	`Tue Jan 02 1990 16:48`	6
	How long has your CD been mis-tracking? If it's not long, it could be a hair of fluff. If the optics need attention, I've heard of 30 to 60 pounds being charged. If it's towards the higher figure you may worry in case something else like the switches start to age....
136.2		LESLIE::LESLIE	Andy �� Leslie, VMS/CSSE NEW B1/2-5	`Tue Jan 02 1990 18:03`	1
	If the Laser assembly needs replacing it's nearer �125 - buy a new 'un.
136.3		PEKING::TAYLORG	Bodybuilders do it till it hurts	`Wed Jan 03 1990 08:10`	9
	It has been miss tracking for about 2 years and I have just got fedup with the miss tracking. Appart from this problem the player is OK. The unit uses a 3 beam tracer to read the CD's. Grant Grant
136.4		PEKING::TAYLORG	Bodybuilders do it till it hurts	`Thu Jan 04 1990 16:05`	4
	Well I went into town today and auditioned the Marantz CD50SE and I am picking one up tomorrow. Grant
136.5		VOGON::ATWAL	Don't dream it, be it	`Tue Feb 12 1991 15:57`	10
	is it worth paying an extra �40 on a �170 CD player (JVC) for the four year extension to the warranty? are CD players more likely to breakdown compared to other hi-fi bits? cheers... ...art
136.6	You pays your money & takes your choice	LARVAE::BARKER	Do not fold, spindle or mutilate	`Tue Feb 12 1991 16:29`	22
	re .5 >is it worth paying an extra �40 on a �170 CD player (JVC) for the four year >extension to the warranty? The Consumers Association (publishers of Which) reckon that all 5 year guarantees are poor value for money compared to the risk or costs involved. The chances are that your CD player won't go wrong and that you will have wasted your �40 on the other hand if it does break down & cost �100 to repair you'll wish that you had got the guarantee. You also have to balance the relative cost of replacement, if your �170 CD player fails after 4 years it may well be reasonable to buy a new one at the prevailing lower cost. I haven't got an extended warranty on my HiFi or TV but have on my video and camcorder partly because they are mechanical and thus more likely to fail (as are disks or printers in a computer system) but also because the cost was about 10% of the purchase price and thus more reasonable than the 25% in the case of your CD player. Nigel
136.7	Reliability.	CHEFS::STEPHENI	Production Systems Marketing Group	`Tue Feb 12 1991 16:32`	14
	art, I had my technics CD Player for about two weeks when it started to play up. Put in a disc and you could hear it start to spin, move to the index but it didn't return as it should with the number of tracks etc. it just kept spinning. Only way to stop it was to switch it off. They swapped the transport under warranty and (touch wood) I haven't had any more problems with it since (2 years). I haven't taken out the extended warranty, but then I plan to upgrade it sooner or later or when it breaks down :-) Iain
136.8		VOGON::ATWAL	Don't dream it, be it	`Tue Feb 12 1991 16:41`	15
	thanks both, i've had a sony discman which has & still works perfectly for the last five years... I wonder whether �10 per year isn't bad value for the warranty, but I'm also concerned that the extended warranty may have lots of loopholes & get out clauses, & that the insurance company backing up this extended policy could go into receivership ho hum... ...art
136.9		LESLIE::EDMUNDS	closer to fine	`Wed Feb 13 1991 08:43`	7
	.8�I wonder whether �10 per year isn't bad value for the warranty, Is it �10 a year? Or is it �40 now? There's a difference.. I personally agree with others: a hike of 25% of the purchase price for an extra four years warranty is not worth it. K.
136.10		VOGON::ATWAL	Don't dream it, be it	`Mon Feb 18 1991 15:30`	4
	I didn't go for the extra warranty after all; money probably better spent on four new discs! ...art
136.11	I'm sure you made the right choice really	LARVAE::BARKER	Do not fold, spindle or mutilate	`Mon Feb 18 1991 16:05`	8
	re .10 >I didn't go for the extra warranty after all; money probably better spent on >four new discs! Only 366 days until it breaks down then 8-) Nigel