| 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 |
I bought a Rotel 855 (?) CD player about two years ago. I have been very happy with it... until recently. I noticed that over the past few months, the player occasionally "skips" when playing a CD. It is only a brief glitch, but could result in a repeat of the last quarter of a second, or a jump. It is sthe sort of skip you get with a dusty CD. Naturally, I cleaned the CDs in the appropriate manner, but this did not clear the problem. It happens increasingly on all CDs, whether new or old, mine or borrowed, scratched or pristine. It was suggested that the laser lens might be dirty, so with some apprehension, I opened the player, noticed the astonishing amount of empty space inside and gently cleaned the lens with alcohol and a cotton bud. It still works! but the problem is still there. It's almost as if the ECC has degraded and can no longer be bothered with correcting the pressed-in errors on the disk. Has anyone any suggestions? I know the next step is to take the thing in for repair, but I noticed that there is just one PC board. If the problem is electronic, I know just what the local repair man will do... Dave
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 452.1 | Laser getting sticky ? | COMICS::FLANDERSD | I remember the look in your eye | Tue Oct 19 1993 14:50 | 8 |
I don't _know_, but the symptons suggest the possibility that the laser is getting stuck on the guides, then the servo is overcorrecting. It could be dust on a guide rail, something like that. If you have the lid off then it's probably easy to check. Dave | |||||
| 452.2 | TRUCKS::MORRIS_D | Wed Oct 20 1993 09:30 | 4 | ||
I wondered about that, but the assembly seemed to move quite freely. I'll double check for dust before "entrusting" it to a repairer. Dave | |||||
| 452.3 | It's fixed... | TRUCKS::MORRIS_D | Fri Oct 29 1993 12:26 | 7 | |
FWIW, I ended up entrusting it to a local repairer and �20 + VAT (and one day) later, I now have a working machine. The invoice talks about "service and clean laser assembly", so dust etc. was probably the problem. I am much relieved it did not involve new parts. I am also pleasantly surprised that the repairer did not rip me off for more! Dave | |||||
| 452.4 | Three Cheers for Gamepath! | TRUCKS::MORRIS_D | Fri Jan 21 1994 12:49 | 16 | |
An update... Prompted by a reader of this notesfile, I contacted Gamepath in Milton Keynes, who distribute Rotel in the UK (there is no "Rotel UK"). They immediately knew what the fault was ( a dodgy top bearing assembly), arranged for my player to be picked up, repaired and returned in the space of one week, total cost to me of �11.75, the cost of carriage, only. They also resoldered some output connections, as they had been known to go dry-jointed. I am absolutely delighted, especially as I could swear that it sounds even better than before! Excellent service. Dave | |||||