Andy Hewitt wrote:
Doki wrote:

My Technics SL-P277A has died. Whenever you put a CD in it fails to
read it and acts as if there's no CD in it. Any one got any ideas?
Ones involving repair rather than "Look on ebay for another ancient
CD player" please .

Have you tried cleaning the lens?

Is that a pull the lid off, IPA and cotton wool bud job?