Adjusting a skipping CD player - ?
 

Laurence Payne wrote:
On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 23:32:09 +0100,
(ts) wrote:

They loose me as a customer, because of their attitude, even if their
products are good.

You can't run a business on the basis of "That's OK - it was an easy
one. Bung me a fiver!".

Disagree. I tend to return to shops that previously have given good,
non-rip-off advice, and have deliberately purchased the most of my
expensive home-audio items from them.

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Adjusting a skipping CD player - ?
 

Oddjob wrote:

"ts" wrote in message
...
malcolm wrote:

it sounds like the CD Player doesnt like the 'copy protected' CDs they
now
sell.

Also thought of that possibility. Some of the worst skipping ones [SO's]
bear a "Audio CD" logo, if it should matter.

Just to investigate, I copied one of the SO's with a CDRW. The copy
appeared to play slightly better wrt skipping, but was more noicy
(sudden "bursts"), and thus not a useful copy. A hallmark of a mediocre
CDRW, or blank disks ? (unfortunately didn't check details)

This seems to indicate that the reflectivity of the disc is a factor.
Try cleaning the objective lens with a cotton bud.

As mentioned in the OP, I have cleaned the laser lens of the player
(swab soaked in ethOH). Don't know anything about those in the computer,
but it is not more than a year old, with very little used optical
drives.


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T Sandvik // to send e-mail, remove clothes

Adjusting a skipping CD player - ?
 

Oddjob wrote:

"ts" wrote in message
...
malcolm wrote:

it sounds like the CD Player doesnt like the 'copy protected' CDs they
now
sell.

Also thought of that possibility. Some of the worst skipping ones [SO's]
bear a "Audio CD" logo, if it should matter.

Just to investigate, I copied one of the SO's with a CDRW. The copy
appeared to play slightly better wrt skipping, but was more noicy
(sudden "bursts"), and thus not a useful copy. A hallmark of a mediocre
CDRW, or blank disks ? (unfortunately didn't check details)

This seems to indicate that the reflectivity of the disc is a factor.
Try cleaning the objective lens with a cotton bud.

As mentioned in the OP, I have cleaned the laser lens of the player
(swab soaked in ethOH). Don't know anything about those in the computer,
but it is not more than a year old, with very little used optical
drives.


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T Sandvik // to send e-mail, remove clothes