Anyone have a cd that sometimes plays flawlessly all way thru, sometimes randomly stops but then after a few seconds continues, sometimes stops and causes the transport to become unresponsive, where only a power reset via the main power switch allows it to reject?
Is there a solution? Taking it into the shower with me, etc?
It sounds really good when it behaves.
A particular CD or the player? Have you tied a little lemon pledge or other wax dusting spray on the ‘pit’ playing surface?
Gently clean the lens in the player.
Thanks Brett
It’s just one cd. A new one that has no visual imperfections. I’ve never cleaned a cd with spray wax but I guess if it leaves no residue, what can hurt?
I have buffed CDs with the compounds I use on cars for paint correction. It has brought some CDs from unplayable to working fine. Some are obviously scratched, others appear fine before working on them.
The treatment I give to my problem CD is to clone it via my laptop. I believe one of them has a center hole offset a little that causes playback problem. The other just too dirty (being on the shelf too long).
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The wax is only to help with scratched ones. I’d return it, it’s bad.
Have you tried it on other players? I’ve had a few like that which gave me trouble on my main rig disc spinner but they always played on cheap DVD players or a portable CD player I had laying around, go figure. Sometimes I was able to fix them by polishing them with a product called brilliantize.
Wow! What do I have to lose
Nothing, and it is fun and satisfying.
@Elk Thanks for the tip. I used 3M Imperial hand glaze that I use on my black car.
Cd is playing normally now. Happy surprise!
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Excellent!
It demonstrates how CDs are actually an analog format.
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Opti-mechanical? Sort of?
There is vinyl washing machine, maybe, CD polishing machine also exists too.