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Tips Cleaning Portable BoomBox CD Players?
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KenO
Aug 29, 2012, 7:17:47 PM8/29/12
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Got No Disc Error on my Portable BoomBox CD Player so did a forum search and found https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/sci.electronics.repair/no$20disc$20error$20message/sci.electronics.repair/J4VPWf16c4Q/NWm6L8JHKQwJ
I followed the instructions "After trying all sorts of things (nudging the head transport gingerly included), I simply put a disc in and put the thing on its side opposite the head (in my case the head was on the left of the unit so put the unit on it's right side - ie, resting on its right edge, perpendicular to normal play setting. I did this thinking that gravity could give the thing or the laser the nudge it needed to get back to norm. Then, I pressed play, and bingo, it worked."
Mine also worked!
Then decided to check Sam's "Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair of Compact Disc Players and CDROM Drives" http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/cdfaq.htm#cdgicdp
"The following should be performed as general preventive maintenance or when erratic behavior is detected. The lens and its suspension, turning mirror, drawer mechanism, spindle, and sled drive should be checked, and cleaned and/or lubricated if necessary and appropriate...portable CD players with pop-up doors. These types can collect a lot of dust, dirt...Cleaning the objective lens and turning mirror (if accessible) are the most important general maintenance that can be done. Even minor contamination of their optical surfaces can easily result in 50 percent reduction in the returned signal - and all sorts of problems."
Appreciate any tips concerning Cleaning Portable BoomBox CD Players.
Thanks
Ken
I followed the instructions "After trying all sorts of things (nudging the head transport gingerly included), I simply put a disc in and put the thing on its side opposite the head (in my case the head was on the left of the unit so put the unit on it's right side - ie, resting on its right edge, perpendicular to normal play setting. I did this thinking that gravity could give the thing or the laser the nudge it needed to get back to norm. Then, I pressed play, and bingo, it worked."
Mine also worked!
Then decided to check Sam's "Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair of Compact Disc Players and CDROM Drives" http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/cdfaq.htm#cdgicdp
"The following should be performed as general preventive maintenance or when erratic behavior is detected. The lens and its suspension, turning mirror, drawer mechanism, spindle, and sled drive should be checked, and cleaned and/or lubricated if necessary and appropriate...portable CD players with pop-up doors. These types can collect a lot of dust, dirt...Cleaning the objective lens and turning mirror (if accessible) are the most important general maintenance that can be done. Even minor contamination of their optical surfaces can easily result in 50 percent reduction in the returned signal - and all sorts of problems."
Appreciate any tips concerning Cleaning Portable BoomBox CD Players.
Thanks
Ken
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