Pioneer Elite CLD-99 error U1?

[Ronald Cole]

I get "U1" on my CLD-99 after it sits for long periods of time without
being used. It sounds like it's refusing to spin up. Ejecting the
disc and re-inserting it several times will eventually get past it and
after many hours of use, the unit will be trouble-free. Got any ideas?

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[James Sternberg]

"Ronald Cole" <ron...@forte-intl.com> wrote in message
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> I get "U1" on my CLD-99 after it sits for long periods of time without
> being used. It sounds like it's refusing to spin up. Ejecting the
> disc and re-inserting it several times will eventually get past it and
> after many hours of use, the unit will be trouble-free. Got any ideas?

I looked this up once, but right now I don't have a manual handy. I have a
CLD-HF9G, which was the Japanese equivalent to the CLD-99 (I found it used
for the 15000 yen ($125)!). When I first got it, it would sometimes refuse
to spin up discs and give that error (and then eject the disc) the first
time I would try to use it. The second time usually worked fine. Anyway,
now that I use the player every day, it has not given me any problem at all.

James

[Kurtis Bahr]

[Kurtis Bahr]

This is a Disc Clamp Error. Either the LD is having trouble spinning up to
speed, the clamp is not properly securing the LD or you have a pickup
problem.

When it is working are there ever times where after you press Stop and
Eject, you have to wait a little while before the drawer opens. If this
happens then the LD is slipping in the clamp and needs to be cleaned. This
LD can also slip during startup and it not rotating at the proper speed
then the pickup is trying to read the LD information. If the LD is not
slipping then it can be either the Spindle motor going bad, the pickup
going bad. The motors do go bad on these.

Hard to say what the exact problem is without looking at it.

Kurtis

[douglas pratt]

pioneer told me one of the control chips for the drive was unreliable, and
could cause this specific problem--- try loading an audio cd before playing
a laserdisc. this always worked for me. as an alternative, you can leave the
player on all the time, and you shouldn't have any more trouble. make sure
there is plenty of clearance around the player so it doesn't overheat-- even
on standby, the cld-99 can get pretty warm.

condensation can also cause intermittent sadfaces of this nature. beware of
temperature variances in your cinema room, and let your discs stand for an
hour before loading if you brought them from a cold to warm/warm to cold
environment. my apartment building is on a central control system, so
conditions remain relatively uniform throughout. using a runco ljr-II, which
is essentially an ultra-tweaked cld-99, i haven't had any trouble in over a
year.

gnock! whash! my wooden head hard--- as i speak, murphy's laws invoke
themselves--:(*
enjoy--:)*

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