"Arfa Daily" writes:

"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
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"Arfa Daily" writes:

"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
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"Arfa Daily" writes:

"b" wrote in message
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ha escrito:

i just recieved a sony cdp-c265 5 disc cd-player. it turns on and
opens, but when u put a disc in it dosnt detect it. could somebody
help
me out with that and tell me why it isnt working?

get a q tip, soak in pure alcohol from chemists, gently clean the
lens.
leave to dry and test-

Failing this doing the trick, suspect a bad laser.

This is like saying: "If your car won't start, check the air filter and
if
its clean, suspect a the engine needs replacing."

See the CD repair guide on startup problems.


Sorry Sam. Normally, I respect your input, but that statement, in view of
the basic symptom and long experience, which I know you have also, is
pure
nonsense. You know as well as I do, that if a Sony is suffering from
failing
to read a disc, the first most likely cause is a dirty laser, as "b"
suggested, followed by a defective laser. If you know this model, you
will
be aware that it employs a KSS240A laser which, in view of its age, is
the
most likely problem, after it being dirty. For sure, there are other
possibilities, but if the OP is not experienced enough to have first
tried
properly cleaning the laser, or suspected it to be faulty before
enquiring
on here, it is unlikely that he will understand the more technical
reasons
that the player might not be working.

I stand by my original contention that if the cleaning the laser does not
produce at least a degree of fix to the problem, then the next most
likely
suspect, is the laser itself.

I'll happily defer to your experience which is no doubt orders of
magnitude
more than mine with specific model equipment.

What I would suggest is next time, to include a summary of what you wrote
above so that everyone else can share in it. Since, it may not be true
in general.

Sam


Ok Sam, I can live with that. I just felt that as defective lasers are the
most common cause of virtually any manufacturer's equipment failing to read
discs, probably by a factor of 5 to 1 or more over any more complex problem,
that in this case, a longer answer was not needed, any more than " b's " one
regarding cleaning. Had I have felt that it needed more explanation, I would
have given it. That was why I was surprised at your response when I
suggested a likely single component ... Have a good 'un d;~)

Has it really gotten that bad? I don't think it was like that 10 years ago,
was it? There seemed to be many other causes higher up than bad lasers.

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