Paul wrote:

Any ideas on what would make it skip
so easily?


Could be simply that it was a POS. Hows are the isolation mounts?


POS?... maybe in terms of long term reliability, but there is no way
they could have sold these if they were this bad when new.

The isolation mounts seem OK. Spring and rubber bushing are intact at
each suspension point.
Could it be that the rubber bushings are hardened from age and ned to
be replaced?

We had similar problems in our 97 buick, although not as bad. No
problems the first few years, but as the car got older, the CD got more
sensitive to bumps in the road.

WRT electronic skip protection mentioned by other posters, I also doubt
that this radio had it, but it did not used to be this sensitive to
bumps. Something in the CD played has degraded mechanically or
electronically.

Paul


Part of the problem is you cleaned the lens. Below the lens is the
bottom of the lens, a mirror, and the diode assy. ANd that dirt is
still there.

When i clean them, i first use canned air to blow them out. Then i have
some highly evaporatable optical lens cleaner spray i spray beside the
lens assy to get down into the laser sled unit where you cannot see.
Then Put it upside down to let it drain out and evaporate. If your lucky
then, its better. Give it an hour or two to dry out before you try it.
The first time i tried it, i though i killed the laser. Then latter it
came back to life when it dried out internally.

Bob

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