"N Cook" wrote in message
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ian field wrote in message
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TBH I'm not keen on working on audio stuff - especially ones that have
mechanical bits and servos and stuff, so I may even weigh up the cost of
someone else having a look against the price of a new one.

The CD plays normally for about an hour then the spindle motor gradually
becomes erratic, slowing, stopping and occasionally going backwards, I've
only had it about 4 years, which seems a bit soon to bin it so I wondered
if
its a stock fault anyone can tell me where to look for?

TIA.



Prop it up at an angle for a few hours and see if the malfunction occurs
much earlier or not at all then probably mechanical/ connection problem
than
electronic control problem. If mechanical then break/remake all
connections
would be a good start.

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Diverse Devices, Southampton, England
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When it first packed up I replaced it with a seriously cheap & nasty deck,
so I carried on using the Philips speakers and put the old deck in the box
with the tacky plastic speakers, recently I borrowed the tacky speakers and
while I had the box open had another play with the Philips deck. Short of
space to set it up in, it was on an uneven surface anyway and I patted it
about a bit to see if there were any glaringly conspicuous dry joints/loose
connections, its hard to tell with erratic behaviour but patting it about
didn't make a noticeable difference.