"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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"Adrian C" wrote in message
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I feel valued items of audio equipment that the user has an obvious
personal relationship shouldn't be mucked about with, as possible
heartbreak lies that way. The worst is to have some user let loose
lubricating it with WD40 or some other left-field third-hand cure, and
then have both user and machine spend some time with the applicable
medics, both having expensive repair sessions.

How much does/did Phil's treatment cost?

Phil didn't suggest any treatment, other than taking the unit to a
qualified
service technician. (Just try finding one.) But unless the "warm up"
problem
is known and well-understood, the technician is likely to spend a lot of
expensive service time tracking it down.



With all due respect William, that it utter nonsense. Any half way decent
technician, who understands the finer points of how a CD player works, will
have enough experience under his belt to readily get a handle on what is
causing the problem, whether he knows the specific player, or not. As you
very well know, there are sequences of well-defined events that all players
follow more or less, between inserting a disc, and actually playing it.
Whichever of the phases is failing in the case of this particular player,
will be readily identifiable to the experienced eye. The only way that could
then go tits up in terms of getting a fix, would be if the problem turned
out to be some really obscure electronic one, that isn't power supply
related. Such faults are actually exceedingly rare. In any case, as the
problem appears to be temperature related, even if it did turn out to be
electronic rather than mechanical or the laser itself, it should be able to
be found without fuss using a hot air source, and a can of freezer.

Arfa