I would guess the laser pickup. Somewhat unusual failure mode but I have
seen it before. Pioneer pickups are of a dual-wave design, so the DVD may
continue to work for some time.

Mark Z.

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"JS" wrote in message
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I have a Pioneer DV-C503 that has stopped playing CDs completely. It does
still play DVD movies without problems.

When you load the CD, it attempts to read it, and you can hear a faint
clicking noise. I believe this noise is the laser pickup trying to read.
When it decides it can't read the CD, it opens the tray.

I have search the net, but have not been able to find this problem. Any
ideas? This player is about 2 - 2.5 years old, and has not had allot of
use.

Thanks in advance!
Jim