I have examined the service manual. The pickup appears very accessible for
cleaning. Worth a try, I would say.
There is a chance the pickup is weak, but I would try cleaning first. This
piece appears more serviceable than most cd/rw units, but the setups look
like a bear.

Mark Z.

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"Xaf" wrote in message
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I was given a defective Pioneer PDR-555RW.
After replacing the main 1F cap on the digital processing PCB, it seems to
work
fine when reading a CD.
But, when inserting a new, empty CD-R for audio, it fails most of the time
and
the display shows the "CHECK DISC" message.
Sometimes, it accepts the new CD and I can record the disc without any
problem.
Well, can somebody tell me what's going wrong ?
Is this device very sensitive to the quality of the CD-R used ?
I bought 5 CD from Maxell and only one of them did work.
Should I use discs from another manufacturer ?


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