On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 22:14:54 -0400, micky
wrote:

The CD player in my car worked well 2 months ago but last week I just
got Track Search, or Error, something like that.

Changed CD, same problem

Rest of radio works well.

Bought a Maxell CD cleaner. Amazingly, it looks like a CD but has two
little brushes on it.

It's supposed to give audio instructions when you "play" it. How can it
do this if the laser or receiver lens is too dirty to work?

At any rate, I ran it 4 or 5 times and it doesn't say anything.

Is that enough evidence to firmly conclude it's broken and cleaning
won't help?


The Maxell CD was 6 dollars, and got high Amazon ratings.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._title_o01_s00
4.1 stars on 5700 ratings.

They sell two others, Memorex and Optimum, for 10 and 14 dollars, also
with high ratings. But isn't buying one of them throwing good money
after bad?
All the cleaner disc does is brush dust off the laser lens. Sometimes
that's all it takes - but often the lens is fogged. Id=f one brand
didn't work, nor will any other. Some of the lens material is just
like your headlight lens and "yellows" over time. Time for a new
stereo