On 04/10/2021 08:14 PM, 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?


Yes. CD players are better than cassettes but they are still mechanical.
I've disassembled one after a cleaning disc didn't work and found the
problem was in the mechanism that positions the laser head.

I think the current car does have a CD player but I use MP3s from a USB
stick or Bluetooth from the phone for variety. Non-moving parts don't
skip on rough roads.