Ok, found my fathers ooolllddd CD player in the attic, and wanted to
use it.

It uses the KSS-210 laser, but it just won't budge.. At first, it
played a CD, but sounded very scratchy, then it gave up and said "NO
DISC" when there was one inside..

So, upon inspecting, when I insert a CD, it spins for a second, then I
hear a "clunk" and the drive just stops with "NO DISC".. Thing is, it
DID see a CD, because when there really is no disc, it will spin the
motor THREE times, where this it does spin up and the PLAY logo
appears, but it just gives up...

Diode gone? There's still a faint red glow from the diode.. I tried
adjusting the pots very carefully, and one way resulted in not even
seeing the disc, and the other made it play a CD, if the drive was
tilted at a 45 degree angle, though scratchy and skipping.

Here's a nice juicy sound clip of it TRYING hard to play my CD...


http://www.mediafire.com/?935099vd5sm

Usually you can just drop in a new laser with little or no adjustments. Now
that you started turning pots without a scope you may have a hard time
getting it to work even with a new laser.
wrote in message
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Here's a nice juicy sound clip of it TRYING hard to play my CD...


http://www.mediafire.com/?935099vd5sm

Usually you can just drop in a new laser with little or no adjustments. Now
that you started turning pots without a scope you may have a hard time
getting it to work even with a new laser.
wrote in message
...
Here's a nice juicy sound clip of it TRYING hard to play my CD...


http://www.mediafire.com/?935099vd5sm

On Feb 21, 6:46*pm, "Mike S" nospam wrote:
Usually you can just drop in a new laser with little or no adjustments. *Now
that you started turning pots without a scope you may have a hard time
getting it to work even with a new wrote in message

...

Here's a nice juicy sound clip of it TRYING hard to play my CD...

http://www.mediafire.com/?935099vd5sm

Well here's the thing, it still can "somtimes" play a CD.. So I
didn't screw up the POT, besides, I marked it before I turned it.

I took the whole assembly, and dropped it into my Onkyo system (which
has the same laser and hookups), and it WORKED.

So I am thinking this little CD player has a bad PSU, and is possibly
not supplying enough power.

On Feb 21, 6:46*pm, "Mike S" nospam wrote:
Usually you can just drop in a new laser with little or no adjustments. *Now
that you started turning pots without a scope you may have a hard time
getting it to work even with a new wrote in message

...

Here's a nice juicy sound clip of it TRYING hard to play my CD...

http://www.mediafire.com/?935099vd5sm

Well here's the thing, it still can "somtimes" play a CD.. So I
didn't screw up the POT, besides, I marked it before I turned it.

I took the whole assembly, and dropped it into my Onkyo system (which
has the same laser and hookups), and it WORKED.

So I am thinking this little CD player has a bad PSU, and is possibly
not supplying enough power.