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- Subject: Re: average 'life' of a CD player ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.115436.10621@news.ysu.edu>
- From: lou@yfn.ysu.edu (Lou Anschuetz)
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:54:36 GMT
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- Alan Peterman (al@qiclab.scn.rain.com) wrote:
- : In article <1993Jan17.042358.23916@omen.UUCP> caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) writes:
- : >
- : >Over the years the drawer started sticking more and more.
- : >Opening the drawer required increasing patience and rhythmic
- : >dexterity :-) I've had it apart several times but couldn't find
- : >anything. I replaced it because I got fed up with the ritual.
-
- : Common problem with Sony CD players, and almost ALWAYS the drive belt
- : that opens the door. The loading motor is under the drawer (which
- : snaps out upwards) and drives the door through a small rubber belt.
- : Replacing it is a 5 minute, $2 fix...
- Thanks for this info, had the same problem on mine since day 1.
-
- But, I have also had another flaw, which has caused me to get rid
- of my Sony CDP-55 recently. When I first bought it, it would skip
- beginning on the second or third track of the second CD played.
- Sony supposedly fixed it, but it is back again. I felt it wasn't
- worth my out of pocket expense this time (it was bought in December
- of 1986). By the way, this is so irritating (especially since
- repair droids won't believe me and show me that it plays one cd
- just fine!, that I won't be back to Sony....
-