Dead CD player

Jolly_Roger

I have a combined CD/Radio/Tape player from JVC.

It has now decided that whenever I put a CD into the player there is "no disc". It always used to work fine. Does anybody know why it is doing this? And is there anything I can do to get it repaired?

Quiet_Spark

Jolly_Roger wrote: »

Does anybody know why it is doing this?

Possibly a dirty pickup

Jolly_Roger wrote: »

And is there anything I can do to get it repaired?

Take it to a repair shop.

googler

Try a CD lens cleaner, then try a brand new disc in it.

If that doesn't work, then the CD drive is probably dead. If you feel confident enough to open it up (power disconnected, of course) and see if the drive is easily replaceable, and you can get a replacement off eBay or similar, do that.

Otherwise, it's probably a case of replacing the whole thing.

Norman_Castle

Some players don't play copied discs. Have you tried a variety of discs including pre-recorded?. As above, lens cleaning discs and fluid are very cheap and worth trying.

Jolly_Roger

Some good ideas there. First, I'll try a lens cleaner and, hopefully, that will work.

Thanks everybody!

Jolly_Roger

I bought a CD player cleaning CD from my local Maplin, but, of course, it didn't work, because the machine is unable to recognise there being a CD in the CD drive, flashing "no disc"! Silly me, but that was all they had.

If the machine is able to register that there is "no disc", even though there is, what part of the machine isn't working? Is this part repairable? The JVC player was not expensive, but would cost too much to have repaired in a shop. I'm now wondering what to do...

googler

Jolly_Roger wrote: »

If the machine is able to register that there is "no disc", even though there is, what part of the machine isn't working? Is this part repairable?

Told you already. Some part of the CD drive, whether that's the laser 'pick up' assembly, the laser itself, the electronics associated with the laser, or the servo drive for the laser, etc etc

Most folks just go for replacing the whole drive, as I suggested in post #3 ...

It's not 'registering' anything, and the other electronics in the box, when they don't get a valid signal back from the drive, flash up 'no disc' on the display....

googler

Troubleshooting guide

http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/cdfaq.htm

Hedgehog99

If it's a top-loading CD, try standing a mug of marbles on top of the trap door or wedging a small piece of card in the latch - these methods work if the CD starts to spin and then coasts to a stop because the player is not recognising the lid as properly latched.

enfield_freddy

can we use a mug of marmite , more people have marmite in there cupboards than marbles?

Hedgehog99

enfield_freddy wrote: »

can we use a mug of marmite , more people have marmite in there cupboards than marbles?

Well, you either love it or hate it, but, given it's in plastic jars these days, I'm not sure it'd be heavy enough.

Mug of pebbles?

Just trying to avoid anything that'd be messy if spilt, esp on electrics.