The cd player on my stereo will not play any cd's at all, does anyone know of any places in Sheffers that can repair such items?

I would say 75% of discs just aren't recognised, and they spin and spin, while 25% of discs are recognised, but extremely jumpy (they will jump from track to track - without producing any sound whatseover - unlike a 'normal' jumpy cd)

I have tried many different lens cleaners, yet nothing seems to improve it.

I don't want to have to sling it - but I fear it may be the only conclusion.

Johnny, if you have a stereo with a built in CD player, rather than a proper HIFI then it will almost certainly be cheaper to get a new one than have it repaired.

Stereos are not designed with a repair in mind, and some I have seen the inside of, are ruined after they have been taken apart because they have few screws and mainly press together with clips. Also they have wires which are soldered in directly which means you have extreme difficulty getting the electronic bits out.

Do yourself a favour and get proper HIFI from Richer sounds, or one of the specialist shops instead.

From your report I can tell you that it may be the Motor or the Laser which is at fault. The motor in a CD player can wear out after a while and will not keep up the right speed after a while.

More likely however is the laser. Lasers loose power after years of use, and they will only last so many years. It is possible to increase the power of many CD lasers but this tends to put off their total failiure by a short time.

Originally posted by muddycoffee
From your report I can tell you that it may be the Motor or the Laser which is at fault. The motor in a CD player can wear out after a while and will not keep up the right speed after a while.

More likely however is the laser. Lasers loose power after years of use, and they will only last so many years. It is possible to increase the power of many CD lasers but this tends to put off their total failiure by a short time.

Is it possible to replace the laser? or as you said earlier - is it just not worth bothering?

If interested..... (http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54329&highlight=technics)

Originally posted by Johnnywarren
Is it possible to replace the laser? or as you said earlier - is it just not worth bothering?

It is not really feasable to replace a laser, especially on anything which is more than a couple of years old. And if you did, to set up and install it you would be charged £150 to £200 by a proper engineer who knew what they were doing.

had a similar prolem with mine. managed to get it apart, greased the runners with a bit of vaseline and ran the tray in and out. Mine is a Kenwood midi system, the laser moves when the cd drawer goes in and out. I had the bad habit of pushing the end of the tray get it back in which over a period of time meant the laser had been forced out of line. I think the laser reads the centremost track first which gives it the data (no of tracks etc) it wasn't picking this up so it thought there was no disc! Hey presto music again! I have a good quality dvd player with a Harmon Kardon (not Karmon Hardon as I asked for when purchasing!) and use that for music as well as movies. Good luck - it would be good to upgrade to seperates if you can afford it.

This guy is good and based in Sheffield: http://www.hifi-repairs.com/

for my disco stuff i use a place called sound idea on lancett road....near the burgoyne pub...very reasonable they are too:thumbsup:

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Originally posted by kirky
for my disco stuff i use a place called sound idea on lancett road....near the burgoyne pub...very reasonable they are too:thumbsup:

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I have had reasonable dealings with sound Idea for nearly 2 decades. However Disco stuff is extremely repairable, because it is usually designed to be robust and to be repaired. I myself used to repair disco stuff for a guy who set up discos in pubs across the city, and it is easy to repair, and often you can ring the manufacturer and they will fax you the circuit diagrams for the stuff.
But domestic stuff is a different story, it is practically worthless when it is broke.

If it's worth repairing, try Moorgate Acoustics, near the bottom of the Moor.

I think the guy in the repair department is called Darren. I can recommend him, he's sorted me out a couple of times and even loaned me a CD player while he was repairing mine.

If it's not worth fixing, I think I can guess what will be top of your Christmas list!