From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Sat, 3 May 2014, thekmanrocks@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   > Trevor:   
   >   
   > Guess that's what I'll have to do.   On a side note - it is very interesting   
   that CDs I have played in this component come out dustier than when they were   
   inserted(!)   
   >   
   >   
   > What is the safest cleaning item to contact a laser lens with - least   
   > likely to move/misalign it?   
   >   
   I've just used q-tips, and not fussed overly about being really gentle.   
      
   I found a blu-ray player last year lying on the sidewalk, and when I   
   finally got a disc to play in it, it didn't even recognize the disk.  It   
   played DVDs fine, but then a blu-ray player has two lasers and lenses, one   
   for each type.   
      
   Once I cleaned the lens with rubbing alcohol and a q-tip, the blu-ray disk   
   was playable.   
      
   YOu might want to read the faqs from sci.electronics.repair, at   
       http://repairfaq.org   
      
   There's a whole one about CD players, and another about "optical disk   
   players".   
      
      Michael   
      
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