From: whosbest54@NOSPAMyahoo.com.invalid   
      
   In article <1a75f451-11ea-456d-afeb-a7685602c8ac@googlegroups.com>,   
   thekmanrocks@gmail.com says...   
   >Sony CDP-C705 5 Disc Carousel Misbehavior   
   >   
   >   
   >Bought it a few months ago for a song - literally - at a thrift shop.   
   >   
   >Exhibits the following, occasionally:   
   >   
   >A - On a single CD, freezes and/or skips, particularly on higher tracks toward   
   >end of album.  Kinda like pressing fast fwd/backwd.   
   >   
   >B - On multiple CDs, freezes and/or skips.  In shuffle mode, sometimes can't   
   >'find' another disc to shuffle to.   
   >   
   >In both circumstances, will occasionally just stop playing disc entirely,   
   >sometimes midway through a song.   
   >   
   >Steps I've taken so far:   
   >   
   >1.  Made sure any CD I put in there is mint clean.   
   >   
   >2.  Used a brush-style CD player lens cleaner disc according to lens cleaner   
   >instructions.   
   >   
   >Both steps have reduced behaviors in A & B, but not elminated them.   
   >   
   >   
   >What else can I do to eliminate these problems, even under hood?   
   >   
   >Also: Are these symptoms of read-head laser alignment, or of logic control?   
   >   
   Probably an old and weak laser.  Not much can be done without replacing it   
   IMHO.   
      
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