CD spinning but no sound???

[Kimbles20]

Hi All,

My nan's CD player has stopped working. It is a portable one and has a radio and cassette player too. Both the radio and cassette player work fine but for some reason, when you put a CD in and you press play the CD spins as if it is playing but no noise is coming out. I have checked that the volume is up and it is switched to CD mode but still no joy. The sound is definitely working as the radio can be heard and so can the tapes, any ideas??

Thank you

Kimbles

[dabees]

Is it a top loading CD? They are more prone to dirt getting into the laser head. Have you tried a lens cleaner on it?

[Kimbles20]

Yes dabees it is a top loading CD - I have not tried a lens cleaner as she only mentioned it while I was at hers yesterday. I will get some and try it when I am next over there. Thank you

[romko]

DON'T waste time or money on lens cleaners. they are clumsy and crude and the small brushes glued on them can even damage the lens! And most importantly, they will probably not not cure this fault.

If you want to try cleaning properly, get a q tip and soak it in tape head cleaner solution or isopropyl alcohol from a chemist. gently clean the lens.

however, if the disc is spinning, then there is probably focus lock but the sled could be jammed. I have also seen this problem caused by a bad laser diode, which means the unti is probably Beyond Economical Repair.

One question though: does the cd read the disc contents (i.e can you navigate through the tracks?)

[Kimbles20]

Hi Romko, yes, you can navigate through the tracks.

[romko]

If it is reading the discs ok, and spinning /playing, then the laser can probably be ruled out as the cause. However, faults like these are hard to fix without knowledge and the schematic diagram, unfortunately.
Is the source selector a manual (clunky!) switch, or electronic , i.e. do you press a button to select between cd/rad/cassette?

Another tech I know once had a similar problem to yours with a portbale with an electronic selector. It turned out to be a chip in the unit which had got corrupted somehow, and was not selecting the sources properly.