My mates CD Transport....

[voodoo]

.....has become very picky.

He owns a Mark.I Cambridge Audio Transport which, up until recently, was working fine. However, if the unit is left switched off for a while it won't play any discs until it has 'warmed up' for 30 minutes or so. I thought it may be moisture on the laser but his house isn't particularly susceptable to excess humidity. Could it be a mechanism or circuit problem ?

(Yes, I know he could just leave it switched on )

 

[smudge]

Does it have a TOC (display) a reading during that time, laser trouble, a dead give away is when it's working it would be very skeptical to vibration i.e. a slight knock

Stuart

 

[voodoo]

It states 'Disc' but there are no specific disk details (no. of tracks, length etc.) and you can't access anything, using the 'track' buttons, beyond track 1 (which it doesn't play).
After 30 minutes it plays as normal .

 

[smudge]

Sound's likley it's the laser have you tried cleaning the lens,i have found this works sometimes for a while.

Stuart

 

[voodoo]

Sound's likley it's the laser have you tried cleaning the lens,i have found this works sometimes for a while.

Stuart

Tried that but .

 

[smudge]

Do you know what the deck assy is

Stuart

 

[voodoo]

deck assy

Stuart

????

 

[smudge]

What laser/transport (the bit the CD sits in) does it use it will be writen on it usualy near the pck up assy

Stuart

 

[voodoo]

What laser/transport (the bit the CD sits in) does it use it will be writen on it usualy near the pck up assy

Stuart

Not sure, I'd have to open it up to have a look. I'll sift the net and see if I can find any info.

Cheers,

Steve