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S0006349505731453-gr1.gif' alt='Noise Reduction Patch Clamp' title='Noise Reduction Patch Clamp' />The purpose of this document is to. CD technology and troubleshooting guidance. CD players and possibly laserdisc players, CDROM drives, and optical. Even if you have trouble changing a light bulb and do not know which end of. CD player. Then, if you. For example, a bad laser is not the most likely cause. A dirty lens is most likely. There you learned. This document was developed specifically for the troubleshooting and repair. CD players in component stereo systems, compact stereos, boomboxes, car. CDROM drives including the Sony Playstation. The primary differences between these types will relate to how the disc is. However, as a result of the level of miniaturization required for portables. CDROM drives, everything is tiny and most or all of. For other types. DVD Digital Versatile or Video Disc players which are now. CD players in a few years. CDs and Laser Discs. Thus, a. familiarity with the operating and repair of current technology will give. There is a great deal of information on DVD technology in the. Electronics Now, December, 1. Steven J. Bigelow. DVD format to installing and using a DVDROM. PC. While the digital processing of the data from a DVD. CD, the most likely failures. While details. differ, the troubleshooting ends up being very similar. BD Blu ray and HD DVD players and recorders. Much of the information on CD and DVD technology applies to these. These are now becoming mainstream, though when and if they will replace. CD and DVD entirely is not known. Laserdisc players and optical disk storage units have much in common. CD players with respect to the mechanical components and front end. Therefore, the information contained in this document can. However. they may include additional servo systems optical pickup tilt, for. See the document Optical Disc Players. Optical Data Storage Drives. Note that throughout this document, the term CD player is used most often. How To A Driver To A Flash Drive. However, it should be understood that in most cases, the information applies. CDROM drives, game machines using CDs like the Sony Playstation, laserdisc. Mini. Disk playersrecorders, DVD players, and other types of optical. Also see the document specifically devoted to these other. Notes on the Troubleshooting and Repair. Optical Disc Players and Optical Data Storage Drives. Also, where I. remember, the term disc is used to denote a read only medium e. CD or LD while disk is used for one that is recordable. CD R or Mini. Disk. Note Links to all the diagrams and photographs referenced from this document. Sams CD FAQ Files. Many common problems with CD players can be corrected without the need for. MHz bandwidth is highly desireable for servo alignment and more. The types of problems found in a CD player can be. Mechanical dirt, lubrication, wear, deteriorated rubber parts, dirtybad. A dirty lens coated with dust, tobacco. Even many professionals may mistake either accidentally or on purpose. Dont be fooled Cleaning of the lens and any other accessible optical components usually. See the section General inspection. Electrical Adjustments coarse tracking, fine tracking, focus, laser. However, some CD players no longer have some of these adjustments. The servo systems are totally digital they either work or they dont. Power problems mostly portables weak batteries, inadequate, defective. AC wall adapter. Bad connections broken solder on the pins of components that are stressed. Electrical Component Failure. These are rare except for power surge storm. Or, plugging a 3 V portable into the. V of your automobile. You can probably forget about this even being a. CD player again. Incompatible geographic location. This doesnt really apply to CD. Sony Play. Stations and. DVD players. In their infinite wisdom or greed. So, if you bought. You can often repair a CD player which is faulty due to 1 or 2 except. I would not attempt except as a last resort without. If discs are recognized at all or even if the unit only. While the laser diodes. CD player problem is laser related. In fact, only a small percentage probably under 1. Mechanical problems such as. The solutions to category 3 and 4 problems are obvious but it may take. Category 5 failures in the power supply of component AC line powered CD. Most other electrical failures will be difficult to locate without the service. CD technology. However, you might get lucky. I have successfully. Since so much of the intelligence of a CD player is in the. I can pretty much guarantee that the firmware. The service manuals rarely explain howthe equipment. Japanese You can pretty much forget about repairing electrical problems in portable. Nearly everything in a portable. CDROM drives for that matter though this is not quite as bad is. There is generally only minimal useful. Tracing the wiring is a nightmare. Even the test points and adjustments may be unmarked While CD players with new convenience features are constantly introduced, the. CD has not changed significantly in 1. None of the much hyped advancements such as digital filters, oversampling. DAs, and such are likely to make any difference whatsoever in the. The people who care, do so only because. Most. of these so called advances were done at least in part to reduce costs not. Therefore, unless you really do need a 2. CD changer with a. B7. 77 cockpit and 2. CD player will sound just as good and. Many older CD players are built more solidly. Even some new high end CD players may be built around. If you need to send or take the CD player or CDROM drive to a service center. Service centers. may charge up to 5. Parts costs are often grossly inflated as well possibly due to a deliberate. However, these expensive parts do not really fail nearly as often as is. Despite this, you may find that even an authorized repair center will want. I do. not know how much of this is due to dishonesty and how much to incompetence. If you can do the repairs yourself, the equation changes dramatically as. The educational aspects may also be. You will learn a lot in the process. Thus, it may make sense. Back to CD Repair FAQ Table of Contents. CD Digital Audio Technology. Information on a compact disc is encoded in minute pits just under the. CD. The CD itself is stamped in much the same way as. LP but under much more stringent conditions similar to the. The CD. pressing is then aluminum coated in a vacuum chamber and the label side is. CD Rs recordable CDs use a slightly different construction. CD R blanks. are prestamped with a spiral guide groove and then coated with an organic dye. The dye layer appears. DVDs or Digital Versatile Disks or Digital Video. Disks depending on who you listen to implement a number of incremental. These include higher frequency laser 6. According to early reports on the final specifications, DVDs will be able. CDs at a higher sampling rate and.