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| Thread ID: 45065 | 2004-05-08 02:48:00 | OT: Car CD player acts funny... | willie_M (5608) | Press F1 |
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| 235177 | 2004-05-08 02:48:00 | Hi people, My mates car (Subaru Legacy 94 GT) has the stock standard specially made KENWOOD head deck. The model number is GX-77 (SUBARU KENWOD). Its a 2DIN deck with the tape player and the CD player that came with it when it was imported. So, whats happening is, whenever we put in a CD, it brrr and buzzes as the lens moves around and around trying to find the track I guess. Today we took the top off it, and cleaned the lense with some meths. Then we watched as we put in a CD, and it actually looks like the CD is off centre when it's spinning. So I think that that could be the problem. Although it's pritty random in how it plays the CD's. We could put in a CD, and it won't work... reinsert it and it will start playing. This is for both originals and burned cds. While we're on the subject, it also came with a 10-CD stacker in the boot that looks stock standard aswell, but when we plug it in, the stereo stops working. The CD stacker is a Kenwood C705. This thing is really giving us the run around. Can anyone help us? |
willie_M (5608) | ||
| 235178 | 2004-05-08 03:08:00 | You were very lucky. Meths is a Bad Idea on plastics. The only way a CD can spin "off centre" is by having its hole off centre, unless the self centering clamp of the drive is missing or damaged. That would certainly make the drive "brr and buzz" as it tries to track. ;-) I suppose there are no manuals for this equipment. ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 235179 | 2004-05-08 04:18:00 | >You were very lucky. Meths is a Bad Idea on plastics. What do you mean? I thought lenses were made of glass? I cleaned the other CD player with meths when it wouldn't even play CD's and now it works great. I also cleaned my CPU and GPU with meths and neither has overheated yet... >The only way a CD can spin "off centre" is by having its hole off centre, unless the self centering clamp of the drive is missing or damaged. Thats what I was thinking, only the parts look to small and specialist for us rip, **** and bust for us mechanics to play around with :D Plus being uni students doesn't help much in the funds part of things. I did a google search for "subaru kenwood gx-77" but the page that looked most promising: getmanual.ru was not found. Murphys law I guess. |
willie_M (5608) | ||
| 235180 | 2004-05-08 04:25:00 | The lens in a CD drive is plastic. Optical glass is expensive. ;-) Isopropyl alcohol is much safer as a cleaning solvent on plastics. You don't have to see through your CPU. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 235181 | 2004-05-08 04:27:00 | We've got a full bottle of Isopropyl alcohol but it expired (wtf?) in 2001... Is it still good to use? |
willie_M (5608) | ||
| 235182 | 2004-05-08 04:37:00 | dunno, sounds pretty mad that it should have an expiry date, but maybe you could take the car back and get them to replace the CD player? | agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 235183 | 2004-05-08 04:39:00 | It might have expired, but it will still be IPA. Just don't drink it. :D | Graham L (2) | ||
| 235184 | 2004-05-08 04:43:00 | By the way, did you read the warning on the CD player? "Danger this product produces Laser radiation - do not operate with cover off" (or something smilar) :D |
agent_24 (4330) | ||
| 235185 | 2004-05-08 05:17:00 | oh yeah lol.... it should be okay there was a cd overtop of th lens at the time. | willie_M (5608) | ||
| 235186 | 2004-05-08 05:34:00 | Smile And the world wonders what you have been upto |
aronking (2294) | ||
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