How to troubleshoot a Philips CD 104 drive?

How to troubleshoot a Philips CD 104 drive?

The “Servicing the Philips CD 104” is a nice collection of useful tips for troubleshooting. (2,8MB!) dindiki offers information on the topic “maintaining the CDM-1 drive”. René Vos (CD-94 blog) collected tons of information around the CDM-1 drive.

What was the problem with my compact disc player?

Boomboxes and compact stereo systems CD player was dropped or got wet Repairing flexible printed cables CD player whine Noisy CD player Objective lens popped out Testing the optical pickup

Why does my CD player not read CDS?

It seems to me that the drive wheel is either too slippery to rotate the cd or that it does not rise up and push against the cd hard enough. Sometimes it works and sometimes the motor runs with the cd just sitting there. When the cd is not rotating, I can give it a little push and then it will begin to spin.

What happens when you open the CD changer drawer?

Drawer does not close (or open) completely CD changer jams when selecting or ejecting CDs CD player or CDROM drive damages CDs Spindle table loose or sticks to clamper upon eject Intermittent or erratic operation CD player or CDROM drive overheats

Why is my Philips CD recorder not working?

The machine acts a little funny when burning from analog (vinyl) and doesn’t show the correct track (doing the second side of an LP it stays on track 1 in display) and starts the time left at 80 mins again, until you play the disk and allow an update. Other than that, they work dandy! I pushed “Finalize” and the disk is just fine.

Can a Philips CDR 765 be used as a CDRW?

I have a Philips CDR 765 recorder that can only use CDRWs that have this logo on them “Compact Disc Digital Audio Rewritable”. I used to be able to get them before but now it’s a different story. Can anyone tell me where I can get these CDs?

What does OPC error mean on Philips CD recorder?

Just try it if you can. Unfortunitly the worst case is that the laser is out of alingment. If that is it, it would be better just to buy a new machine at that point. In most, however, the “OPC ERROR” means that the machine dose not reconize the blank media that you have put in it. It does NOT mean you have a miss-alinment with the laser.

Can a Philips 785 burn to a CD?

The first two days that is! I early on burned to CD-RW first, then just used the CD->CD mode to copy the finished disk after I was happy with the results on the CD-RW – that really works! I have a Philips 785 and the only CD-RW discs that would work on it were Memorex and Maxell.