CD player skips and wont play some tracks

One cause of skipping is a decline in laser output. It's possible that, as the unit warms up, the laser output drops... and so on.

If it always does it at roughly the same time into the CD it's likely a mechanical problem with the tracking. Cracked pinion on the sled drive mechanism is common on some models, or hardened lubricant and dust on the sled. Lots of possibilities.

James

Have you tried a cleaner. I would think dust on the laser lens would be a regular problem. These are usually plastic, so if you scratch it, pitch it.

The first thing to do is to clean the lens, but not with a lens cleaner, they sometimes help but are often worse than useless and just spread the dirt around, if not actually damaging the lens. If you are just marginally more than curious then, it takes 5 minutes but you have to open up the player.

But this sounds more like a mechanical problem, possibly as simple as the need for cleaning and lubrication.

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