Hi,
I have a carver DTL50 that isn't working properly. Went to the CD Player repair site and read a whole lot of information. Still, I am a newbie so please respond accordingly.
Problem All electronic display functions are fine. Draw opens and closes fine. The CD loads correctly. The disk spins, there is some noise, and then it grinds to a halt. I press play, the disk spins okay, but eventually comes to a halt and the spindle spins beneath the disk, sometimes catching and sometimes not. I have the cover off at this point and watch this from above. Loading and unloading are smooth as silk. My question is, should I look to dirty optics, or mechanical problem. Seems if the laser and mirror were dirty it might not be sending the right information about spinning the disk. Of course the other side of that coin is, that the spindle may be faulty (although there is no play side to side in the spindle. I haven't yet checked the pickup to see if its falling back into place properly.) I'm a newbie, and enjoy a challenge, but if this beyond me, then so be it. I'd like to hear some opinions on this. The deck matches my Carver components that were willed to me by my father, so there is some desire to repair here.
Thanks Steve