Stereo control button problems

Bad drawer position sense switch ? Bad laser home switch ? The system control micro will often get confused and stuck in a loop, if some expected condition is not flagged to it, even if the condition is apparently physically met i.e. the drawer may appear to be fully open, but if the system control micro hasn't been 'told' that it is, due to the sense switch effectively not closing because its contacts are tarnished, it may never go back to monitoring the front panel button matrix for the next button to be pressed.

Although system control micros due occasionally go faulty, it is fairly rare, and in my experience, most problems that you immediately blame on them by instinct, turn out to be caused by some simple external problem, such as a bad switch.

Arfa

Check the tray open sensor/switch..

It sounds like its still trying to open the tray because it don't know any better!

That fixed the problem. I opened the CD draw and pressed or pushed whatever thing appeared you could push or press, and then the problem disappeared. I am not sure if it was a switch or not.

Thanks

Tom

If you could see it and it moved, chances are it's the switch. Wouldn't hurt for you to squib a spot of good quality switch cleaner / lubricant in it, and then 'work' it vigourously for a few seconds with the tip of a screwdriver or whatever you can get in the gap to push it with. Glad you got a result.

Arfa