UPDATE: Philips "Docking Entertainment System" Model DCM230, CD Player Issue

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jaugustine 12 years ago

Hi,

>
> I use to be in consumer electronics repair service for many years.
>
> My Philips "Docking Entertainment System" Model DCM230
>(Ipod(s) dock, USB port for USB flash drives, CD player, AM/FM
>radio, plus Aux input) has a problem with the CD player. I found
>out that the CD motor is not spinning the CD after it is loaded.
>The motor is not "stuck".
>
> After inserting a CD, the display keeps displaying "Reading", "Reading",
>...... This can go on for a long period of time without an error message!
>
> Did anyone have this same issue with your Philips DCM230/37 model
>system?
>

Hi,

Above is from my original post a couple months ago.

I received responses and was told the problem may be the laser pickup. I wasn't convinced that it was since I did not use the CD player often.

Recently I inserted a CD and of course the endless "Reading, Reading...." occurred. I decided to let it continue and left the room. An hour or more later, I noticed the unit turned itself off. The next day I decided to try again, but to my surprise, after a short period of "Reading", the display changed to a tracks count. I pressed the "Play" and by golly, it works!!!

"Loose what you don't use for a long time". I made up my mind that I will use the CD player more often. My problem occurred after a very long period of not using the CD player. I remember when doing service work, I serviced a turntable(s) or VCR(s) that was not used for a very long time by a customer(s). John

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dansabrservices 12 years ago

There are a couple of explanations for this behavior...

1) The pickup may have had some dust on it which with repeated use and addi tional air flow due to heat, may have cleared itself enough to allow a "goo d read".

2) The more likely is that the grease on the sled rail has dried up a bit. Repeated attempts to read the disk will cause the sled to move. Over time hitting the "grease spot" probably moves it a bit each time. With the uni t on, the ambient heat may also loosent he grease.

I would suggest that you clean the lens using a cotton swab and alcohol. A lso, use another swab to clean off the sled rail.

Dan

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dave 12 years ago

You can buy CDs with little tiny brushes for cleaning CD players and old style DVDs. Not for blu ray

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Michael Black 12 years ago

That blu-ray player I found on the sidewalk certainly worked after I cleaned the lens. I got it home, plugged it in, it nominally worked, and did play DVDs, but once I found a blu-ray disk to put in it, the machine told me there was no disk. A lens cleaning fixed that.

I was shocked, that the lens could get so dirty that it didn't work at all, but did work after cleaning, and also that I ended up with a working and decent blu-ray player simply because the lens was dirty.

Michael

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