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