I have some crappy $160 clarion cd player in my car that has lasted about 5 years. Now, it doesn't play cds until the car (or maybe, the cd player) is warmed up, and even then it has some trouble reading cds. I don't wanna buy a new one so I might just take the cd player apart to see what is wrong in hopes of fixing it.
What generally breaks on these things...is it grease drying out over time? Mechanical wear? It seems weird how it only works certain times
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I had an old Pioneer Supertuner that developed a very tempermental CD player after about 5 years.
Aparently, CD players wear out just like every thing else.
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Yeah. I wonder if I can fix it. I'm betting there's a 10% chance I can but I really doubt I'll be able to
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it could be that dirt accumulates on the lens over time causing it to read only half the time, this happened to my xbox but if you can get inside your cd just clean the lens that mirror off with some windex and a q-tip, dry it with another q-tip and you should be good to go. also alignment in the cd player maybe off cuz of wear and tear, no idea how to fix that tho
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In my experience, a couple of things usually go wrong:
The lubricant on the shafts that the laser assembly slides on gets gummed up. Just clean it and replace with a light oil or very light grease.
The laser output gets weak. You can usually adjust a pot to increase the power output of the laser, but increasing it too much will smoke the laser. The laser is probably on its last legs at this point anyway.
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Why do CD Players eventually break?