Audio Research CD1 problem

[smithy]

Its showing signs of old age I hope it’s not terminal .The Cd spins for a a second or two then it comes up with ERROR it used to be intermittent but now it is permanent ,any ideas?

 

[Mike P]

Have a read of these threads. They are about AVI CD players but apply to your player too.

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/avi-laboratory-series-cd-player-transport-laser.157425/

https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/avi-cd-repair.229387/#post-3704134

In particular, the posts by Martin Clark are spot-on.

 

[simon g]

Best to take this to a tech who knows of what they speak. It's probably fixable. I think this used the long retired Philips CDM12.1 mech. There are current 'replacements' for this, of apparently dubious quality and performance. It may just need a service though. More than a decent player in its day (25 years old or so?) ; if you like it and its sound, then you should certainly explore having it repaired.

 

[Mike P]

Yes, CDM12 and the first things to do are:
1) Clean the lens
2) Clean off the old grease from the worm drive and relube with a very sparing amount of plastic friendly low viscosity grease.

 

[smithy]

Thanks I will take the top off at the weekend and have a look.

 

[smithy]

What a cheapo transport !cant see how to access anything ,would post a picture but haven’t set up a hosting site,who do people use?I used Photobucket historically.

 

[smithy]

My daughter helped out!hopefully