Hey everyone, I bought a Sony CDP-C700 5 disc cd player the other day. Came in the box, with original manuals and controller/cords etc. Pretty sweet find imo. However, when I got it I heard something rattling around inside.
SO, I tried playing a disc and it was noisy and refused to read the disc. I opened it up and cleaned the lens and also saw that the arm holding the magnetic chucks was scrapping the chuck. Not on the sides but up and down. so i adjusted the arm. And voila. now the Cd player can detect the disc is installed.
However, the Cd was rubbing on the guide pin. so the optical drive was sagging in the chassis too much. and it was only playing for about 3 seconds and skipping pretty bad. So i pulled the optical drive out. found a plastic piece that was rattling around. put it back (it was just a guide to protect the bottom of the optical drive) and i pulled the drive off of the chassis. and the springs i noticed 2 of them looked brand new. and 2 a little older. they also had different tension.
I swapped them around. and the guide was still rubbing on cd's. so i pulled the drive back off. put some washers on before the springs. and now the guide does not rub.
But I still only get 3-10 seconds of sound before it skips.
Now what i notice if the laser needs to move to the edge of the disc the disc will bump the laser mechanism. SO i believe i have the drive too close to the chassis. Also i am getting too much disc wobble i think. What is the proper way to adjust to the chassis so that i do not hit the guide and i do not have the laser too close??
If i would need new springs can someone tell me where to buy those?
Disclaimer: i am not an audio repair guy. I have fixed various game consoles, from small simple repairs to some larger repairs. but this is my first attempt at any audio equipment
SO, I tried playing a disc and it was noisy and refused to read the disc. I opened it up and cleaned the lens and also saw that the arm holding the magnetic chucks was scrapping the chuck. Not on the sides but up and down. so i adjusted the arm. And voila. now the Cd player can detect the disc is installed.
However, the Cd was rubbing on the guide pin. so the optical drive was sagging in the chassis too much. and it was only playing for about 3 seconds and skipping pretty bad. So i pulled the optical drive out. found a plastic piece that was rattling around. put it back (it was just a guide to protect the bottom of the optical drive) and i pulled the drive off of the chassis. and the springs i noticed 2 of them looked brand new. and 2 a little older. they also had different tension.
I swapped them around. and the guide was still rubbing on cd's. so i pulled the drive back off. put some washers on before the springs. and now the guide does not rub.
But I still only get 3-10 seconds of sound before it skips.
Now what i notice if the laser needs to move to the edge of the disc the disc will bump the laser mechanism. SO i believe i have the drive too close to the chassis. Also i am getting too much disc wobble i think. What is the proper way to adjust to the chassis so that i do not hit the guide and i do not have the laser too close??
If i would need new springs can someone tell me where to buy those?
Disclaimer: i am not an audio repair guy. I have fixed various game consoles, from small simple repairs to some larger repairs. but this is my first attempt at any audio equipment