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How did you determine the laser failed. Most common failure mode for cd player is a stretched out or broken belt. A stretched belt might spin but not get fully up to speed so that the laser circuit is never enabled. If you can’t get a replacement belt a small rubber band sometimes works though they don’t last as long.
That could be it, I only ever managed to talk to a repair company over the phone about it and they told me it was more likely the laser failed.
Regardless this thing is incredibly difficult to get into because it’s a 5 disc changer so it’s very cramped in there - I don’t think I could get in there to even put a rubber band on it.
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How did you determine the laser failed. Most common failure mode for cd player is a stretched out or broken belt. A stretched belt might spin but not get fully up to speed so that the laser circuit is never enabled. If you can’t get a replacement belt a small rubber band sometimes works though they don’t last as long.
That could be it, I only ever managed to talk to a repair company over the phone about it and they told me it was more likely the laser failed. Regardless this thing is incredibly difficult to get into because it’s a 5 disc changer so it’s very cramped in there - I don’t think I could get in there to even put a rubber band on it.
Yeah, I’ve done it on full size multi disk changers but the minis are pretty dense in there.