Johnny Stecchino
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CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
#1030048 - 23/01/13 10:40 PM
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Hi to all,
I got today a Tascam CD-A500 player I bought on Ebay. Main reason was for
the cassette functioning (which seems to work fine). The cd player, though, skip some cd's
(originals) so I look at the net and found these explanation of how to fix it: http://www.ehow.com/how_4856030_fix-cd-player-skips.html
I
wonder if anyone knows where can I buy one of these CD lens cleaner, since it seems like
they are not available anymore:
Maxell CD-345 Gold
TDK CDC-LBHTG CD LENSCLEAR
In case anyone have other approved solution, please suggest it.
Thanks
in advance,
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Johnny Stecchino
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Johnny Stecchino]
#1030060 - 23/01/13 11:44 PM
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Well, thinking 'bout it, I presume actually that any laser cleaner will do, is there any
particular model I should buy or all will be equal?
Like this one for ex. http://www.ebay.it/itm/Laser-Lens-Cleaner-For-CD-CD-Rom-brand-New-sealed-/
400334664148?pt=UK_Home_Garden_CD_DVDStorage_SM&hash=item5d35ce31d4
I'm
asking for not damaging anything and make situation worse...
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fay spook
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Johnny Stecchino]
#1030198 - 24/01/13 05:50 PM
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You could just take off the lid of the box and clean the lens yourself. However if you arent happy doing this the cleaner in your second post will work as well
as any.
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Martin Walker
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: fay spook]
#1030297 - 25/01/13 12:15 AM
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Agreed - these are simply a tiny and very soft brush that rotates in the CD player, gently
wiping the lens.
At £2.99 you can't really go wrong 
I've got a similar one that has returned my car CD player from the dead on several
occasions 
Martin
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Johnny Stecchino
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Martin Walker]
#1030314 - 25/01/13 01:46 AM
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Thanks fay and Martin,
would I need also some sort of liquid with it or just use it
as it is?
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fay spook
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Johnny Stecchino]
#1030437 - 25/01/13 04:58 PM
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Use a lens cloth and you wont need any fluid.
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Exalted Wombat
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Johnny Stecchino]
#1030446 - 25/01/13 06:24 PM
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Yes, just clean the lens the same way you would any other delicate bit of optics.
Might be worth looking at the rubber bands etc in the cassette side too. And, of
course, cleaning and aligning the heads.
Accept the possibility that the CD
player may just have worn out. There's no "vintage" quality in these things - newer is
better (and a lot cheaper :-)
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Johnny Stecchino
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Exalted Wombat]
#1030625 - 27/01/13 01:41 AM
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Thnx fay, and wombat,
I'm gonna buy the cd cleaner Monday, don't want to open the
case, unless it's a must.
For the moment the TASCAM skips only with one cd in
particular and the others now it reads with no skipping. STRANGE. Regarding the cassette -
it functions good and head seems almost new.
This thread reminds me of my
dead Plextor cd burner, so I open it and clean the lens with alcohol but unfortunately it
still doesn't read cd's, though now it makes spinning noise again...
I found
this interesting youtube which shows that there are actually TWO lenses in a cd
player:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzymmOrJRho
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Martin Walker
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Johnny Stecchino]
#1030936 - 28/01/13 10:04 PM
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Quote Johnny Stecchino:
I'm gonna
buy the cd cleaner Monday, don't want to open the case, unless it's a must.
I agree - sometimes you can get into clean
the lens manually, but some systems simply don't make it easy to get anywhere near the
lens without complete dismantling.
With those it's not worth the risk unless
it's an expensive unit 
Martin
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Exalted Wombat
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Johnny Stecchino]
#1031106 - 29/01/13 11:58 PM
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Quote Johnny Stecchino:
I found
this interesting youtube which shows that there are actually TWO lenses in a cd player:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzymmOrJRho
And the guy cleaned the top, but not
the bottom surface of both.
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Martin Walker
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Re: CD cleaner for cd player - please HELP
[Re: Exalted Wombat]
#1031262 - 30/01/13 10:23 PM
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Hah!  Martin
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