Thank you! I honestly hadn't thought of that. I think it is the CD. Champagne for my true friends and true pain for my sham friends! Is it with all CDs or just with certain ones? If it's with certain cds then I'd suspect that its the cds. If the hole if slightly off centre then you will get this symptoms you are describing. If you are getting this with all audio cds then it could be the drive itself. ~*~*~*~*~ Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe. For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of "info 1stpickpchelp" without the quotes. If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 1stpickpchelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe To contact the list moderators send an email to 1stpickpchelp-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ~*~*~*~*~