Bad spindle motors are also very common on Pioneers. They're relatively cheap, just make sure you measure the turntable height before you replace the motor, & put the turntable on the new motor at the same height. Gary Carson City TV-VCR 2164 E Hwy 50 Carson City, NV 89701 775-887-9089 fax 775 887-1067 > With Pioneer CD players, quite often the problem turns out to be an > intermittant ribbon cable between the laser pickup and the main > board.The Pioneer part number for all the models I have worked on is: > PNP1343. If you repair cd players, it's agood idea to keep one of these > in stock. You may want to double check that this is the correct part > number for your model. > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > D Thunhurst wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I do very little with CD Players so I'm not all that familiar. > > Usually if cleaning the lens doesn't take care of the problem, I give them > > back. I can't do that this time. It belongs to my daughter. Of course, my > > daughter thinks I know all there is to know about electronics (ha, ha). > > The problem is it will spin and attempt to read the disc. You can see the > > lens move back and forth and sometimes it will play then jump to track 2 or > > 3 or 6 or what ever then back to 1. Or it might not play at all. I cleaned > > the lens, cleaned and lubed the sled, tried applying voltage to the motors > > and also while doing that, reverse the polarity to the motors (this done of > > coarse with the motors disconnected from the board). I took resistance > > readings on the 4 pots then I tried to rock them to see if this made any > > difference but no help so set them back to where they were. I also tried > > freeze to see if it nay be heat related. Also esr'd the caps and checked > > for bad joints. > > My daughter claims it was working fine and then it just started doing this. > > Can the pick-up go bad without a warning? or is there a better solution? > > Any help sure would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Daryl > > Daryl's TV > > 3310 Dyer St. > > El Paso, TX 79930 > > 915-565-9184 > > 915-564-1024 Fax > > dthunhurst@xxxxxxx > > http://dynacomp.freeyellow.com > > > > ***************************************************************************** > > Classifieds! Buy or Sell! > > http://sell.tech-assist.org > > The Tech Address Book: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > > Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > -- > > > > > Gary McCartney > > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > ***************************************************************************** > Classifieds! Buy or Sell! > http://sell.tech-assist.org > The Tech Address Book: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/