Al, The last one I worked on similar to that model was doing the same thing.What I found was it needed a real good cleaning and lub job.I know you have already done this but on mine the tray wasn't going back quite far enough,looked like it was and the sled was hanging.Very tempermental thing all and all.Did you get Jasons e-mail? Harold C&C Handyman Service --- al m <ampm@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > OK I guess there's not much help on this. I tweaked > the pot on the laser > assembly and now it spins everytime and reads disc, > but it skips allot. My > guess is laser is bad anybody have any other ideas? > al marquardt > ampm@xxxxxxx > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "al m" <ampm@xxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 7:49 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] RCA compact disc player RS2506 > > > > This unit won't read the disc. I got it to read it > twice and I don't know > how but it tries to spin the disc and sometimes it > moves a little sometimes > not at all and sometimes it spins the disc but comes > up no disc. I can see > the laser mechanism moving up an down but I can't > see if the laser is lit. > My question is , is this one of those can't be > repaired models? I don't work > on these and just started for extra headache.As far > as I know the laser is > turning on the spin motor as it detects the disc. Am > I right to think this > is the case? Also could this be a power supply > problem? Any common problems > with these units? I cleaned the laser 7 times. It > seems weak or not enough > power to it. Where do I check for voltage? > > al marquardt > > ampm@xxxxxxx > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > > ------------------------------------------ > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > ===== Harold Coleman C&C Handyman Service handymanharold2002@xxxxxxxxx __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------ Submit A Repair Tip For Everyone Here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.html ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html