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- From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
- Subject: Re: Sony Equipment (was Re: CD walkmans)
- Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:40:13 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.184013.19575@bilver.uucp>
- References: <zdem0a.724688116@hgo7> <BzwnwB.309@world.std.com> <1992Dec27.233644.10345@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec27.233644.10345@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> ramid@nyx.cs.du.edu (Rudy Amid) writes:
- >kieran@world.std.com (Aaron L Dickey) writes:
- >
- >[various working Sony stuff :]
- >
- >>* Sony CD player from around '85-'86, back when the experts said "The
- >>lasers inside never last more than three years." It still runs perfectly
- >>today, except for a sticky door that I occasionally have to tap to get to
- >>open.
- >
- > What I didn't expect is my Sony Discman D88 (about 4 years old) and it's
- >starting to skip any CD's over 68 minutes. It's losing its tracking
- >mechanism. I'm not sure what I should do, take it to repairs (cost $$$)
- >or use some sort of cleaning device. Advice?
-
- Depends on how good you are with equipment. This is typically grime on
- the rail that the laser assembly rides on. Since the far end doesn't
- get accessed as often because most disks are shorter, it gets dirty and
- gummy.
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- Light cleaning, first, and very fine oil second - NOT WD40!!!!!!!!!
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