rafaeld@teklabs.UUCP (Rafael De Arce) (07/06/85)
i own a sony cdp-200. i've owned it for eight months. it is played about two hours per day. my stereo requires dusting almost every week even though it is kept in a cabinet. it's just common sense that tells you that sooner or later the laser optics will need to be cleaned. has anyone out there needed to send their cd player for a cleaning?? what did they do to clean it?? i will say this: i prefer the cd system far better than lp's. it's nice to just put on your music without having to clean the record or have a scratch ruin a favorite tune. ...and if you do need to clean a cd... no problem.
andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) (07/14/85)
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"my stereo requires dusting almost every week even though it is
kept in a cabinet. it's just common sense that tells you that
sooner or later the laser optics will need to be cleaned."
No need. The laser beam distingrates the dust motes, keeping the
optics perfectly clean.
:-)
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(orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]king@dciem.UUCP (Stephen King) (07/17/85)
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/* No cleaning - the laser beam destroys dust motes */
Really? I hadn't realized that the beam was that powerful, or remained
focussed in one spot for long enough, to vapourize the dirt.
But what about lint and hairs? A local radio station (CFNY) regularly
has mistracking problems with their CD players, and it seems that wiping
the surface of the disc (and/or using canned air (Dustoff)) eliminates the
problem.
Whatever the case, it cannot hurt to keep the unit clean. The optics unit
is most likely sealed to keep out contamination, yet foreign objects are
bound to be picked up around the laser 'window'. Would it do any harm
to use a cotton swab and alcohol to clean the 'window'?
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