Phonoland

Rowe cd 100, cd pro player, 4.1 ccc

Had the player rebuilt about 2 years ago. Worked great till maybe a month ago now all it does is pick up a cd spin it at about half the speed and put it back. No errors and everything else seems fine. Could it be the player again??

Most likely it is the player--again
Ron Rich

optics or decoder board?? I found new optics for 15$

(Please read PM !)
I dono--need to trouble shoot ! On CDM-4's MOST of the problems I found were the hubs that had broken free of the shaft--super ( "crazy") glue fixed it--I have not seen "new" 4 optics in years ?? Ron Rich

It is a pro player and I know it isn't spinning on the hub. Sometimes it works also. If I leave it on for a while and let it pick up a hand full of CDs try to play them all of a sudden it will work fine and play all the music I tell it to. Until I unplug it for the day and try it again the next day and start the process over.

Not clear--You said it was a "4.1 pro player" -- If a 4.1, it may be a "professional" model, but it is not what's generally refereed to as a "PRO player", which is what those $15.00 (usually 2nds !), optics sets, fit. Ron Rich

No the computer has a 4.1 version updated chip and the player is a CD pro. I apologize if that wasn't clear on the first post.

No Problem--Now I understand--I'm not the sharpest knife in the draw-- sometimes
My opinion has now changed--I'm guessing, from what you have written, that you have a dry turntable motor, in the player. Do you know if it was oiled or, replaced, when the unit was re-built ? SOME of these motors have an oil hole in the bottom--if so, 20wt. ND oil works wonders--also oil the top bearing--which has no oil hole -- just "saturate it", allow some time for it to "trickle down", --CLEAN off excess !! Be sure to only touch the player using anti-static procedures( including grounding the oil dispenser !), as failure to do so, does deteriorate the lazer !! Ron Rich

That worked!! The optic didn't slide easily. Thanks for the help!!

OK---I'm confuzzed--which motor didja oil ?? The sled motor or the turntable motor ?
Ron Rich

Both and the slides for the optic.

Slides are not supposed to have "oil" on them--supposed to have a very, micro thin coating, of that "special" $200.00 per OZ. grease, ONLY, that Phillips sells ! Ron Rich

Ron Rich wrote:Slides are not supposed to have "oil" on them--supposed to have a very, micro thin coating, of that "special" $200.00 per OZ. grease, ONLY, that Phillips sells ! Ron Rich

That is where I use that SuperLube - a very light "smear" with my finger along the rails.
Works wonders.

Hi Matt,
But that's to "cheap" for Phillips ! ( I wipe them clean then wipe them with a Teflon coated, paper towel. Probably have done close to 10,000 of them (inc. CDM 12's) this way--no problems--- Ron Rich