Denon DCD-1650AR simply stops during playback. Any ideas?

ppopp · 27th October 2006, 01:49 AM

What the cure might be?
I've cleaned and oiled the rail and re-lubed the other side (non-rail). Cleaned the coggs out and cleaned the laser.
I suppose it could always be the laser needing a replacement. I'd love to be able to fix it myself rather than sending it off to Irvine, CA (Gold Crown) for repair. It's a beautifully constructed player and I would love to keep - best of all it sounds as smooth as the feel of the inside of a giant clam. Particularly when fed into a Lite Audio DAC-60.
Any words of your experience or general suggestions would be enormously appreciated.
TIA

anatech · 27th October 2006, 02:09 AM

Hi ppopp,
Denon builds in a service program. Any half decent Denon warranty shop should be able to do a bang up job for you. Denon lubricants are special, like many other brands.

Fixing your own CD player and expecting good performance afterwards is not realistic for a person who is not trained on the machine. At least Denon makes it easy for the tech.

Your laser may be fine, maybe not. Again, there are tests a tech can do to determine what's up. Disc motors are also suspect.

-Chris

ppopp · 28th October 2006, 02:49 PM

Looks like it'll be going to Torrence then. Worth having done properly with this machine.

anatech · 28th October 2006, 02:55 PM

Hi ppopp,
I agree. If there was a chance you could do this yourself, or it was a "learning machine" I'd get you to go further. Sometimes it's a fine line, but not in this case.

The machine would be good as new with a laser, disc motor and belts. Feed motors normally last a long time.

-Chris

27th October 2006, 01:49 AM	#1
ppopp diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SoCal	Denon DCD-1650AR simply stops during playback. Any ideas? What the cure might be? I've cleaned and oiled the rail and re-lubed the other side (non-rail). Cleaned the coggs out and cleaned the laser. I suppose it could always be the laser needing a replacement. I'd love to be able to fix it myself rather than sending it off to Irvine, CA (Gold Crown) for repair. It's a beautifully constructed player and I would love to keep - best of all it sounds as smooth as the feel of the inside of a giant clam. Particularly when fed into a Lite Audio DAC-60. Any words of your experience or general suggestions would be enormously appreciated. TIA

28th October 2006, 02:49 PM	#3
ppopp diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: SoCal	Jolly good. Thank you. Looks like it'll be going to Torrence then. Worth having done properly with this machine.

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27th October 2006, 02:09 AM	#2
anatech diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, On	Hi ppopp, Denon builds in a service program. Any half decent Denon warranty shop should be able to do a bang up job for you. Denon lubricants are special, like many other brands. Fixing your own CD player and expecting good performance afterwards is not realistic for a person who is not trained on the machine. At least Denon makes it easy for the tech. Your laser may be fine, maybe not. Again, there are tests a tech can do to determine what's up. Disc motors are also suspect. -Chris

28th October 2006, 02:55 PM	#4
anatech diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Georgetown, On	Hi ppopp, I agree. If there was a chance you could do this yourself, or it was a "learning machine" I'd get you to go further. Sometimes it's a fine line, but not in this case. The machine would be good as new with a laser, disc motor and belts. Feed motors normally last a long time. -Chris

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