Please excuse any subsequent technical naivety/dumb questions, I've repaired a few hi-fi items in the past but only by following online instructions rather than having any inherent tech skills. I've owned a Marantz CD63 for many happy years, just recently it has started to misbehave with a minor skip here and there. Sometimes if I rewind it will skip at the same point, sometimes not. All other functions appear fine, disc tray opens and closes smoothly, all controls are fine.
I have been going through the Marantz Service Mode to try and identify Error codes but encountered a few hiccups.
1) I am assuming when it refers to CUE and REVIEW keys it means either fast forward or reverse? Also the sheet mentions Conditions such as RADIAL OFF/ON, I'm not sure what that means. Can anyone confirm or correct me on these two questions?
2) if 1) is true then immediately there appears to be a problem in Mode 0 (Display P00) where the sled does not move outside when I press forward or reverse for (CUE, REVERSE). It correctly moves to Mode 1 (Display P01) when I press the Next button. The "Conditions" appear to be met at Mode 0.
3) At Mode 1 all the Conditions appear to be met, I can hear a faint clicking which I assume is the FOCUS ON?
4) At Mode 2 all the Conditions appear to be met, the spindle is now spinning.
5) At Mode 3 the Conditions appear to be met. However, on pressing the CUE key (which I'm assuming means fast forward) the sled is supposed to move outside - it doesn't, I get the track fast forwarding. See point 1, am I making incorrect assumptions about CUE and REVIEW keys?
6) Finally, in Mode 3 the service sheet indicates that if I press Play then it will display an error code - it doesn't it just stops the disc spinning. I guess this might mean it simply hasn't identified any errors or is there something I am missing?
In summary, I would welcome any input on whether I am interpreting the Service Mode instructions correctly or not and also whether anyone might have any thoughts on what is causing this intermittent, fairly infrequent skipping. I apologies for the lengthy description but felt it would be better to try and be as accurate as possible in describing the problem. Thanks in advance.
I have been going through the Marantz Service Mode to try and identify Error codes but encountered a few hiccups.
1) I am assuming when it refers to CUE and REVIEW keys it means either fast forward or reverse? Also the sheet mentions Conditions such as RADIAL OFF/ON, I'm not sure what that means. Can anyone confirm or correct me on these two questions?
2) if 1) is true then immediately there appears to be a problem in Mode 0 (Display P00) where the sled does not move outside when I press forward or reverse for (CUE, REVERSE). It correctly moves to Mode 1 (Display P01) when I press the Next button. The "Conditions" appear to be met at Mode 0.
3) At Mode 1 all the Conditions appear to be met, I can hear a faint clicking which I assume is the FOCUS ON?
4) At Mode 2 all the Conditions appear to be met, the spindle is now spinning.
5) At Mode 3 the Conditions appear to be met. However, on pressing the CUE key (which I'm assuming means fast forward) the sled is supposed to move outside - it doesn't, I get the track fast forwarding. See point 1, am I making incorrect assumptions about CUE and REVIEW keys?
6) Finally, in Mode 3 the service sheet indicates that if I press Play then it will display an error code - it doesn't it just stops the disc spinning. I guess this might mean it simply hasn't identified any errors or is there something I am missing?
In summary, I would welcome any input on whether I am interpreting the Service Mode instructions correctly or not and also whether anyone might have any thoughts on what is causing this intermittent, fairly infrequent skipping. I apologies for the lengthy description but felt it would be better to try and be as accurate as possible in describing the problem. Thanks in advance.
User manual available from: https://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/marantz/cd-632.shtml ...a free account is required, but IME they don't bother you with junk mail if you opt out of that. In the user manual it explains how to navigate between tracks, etc. on pages 6, 7. Presumably cue might mean to go the the start of the next track, and review might mean to back up to the beginning of a track. Might take some trial and error to see is that's what they are referring to in the troubleshooting instructions.