Arcam Alpha 5CD- ERR 3- radial error

[radu19880625]

Hy,

I got an Arcam alpha 5cd with this problem(ERR3 -radial error). checked the cables and ribbon connector and such... but all seems ok, still the problem is there !

When I power it up if there is no disc is says DISC, and after a CD is inside it will just display error, without starting to spin the cd.

HELP 🙂

Thanks

 

[radu19880625]

had another look at it, and it seems the laser diode is working ok, it puts out red light.
Suspected a dead diode, but it's not the case.

 

[radu19880625]

The laser diode works, just had another look at it, it outputs a red light. the lens moves up and down but the cd does not start spinning at all.