I'm glad I kept on pushing because IC61 (BU2630) was definitely the culprit. I cycled the player about 50 times after replacing it and without exception it read the cd in a heartbeat 😀.
I'm going to let it play through some cd's and report back in case the issue has not been solved, no news means good news !
I'm going to let it play through some cd's and report back in case the issue has not been solved, no news means good news !
Indeed, although I think that if I had done the last measurement I mentioned, I would have focused my attention on this one sooner. I guess, because it's obsolete and I don't really like getting parts from ebay, I was just hoping the problem lied elsewhere 😱