Hello everyone,
Wondered if someone could help me troubleshooting a Micromega Stage6 CD player I've got on the bench. Mechanism is a CDM12.2 .
Can't find much info, manuals, schematics, etc on the web.
It is in great condition, but owner (a close friend) said to be unable to detect discs and a "no disc" message was always present.
The thing is once I turned the player on, the CD tray did not even eject. I uncovered the unit and noticed the motor is working apparently fine, belt is in good condition, and gears were fine. Looked like the motor had not power enough to move the tray: If I helped pulling with my hand It eventually opened/closed.
Microswitch is working apparently fine, and everything seemed well lubricated. Could an insufficient lubrication in the gear centre shafts produce this?
The thing is, after some manually opening and closing the tray, the gear that connects to it (see picture) broke some teeths, so now I have another problem. Bought a replacement and it will arrive hopefully in the next few days.
Apart from the tray issue, I decided to address the disc detection problem, placing a disc and completely closing the tray. Player did not read the disc indeed. However, I managed to get it reading fine when the tray is not completely closed, but about half a centimetre open.
What can be causing this?? Microswitch is in the same state both with tray closed and slightly open.
Thank you very much.
Cheers,
Fran
Wondered if someone could help me troubleshooting a Micromega Stage6 CD player I've got on the bench. Mechanism is a CDM12.2 .
Can't find much info, manuals, schematics, etc on the web.
It is in great condition, but owner (a close friend) said to be unable to detect discs and a "no disc" message was always present.
The thing is once I turned the player on, the CD tray did not even eject. I uncovered the unit and noticed the motor is working apparently fine, belt is in good condition, and gears were fine. Looked like the motor had not power enough to move the tray: If I helped pulling with my hand It eventually opened/closed.
Microswitch is working apparently fine, and everything seemed well lubricated. Could an insufficient lubrication in the gear centre shafts produce this?
The thing is, after some manually opening and closing the tray, the gear that connects to it (see picture) broke some teeths, so now I have another problem. Bought a replacement and it will arrive hopefully in the next few days.
Apart from the tray issue, I decided to address the disc detection problem, placing a disc and completely closing the tray. Player did not read the disc indeed. However, I managed to get it reading fine when the tray is not completely closed, but about half a centimetre open.
What can be causing this?? Microswitch is in the same state both with tray closed and slightly open.
Thank you very much.
Cheers,
Fran
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Hi, Just a quick update in case someone is facing the same problem.
Looks like the lubricant used by Micromega hardens with time. Everything was lubricated, but lubricant had built up in some areas preventing the gears to move as freely as needed. Replaced the broken gear, cleaned the old lubricant and used some industrial oil in the centre shafts. Now the tray opens and closes smoothly and completely.
The "No disc" message still appeared, though. Luckily I cleaned the lens with a cotton pad and some water, and discs are detected again.
Cheers,
Fran
Looks like the lubricant used by Micromega hardens with time. Everything was lubricated, but lubricant had built up in some areas preventing the gears to move as freely as needed. Replaced the broken gear, cleaned the old lubricant and used some industrial oil in the centre shafts. Now the tray opens and closes smoothly and completely.
The "No disc" message still appeared, though. Luckily I cleaned the lens with a cotton pad and some water, and discs are detected again.
Cheers,
Fran
Thanks puresse, I bought it from a polish site called impelshop.com.pl
Shipping to Spain was reasonable and fast. Gear price was around 10eur.
Shipping to Spain was reasonable and fast. Gear price was around 10eur.
This one is not on https, i dont know why ,but this one is on https https://www.impelshop.com/
Precious adresss !