Hello,
On my Esoteric SACD player I found that the spindel motor is not turning during TOC readings. I tired to push the cd hub by finger a bit and motor start working fine and all CDs and SACDs are reading and playing fine till STOP button will be pressed or CD is ended. What could be a problem? Capacitors ?
Thanks.
On my Esoteric SACD player I found that the spindel motor is not turning during TOC readings. I tired to push the cd hub by finger a bit and motor start working fine and all CDs and SACDs are reading and playing fine till STOP button will be pressed or CD is ended. What could be a problem? Capacitors ?
Thanks.
Failure to read the TOC of the disc can be due to a failing spindle motor.
Here's something that worked for me when my Technics CD player failed to read the TOC:
If the CD spindle motor is a DC motor, its commutator and metal brushes may be dirty and you may clean them as follows:
Disconnect both motor wires completely from the circuit board and power the motor directly for a few seconds in each direction from a 9V battery or DC power supply. This may clean out any contamination from the brushes and commutator.
If this doesn't work then squirt a little contact cleaner into the ventilation holes near the motor connections and repeat the above procedure.
Here's something that worked for me when my Technics CD player failed to read the TOC:
If the CD spindle motor is a DC motor, its commutator and metal brushes may be dirty and you may clean them as follows:
Disconnect both motor wires completely from the circuit board and power the motor directly for a few seconds in each direction from a 9V battery or DC power supply. This may clean out any contamination from the brushes and commutator.
If this doesn't work then squirt a little contact cleaner into the ventilation holes near the motor connections and repeat the above procedure.
A build up of carbon on the commutator can result in a partial short circuit which may explain the failure of the motor to start of its own accord.
It's all too easy to blame those (sometimes innocent) capacitors!
Beware of making things worse by unnecessary unsoldering and resoldering.
Well said, that is the first and most obvious thing to try!