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Robert Blum

Jan 1, 1970
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I have an old MAGNAVOX CD player which works fine with commercial CDs
however it does not work reliably with CD-R CDs which do work well in
my computer CD drive and in a new DVD drive.

I have cleaned the laser lens with no improvement. Does any one have
any suggestions or is it likely that since this player predates CD-Rs
that there is nothing that will help it?

Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided.
 
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Sam Goldwasser

Jan 1, 1970
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I have an old MAGNAVOX CD player which works fine with commercial CDs
however it does not work reliably with CD-R CDs which do work well in
my computer CD drive and in a new DVD drive.

I have cleaned the laser lens with no improvement. Does any one have
any suggestions or is it likely that since this player predates CD-Rs
that there is nothing that will help it?

Even some modern CD players have trouble with some CD-Rs. Probably best
to just leave well enough alone. The signal from CD-Rs may be lower
than for normal CDs. If you've cleaned the lens using the proper
technique (not just a lens cleaning disc which can be worse than
useless), then nothing more you can do.

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Robert Blum

Jan 1, 1970
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Even some modern CD players have trouble with some CD-Rs. Probably best
to just leave well enough alone. The signal from CD-Rs may be lower
than for normal CDs. If you've cleaned the lens using the proper
technique (not just a lens cleaning disc which can be worse than
useless), then nothing more you can do.

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Thanks for the reply. I cleaned the lens with a Q TIP and alcohol.
 
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LASERandDVDfan

Jan 1, 1970
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I have an old MAGNAVOX CD player which works fine with commercial CDs
however it does not work reliably with CD-R CDs which do work well in
my computer CD drive and in a new DVD drive.

More than likely, there is nothing wrong with your CD player.

Older CD players may not be able to read CD-R discs reliably. As been
mentioned before, even newer CD players can have trouble.

My only suggestion would be to burn any CD-R you have at a lower speed. This
may help in making a CD-R more readable in a vintage CD player, but this is not
a guarantee.

You must remember that CD players back in the day were never intended to play
recordable and rewritable media and, therefore, weren't designed to accomodate
them fully. - Reinhart
 
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Sofie

Jan 1, 1970
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Robert Blum:
I completely agree with the reply post from Sam Goldwasser..... If you have
cleaned the laser lens properly there is very little more you can easily do.
CDR's can be a "question mark" with many brands and models of CD players....
new and old. If your unit plays just about all the standard store-bought
CDs without a problem then there is very little to fix..... usually any
attempt to fix it so it will play CDRs likely will be unsuccessful AND the
unit may become less reliable with standard store-bought CDs..... my advice
is to leave it alone and play your CDRs on another machine.
 
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Andrew Rossmann

Jan 1, 1970
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More than likely, there is nothing wrong with your CD player.

Older CD players may not be able to read CD-R discs reliably. As been
mentioned before, even newer CD players can have trouble.

My only suggestion would be to burn any CD-R you have at a lower speed. This
may help in making a CD-R more readable in a vintage CD player, but this is not
a guarantee.

You must remember that CD players back in the day were never intended to play
recordable and rewritable media and, therefore, weren't designed to accomodate
them fully. - Reinhart

Also, try other brands and dye/colors. Some players may work better with
certain combinations.
 
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Robert Blum

Jan 1, 1970
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Also, try other brands and dye/colors. Some players may work better with
certain combinations.

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Thanks to all who replied. I will forget about playing CD-R records on
this player.
 
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Jamie

Jan 1, 1970
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They make Audio CD-R , the dye is alittle different and they cost
slighlty more and forces the CD writer to burn slower due to dye
sensity.
etc..
 
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Mark D. Zacharias

Jan 1, 1970
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You could try CD-R's burned at a slower speed.

Magnavox (Philips) players are among the few I've seen which had problems
with CD-R's even if the pickup wasn't deteriorated.

Mark Z.
 
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Andrew Rossmann

Jan 1, 1970
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jamie_5_not_valid_after_5 said:
They make Audio CD-R , the dye is alittle different and they cost
slighlty more and forces the CD writer to burn slower due to dye
sensity.

The only difference between data and audio CD-R's is a flag set in the
ATIP, and a special tax added. The flag is read by audio CD-R recorders
(the kind you hook to your stereo system), which will not work with
regular data CD-R's.
 
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Jamie

Jan 1, 1970
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Hmm, is that correct, why is it that my older CD player only from
Radio Shaft will play one of my computer CD-R about 10 times only ,
after that is starts getting wacked out and the more i tried the worse
it gets, at that point it become unreadable in my CD-R from the
computer. if i use the AUDIO rated ones its about 10 times longer to
burn them but i have not had a life problem yet using them in my older
player? i am only relaying what was told me long ago about CD's and
from what i have experienced it seems to follow through.
P.S.
I am aware of the flag settings in CD's. but i don't think its the
only factor.
 
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