Cambridge Audio CD5 - needs repair

[spinynorman]

Really don't know if anyone will be interested in this - it's a Cambridge Audio CD5, which is a good budget CD player, bought from Richer Sounds about a year ago. Plays mp3 CDs, CD-RW etc. Specs are here [url="http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=CAMB-CD5BLK"]http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.ph...pid=CAMB-CD5BLK[/url].

Problem is it got dropped and though it all lights up and tries to read a cd, eventually it gives up with "No Disk". I've looked inside and there's no physical damage that I can see and the mechanism all works. So it's something electronic, possibly to do with the laser. I don't have the knowledge to fix it, but someone else might. Case is in good nick except for the rear left corner, where there's a bit of bare metal showing through. I have the original box with manual and remote.

It's going to cost a tenner to post, or free to collect (I'm 30mins from J15 M40, west of Stratford).

Otherwise it'll be off to the tip to be disassembled by small chinese children - and who would want that?

[Kiwi]

The laser lens probably needs recalibrating, did you get it looked at by a tech at all? It would be an easy fix.

[spinynorman]

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='461693' date='Apr 13 2009, 11:00 PM']The laser lens probably needs recalibrating, did you get it looked at by a tech at all? It would be an easy fix.[/quote]

Thanks for the helpful suggestion. The lack of internal damage does suggest it might be something simple to fix if you know how, but rather than do that, I found a used Arcam player on eBay, and it's very nice

Before eBay, I contacted Cambridge and they wanted £60 just to look at it. To find a shop that would repair it I'd have to go into Birmingham or Coventry I think, nothing out here in the sticks.

Meanwhile, I searched "calibrate CD laser" and found this page [url="http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/24/45212/6874"]http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2004/3/24/45212/6874[/url] and found the "pot" he describes, but turning it every which way had no effect, though I did remove a cataract . Reading further down in the comments it changes the laser power, not as he suggests the alignment.

So, maybe someone with easier access to a repair shop could get it fixed at a sensible price, or if you could find Samsung part number YUJIMWTB35 you could replace the whole laser mechanism very easily. Just 2 screws holding it.

Offer stands if anyone wants it.