[slinkelist] Disappearing Disks

[Peter Ronson]

From what I have seen, the disappearing disk problem may not be related to
CDJ or Slink, but actually player and/or disk related.  I have seen this
happen on both of my two Sony's if the player is unable to pick up a disk
off the carousel properly, or gets it in the actual player mechanism such a
way that it cannot start playing - slightly out of alignment, badly
scratched disk etc.  CDJ reacts as if the disk has been removed and it
"disappears".  As we have found out, it will reappear if the disk is
searched for. Even then, I have seen it take two searches on a particular
disk in one of my players to successfully pick it up, and identify it.  I do
not know what the right solution is, other than regularly search for missing
disks - perhaps this could be done in the background by CDJ while tracks are
playing (assuming more than one player).

Peter.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Andren" <dale@theandrens.com>
Cc: "Slinke-List" <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Disappearing Disks


> Hi List,
> I also have the missing disk problem. I have a CX-270 and it can occur
> anytime and its usually the same disks that get lost. Sometimes one or two
> are missing, sometimes up to 10 or so. Is this a problem Sony is aware of.
> How would you even begin to describe the problem to the tech if he was
> unfamiliar with Slinke? I am not opposed to paying for the logic board
> upgrade but what if the new logic board doesn't solve the problem. Is
anyone
> else having similar problems or have other solutions other than the logic
> board route?
> Thanks,
> Dale
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Tugender" <tugender@pacbell.net>
> To: "Mike Skubisz" <mskubisz@mediaone.net>
> Cc: "Slinke-List" <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 11:20 PM
> Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Disappearing Disks
>
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > I was having the identical problem with my CX-270.  If your problem is
> like
> > mine, though jumping through a few hoops (e.g., power-cycling the 270,
> > opening the access door and forcing it to re-inventory the carousel)
will
> > seem to restore the "lost" disks, eventually disks will start to
disappear
> > again, sometimes the same, often different ones.
> >
> > I just brought my CX-270 back from a Sony repair center with that
symptom
> at
> > the top of the problem list.  The center replaced the "C-board", the
> > "motherboard" for the CX-270, about the most radical repair that can be
> done
> > to a 270's electronics.  It's been back for a few days now and I haven't
> > seen a disk disappear since, longer than it would have taken to have one
> > disappear before.  As a side benefit, the 270 now appears to happily
> accept
> > the loading of memo information from CDJ, something it would do only
> > fitfully before.
> >
> > The flat rate for a CX-270 repair is $99.00 at a Sony repair center.
You
> > might consider this, as the 270 appears to degrade in ways that bring
> about
> > these symptoms.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ron
> >
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]
On
> > Behalf Of Mike Skubisz
> > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 8:07 PM
> > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com
> > Subject: [slinkelist] Disappearing Disks
> >
> > Periodically disks seem to "disappear" from my player/CDJ. They are
loaded
> > physically in the changer but they go away and the CDJ library shows a
"?"
> > in the disk location. If I rescan the changer they come back, although
> > sometimes a power cycle on the changer is required. Any thoughts? My
> changer
> > is a CX-270. Sometimes the disk even disappears while its playing.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
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