Hi,

I have got an old (early 1990s) Denon CD Player (DCD-1460) wich seems
to function allright but then starts to loose tracking during play. As
the player plays a track it will skip back within that track, that is
when playing track 3 it will skip back within track 3 only. I can not
recall an occurrence that it skipped back from say track 3 to track 2;
also I can't recall it skipping forward.

Does anyone recognise these symptoms and is there a way to fix the
problem ?

I tried the service option but was advised that the laser was 'worn' -
I do not rate their expertise.

Thanks for your help

Pieter.

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Hi,

I have got an old (early 1990s) Denon CD Player (DCD-1460) wich seems
to function allright but then starts to loose tracking during play. As
the player plays a track it will skip back within that track, that is
when playing track 3 it will skip back within track 3 only. I can not
recall an occurrence that it skipped back from say track 3 to track 2;
also I can't recall it skipping forward.

Does anyone recognise these symptoms and is there a way to fix the
problem ?

I tried the service option but was advised that the laser was 'worn' -
I do not rate their expertise.

Thanks for your help

**Replace the laser. It's worn. The slide rails may require cleaning, but,
in all probability, it needs a laser.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

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Hi,

I have got an old (early 1990s) Denon CD Player (DCD-1460) wich seems
to function allright but then starts to loose tracking during play. As
the player plays a track it will skip back within that track, that is
when playing track 3 it will skip back within track 3 only. I can not
recall an occurrence that it skipped back from say track 3 to track 2;
also I can't recall it skipping forward.

Does anyone recognise these symptoms and is there a way to fix the
problem ?

I tried the service option but was advised that the laser was 'worn' -
I do not rate their expertise.

Thanks for your help

**Replace the laser. It's worn. The slide rails may require cleaning, but,
in all probability, it needs a laser.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au


Disagree, at least initially.

Many such problems are fixed with routine maintenance. Cleaning the lens,
cleaning and relubing moving parts such as the rail(s), gears, lubing the
spindle motor, etc fixes many if not most such problems.
The tip-off to me is the "skipping back" which usually occurs when the sled
motion is impaired.

Also, some Denons do need focus and tracking gain adjustments redone to
compensate for pickup and circuit aging. This is ONLY done by a technician,
since it requires an external sine wave generator and filter circuit to be
connected to the unit under test. Unknowledgeable attempts don't fly with
these.

Mark Z.

I had similar problems with my DCD-800 (late 1980s). It would sometimes not
play certain CD's at all. It was just a matter of re-adjusting the servo
electronics. It is described in the service manual and is not very hard to
do. I've done it a few times. It does require some equipment like an
oscilloscope. Don't remember exactly what but nothing too fancy. I used some
equipment at work. The service manual is essential though as the whole
procedure is described in there. Don't try it without the service manual.
You need to bring the player into test mode, hook up the equipment and
adjust some pots.

Menno


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Hi,

I have got an old (early 1990s) Denon CD Player (DCD-1460) wich seems
to function allright but then starts to loose tracking during play. As
the player plays a track it will skip back within that track, that is
when playing track 3 it will skip back within track 3 only. I can not
recall an occurrence that it skipped back from say track 3 to track 2;
also I can't recall it skipping forward.

Does anyone recognise these symptoms and is there a way to fix the
problem ?

I tried the service option but was advised that the laser was 'worn' -
I do not rate their expertise.

Thanks for your help

Pieter.

On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:47:48 -0500, Menno wrote:

I had similar problems with my DCD-800 (late 1980s). It would sometimes not
play certain CD's at all. It was just a matter of re-adjusting the servo
electronics. It is described in the service manual and is not very hard to
do. I've done it a few times. It does require some equipment like an
oscilloscope. Don't remember exactly what but nothing too fancy. I used some
equipment at work. The service manual is essential though as the whole
procedure is described in there. Don't try it without the service manual.
You need to bring the player into test mode, hook up the equipment and
adjust some pots.

Menno

Silly question maybe but: Where do you get service manuals? Do you just
call the manufacturer and tell them that you want to buy (I guess
they don't give them away) a service manual for a certain piece of
equipment?

/Martin (owner of a Cambridge (says Sony under the hood) CD-player
that acts up at times)

Denon has parts distributors like Pacific Coast Parts and Tritronics. One
calls them and orders the manual, assuming it is still available.

Mark Z.


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On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:47:48 -0500, Menno wrote:

I had similar problems with my DCD-800 (late 1980s). It would sometimes
not
play certain CD's at all. It was just a matter of re-adjusting the servo
electronics. It is described in the service manual and is not very hard
to
do. I've done it a few times. It does require some equipment like an
oscilloscope. Don't remember exactly what but nothing too fancy. I used
some
equipment at work. The service manual is essential though as the whole
procedure is described in there. Don't try it without the service manual.
You need to bring the player into test mode, hook up the equipment and
adjust some pots.

Menno

Silly question maybe but: Where do you get service manuals? Do you just
call the manufacturer and tell them that you want to buy (I guess
they don't give them away) a service manual for a certain piece of
equipment?

/Martin (owner of a Cambridge (says Sony under the hood) CD-player
that acts up at times)

Martin Schöön wrote:
On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:47:48 -0500, Menno wrote:

I had similar problems with my DCD-800 (late 1980s). It would
sometimes not play certain CD's at all. It was just a matter of
re-adjusting the servo electronics. It is described in the service
manual and is not very hard to do. I've done it a few times. It does
require some equipment like an oscilloscope. Don't remember exactly
what but nothing too fancy. I used some equipment at work. The
service manual is essential though as the whole procedure is
described in there. Don't try it without the service manual. You
need to bring the player into test mode, hook up the equipment and
adjust some pots.

Menno

Silly question maybe but: Where do you get service manuals? Do you
just call the manufacturer and tell them that you want to buy (I guess
they don't give them away) a service manual for a certain piece of
equipment?

Call the importer/distributeur or a service centre of the brand. That's how
I got mine. I recently purchased the service manual of the DVD-3910 so I can
do some modifications to the audio circuits. Wasn't very expensive. You also
might be able to get a service manual off the web. There are a few sites
that offer them in pdf. Do a search.

Menno

Thank you all for your input. I will try a few of your suggestions and
see how far I get.
Regards
Pieter