I have a sony headunit and it has started to be very selective with the cd's that it will play, It wont play new cd's now, and wont play some old ones..its almost like is says "nope, thats a crap cd..i dont wanna play it "
it really sux as its only letting me play 2 cd's out of my collection..if I burn a cd, it will play perfect for a while, then wont play that at all too skipping and making weird noises (like jamming)...but again, put back in one of the ones that it likes...and perfect no skipping
well it could be cause sony are crap and awful and lousy and.....
oh wait, thats a different thread
*chuckles*
my suggestions
a)how old is it? could be the laser givin up
b)tried a cd laser cleaner, ive found they usually help in things like this when players start gettin selective on media....
c)fingerprints, scratched etc on the cds? or they all fine?
no No NO! ooohhhhh i knew it all along sony is poo.
I dont wanna buy a new head unit Ill give the laser clean a go, but me this has happened to other sonys that I have owned in other cars...
as this will probably not work...what headunit do people recomend that has good shock resistance (for bumpy drives) Im open to anything cause I have only really owned sony...except for a panasonic that blew up.
a) its about a year old
b) havnt cleaned it yet
c) dont matter what condition the cd is in...even new ones dont play. well maybe once..but some older cds still work fine
If the unit is year old, you have a manufacturers warranty for 1year so get it fixed for free! even if it is just out warranty I bet you can get it serviced for free if you bitched to sony
Pete is right, Pioneer make some top quality stuff, problem is with Alphine they deliver excellent products but usually overprice them for some reason.
ive been kinda put off panasonic (at least home stuff) because of faulty lasers on 3 seperate occasions, i really like to the blue dot matrix display though!!
I had the same pansonic unit as mikey & ruchi in the FTO before, & it plays up after 4-5mths, it won't play certain type of disc, & it reset itself every now & then. Before i had a chance to take it back for warrenty, some dumbass nick the panel, so now i put a VDO one in for the time been until i go back to Hong Kong.
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i've had my deck for nearly 7 months now and i've always been able to play all types of CDs (except VCDs or DVDs of course )....
it's just the overheating issue which is pissing me off, esp when it is being played at high volume for an extended period of time (say 30mins)... only way to overcome this is to flip the front plate open while it's playing so it can 'ventilate' LoL...
maybe the dot matrix display on my head unit looks too hot?? :P8):lol:
deadpool wrote:If the unit is year old, you have a manufacturers warranty for 1year so get it fixed for free! even if it is just out warranty I bet you can get it serviced for free if you bitched to sony
You've obvioulsy never tried to deal with sony
gpxx wrote:i got a panasonic deck and apart from intermittant overheating issues (possibly due to dodgy earthing) i have no probs with bumps either...
oh and it looks l33t with the blue dot matrix display!
it is pretty isnt it
ive got the same one and its worked flawlessly since day one
cool, thanks for the info. I found a nice pioneer on the weekend..havnt got it yet, but seeing as though everyone says pioneer is good , I am having another think about getting it.
mikey, if i was to search for the panasonic you have to get a pic, what would be the name of it?
I am the only person repairing Sony minidisk for whole of Victoria so yeah SilentBob I do deal with Sony and work for a Sony Service agent here so have seen plenty of work covered under warranty that is out the warranty period and is covered to keep good PR.
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skipping and making weird noises (like jamming)...but again, put back in one of the ones that it likes...and perfect no skipping 
:twisted:
sony is poo.
*looks at Ruchi* 
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