New member Username: Westla
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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 16:12 GMT When I play a CD, it works for about 30 seconds and breaks up. Over the phone with Bose service rep, asked me to read serial no. When I turned it over it played perfectly. Any ideas that might be ease to do?
Bose wants $250 to fix it. |
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Silver Member Username: Magfan
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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 17:16 GMT Some kind of laser tracking problem? Dust/grunge which is fixed when you unload a bearing......gravity!
Is it feasible to just LEAVE it upside down? Quite a conversation piece, if nothing else. When it goes south again, flip it back over!
If you are in the least handy and lucky, I'd be tempted to crack the case and have a look. I wouldn't go further than cleaning out any obvious dust bunnies.....Q-tip and maybe a quick squirt of air from one of those bubble/brush guys photographers use. The Canned Air should NOT be used. Spray some on a nice clean / clear glass and you'll know why. They leave a nasty residue. If you got that on a laser head.....the emitter/reader part, you've had it and would need to be able to do work at a pretty clean level to fix..... |
Gold Member Username: My_rantz
Gold CoastAustralia
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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 21:35 GMT or move to Australia  |
Gold Member Username: Jrbay
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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 21:36 GMT |
Silver Member Username: Ezntn
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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 23:05 GMT Then he could play it right side up MR
But they'd be dust wallabys .. not bunnies |
Gold Member Username: My_rantz
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Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010 - 23:38 GMT Hey we have bunnies here as well, Bryan.
But I think we have dust wallabies in our house. You get rid of it and it soon hops back. Lol! |
Silver Member Username: Magfan
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Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 07:23 GMT Nice:
Lance, Ignore the above 4 posts......they (white coat types) let them out on weekends where they do nothing but eat pizza and drink to excess.
Have you cracked the case? Dusty? |
Gold Member Username: My_rantz
Gold CoastAustralia
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Posted on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 07:37 GMT Who's Dusty? Don't you mean Sherlock, Leo?  I had an old Technics CD player and the tray wouldn't open unless it was upside down. Took the elastic pulley belt off and replaced it with a rubber band. Worked for ages after that. Point is, sometimes it's a simple fix other times not. As Leo suggests, if you can open it and investigate you may be surprised what you find. But if you open it and don't like what you see. Shut it up.  |
Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
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Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 00:41 GMT This is the coolest thread I've read in a long time. |
Silver Member Username: Magfan
USA
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Posted on Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 04:18 GMT I want to know how this turns out. Imagine! A problem with Bose! Un thinkable.
This reminds me of a neighbor who had a dog that was so ugly he made it walk around backwards.
It's a very helpful thread, too.
I'll stand by my original suggestion until I hear how it looked when the case was opened. |
Gold Member Username: Dmitchell
Ottawa,
Ontario
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Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 11:29 GMT The admin should start a "Broken or Wonky Bose Component" category for the forum. |
Platinum Member Username: Nuck
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Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010 - 19:07 GMT Refer to Burgess in subwoofers, haha!
Good work Mark! |
