CD Player issue?

I was given a CD player as a gift recently. It's called the Pioneer PD-2000 LTD.

The lens had fallen out, but I was able to fit in back in easily.

The problem? Well it won't read any of my burned CD-Rs.

It reads original CDs very fast. Any reason why this might be the case?

Perhaps there is something else that can be done?

jackhifiguy08-12-2022 3:27pm

jackhifiguy OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 151 posts 08-12-2022 at 05:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @stereo5 Thank you for your answer. So you mean that you also had this problem with a Pioneer CD player not reading CD-Rs that were burned on a computer? So gluing the lens back in solved the problem? Well of course it did! The PD-65 reads the disc upside down, so you have to glue the lens in place. Currently the PD2000 LTD reads any original CD-Rs. The lens is on the bottom like a regular CD player.
jackhifiguy OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 151 posts 08-13-2022 at 01:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @stereo5 Thank you for clarifying. I appreciate it! Guess I will have to sell it then.
jackhifiguy OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 151 posts 08-24-2022 at 05:24pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I fixed the problem... Applied hand sanitizer that kills 99.9% of germs to both sides of a qtip, waited a few minutes, then wiped thr lens off on both sides using a microfiber cloth. Inserted thr lens back in to the optical pickup. And now it reads burned CDs and CDs that are original/store bought without any problems. I believe that past 1988, vintage CD players should still play CD-Rs. But some odd ones do not. And beyond that, it could simply be laser in the optical pickup that gets weaker due to overuse.