Problem with CEC transport

You should ask the American authorized service company that told me they were not allowed to work on a unit made for the Japanese market. I have no idea why!

Likely because it is regarded as a gray market good not intended for sale in the U.S. 

How do you know it is not the belt? I didn't use mine much, had a fresh belt but the belt "formed" from non-use. Do you use your unit regularly?  Will Audio-Union sell you a fresh belt? Shipping the unit to Japan is going to be expensive. 

Audio union will not ship me a new belt! The guy I talked to on the phone seemed pissed off that I had a unit made for the Japanese market. You are right, though, I did not use it very much and so the belt I had may well Have deteriorated. However I had a replacement belt that I believe came with the unit and, while it was very hard to install, I think I got it in and the same problem happened.

Stephan Sank at Talking Dog Transducers is one of the best techs in the country.  He has serviced my CEC TL2 before and did a GREAT job.  Highly recommended!

• Talking Dog Transducer Company
  2112 N. Dragoon St. #13
  Tucson , AZ 85705
• 520-409-4189

For the prices Audio Union asks for CEC CD players, they should be more accommodating. I almost bought a CDT (forget the model) before I went with my Technics CDP and the price at the time was around $1700. They even had package deal offers with belts, CD weights, etc. that made it more of better deal.

Then all of a sudden, their prices shot up while the ones from Japan stayed fairly consistent. It was around the time that CDPs and CDTs were making a big comeback and these forums were full of threads on what was best and what to buy. 

A long time ago some member here said it was just a matter of rewiring something near the IEC inlet that would make it suitable for US markets. I can't vouch for that but an online search showed others saying the same thing. 

All the best,
Nonoise