Skipping on Meridian 506.20


I have about 6 years old 506.20. I burned a couple of CD-R's and tried to play it, but it skips every CD-R's. Also, I noticed that one of my original CD also skips.
Is 506 suppose to play CD-R's?
Can I clean the lens, how?
Is there any other laser adjustment or something, I can do it myself?
I would appreciate your help.
jlee8

Showing 1 response by johnmcelfresh

Some of the original Philips transports used by Meridian were shipped with the wrong lubricant - such as my 500 transport - and, with age, they become less forgiving. Eventually it will skip more and more.

A quick trip to Meridian (or a locally authorized service center) for an inexensive cleaning and re-lubricating did it for me.

The only other thing Meridian said it might have been was the laser module (it wasn't in my case). That's also not too expensive.

Good luck.

John