Marantz 8260 CD/SACD


I bought this unit used about a year ago. I've never had ANY problems with it. Suddenly it's having trouble reading discs. It takes a long time to read it, then flashes "error", then starts up as normal. But then it will skip occasionally. I've tried unplugging it from the power source and then restarting it, but it still does it.
Any advice would be appreciated.
ecruz
Interesting that you mention the Sony. I just bought a Sony DVP-NS900V SACD/CD/DVD player on a recommendation from Paul at TRL. He says the modded Sony will "blow away" the Marantz. Even a modded Marantz.

I know the ModWright mods are more expensive than the TRL mods, but they've both received very good reviews. Does anyone know what the differences really are?

Still, I want the Marantz to function properly, for use as a back up or to sell, if I decide to go that route.

E-
Actually, it seems to have fixed itself. Someone in another forum posted that leaving it on all the time made theirs worse. So I turned mine off for a day and now it's fine. Go figure. Plus the discs that I was having the problem with were fairly scratched up. But I had played them many times before with no issue.

Anyway, seems to be fine now.
clean it using cleanning cd, you know, something like maxell. then it should be better
Well, it may have fixed your problem but my player does sound dramtically better when left on. Turning it on and off makes for a mighty long warm up period. Hopefully this is not the case for your player..

Chris
I've heard NOT to use those cleaning CD's. The article I read said they may knok the laser out of alignment. Has anyone experienced that?