I have cleaned the lens with a lens cleaning disc and it worked better for a while. Now their is no effect on its ability to play the CD.
The laser pickup is at the end of life, the only option is to replace the whole assembily which would cost more than the machine is worth, far cheaper to replace.
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SOURCE: cd's always skip
You have done well for 10 years laser changes are in order
When a cd skips it is due to laser diode becoming weak over time not producing an original beam causing focus prolbems ,hence skipping discs
SOURCE: Lens Knocking Against The CD - All CDs skip or diginoise then fail.
Take the small back cover off and take some electrical grade contact cleaner and spray all around the lens area, that worked for me.
Mike
SOURCE: My Sony cd player spins but won't play. Cleaned
Those CD cleaners rarely work. They are nothing but small brushes on a plastic CD. Unless the problem is loose dust, they won't work. Try carefully opening up the unit and cleaning the lens using a cotton swab and alcohol. If that does not resolve the problem, post the model number and I'll provide the replacement optics part number and cost. Some units have replacement optics that cost less than $15. Dan
SOURCE: Pioneer PD-F100 Constantly Skips to Next CD
the problem is not the laser, but the cable that connects the laser to cd board, it is cracked..and will break connection when moved out from its home position, i have replaced a lot of cabes for this model..i know it well
In most cases when the CD does not play or is skipping it is possible that the optical head is a suspect. Sometimes it might pick up ordinary audio CD but will not play other formats. This indicates that the optical head is weak and so there is no detection or scanning of the CD . If the optical is working the tracks will be read immediately but with no scanning the laser head can be defective.
Sometimes certain cleaner disks will not be tracked to run for cleaning as it will not be read and so will reject. Hence it is ideal to manually clean the laser head eye using a cleaning swap /cotton bud with gentle pressure on the lens eye.
If there is no result then watch if the CD spins or tries to spin. If so the board seems to work unless a test is taken on the main board but the possibility of a defective optical head can be the suspected fault.
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