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CD Player Won't Read One CD Only

So, I have an original MF Nu Vista 3D CD player (bought new in 2003), and it has worked flawlessly. Yesterday, I wanted to play a CD (Disc 1 from Grateful Dead Road Trips, Summer '71), and the player won't read the disc. It just keeps whirring and then reads "No Disc." I tried the disc in the car and the computer and it plays fine. I've subsequently played a bunch of other discs in the MF and there's no problem. So, is the player starting to go and, if so, what can be done about it? Or, is it just this one disc since everything else has and continues to play without a hitch? Thanks for your advice.
rlb61
trelja
3,223 posts
 
@jafant "try burning a CD-r copy and attempt to play that disc in your MF player."

+1. Perfect advice.

@rlb61 because you don’t have an issue with any other disc, I can assure you there’s nothing wrong with your laser, and nothing to worry about. It’s just one of those things with this particular disc...
goose
701 posts
 
I would recommend cleaning the disc and trying it again. 
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rar1
1,784 posts
 
Funny enough ... I have a MF CD PRE 24 from 2003 and the laser started speeding up the playback of Paul Simon's Live Rhymin' for the first time ever a few weeks ago.  No other CD was misplayed.  No other CD player misplayed the Paul Simon disc.  

I used a SONY CD lens cleaner and that did the trick.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00080H5WI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Rich 
rlb61 OP
789 posts
 
@rar1 ... After some research, I'm concerned that a lens cleaner will do more harm than good, particularly to the MF itself. I'm gonna try the suggestion of burning a copy of the offending CD and then playing it in the MF. If that works, then mission accomplished.
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tpreaves
2,686 posts
 
Try repositioning the disc in the tray. This always works on my old Marantz player. YMMV
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