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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
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rlb61 OP
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@elizabeth ... Thanks. My thoughts, exactly. 
rlb61 OP
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UPDATE ...IT WORKED!!!!! Burned the  screwed up disc to a CD-R and it plays like a charm. Many thanks to all for their suggestions and comments. A special "thanks a bunch" to jafant and elizabeth for the burning idea and the cogent explanation about the defective disc. Loving the GoGD circa '71 ... awesome!
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georgehifi
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UPDATE ...IT WORKED!!!!! Burned the screwed up disc to a CD-R and it plays like a charm.

What this tells me is the original disc had a problem (errors) that your MF players error correction couldn’t correct.
And by burning the original disc with I take it with a computer that player/burner had better error correction in it, threw in the 1’s or 0’s that were missing and made it playable for your your MF.

Cheers George
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jafant
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Thank You for the update - rlb61

are you excited about the new boxed set from the GD- Pacific Northwest 1973-74? I like any/all of 1974 strictly due to the "wall of sound" the band was hauling around at that historical time.


Happy Listening!

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