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CD problem with transport. Please help

I have a Talk Thunder CDP3.1b and am enjoying it but it recently started doing something odd. At 2 to 10 seconds into the beginning of a disc the transport will skip back to the begining of the disc and start over. It may do this once, twice and sometimes three times and then play the entire disc without further problems. What could be the culprit of this quirk? If it were the laser failing wouldn't the cd's played skip at random throughout a disc, any disc. I find that once the player has successfully gone through the first 10 seconds or so that the problem does not happen further. Could it be because my player is on cones? I hope anyone can help with this. I am thinking there may be something like a hair stuck in the works by the beginning of a cd. As it passes past 10 or so seconds there is no apparent problem. Please help.
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mitchb
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czbbcl
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Audphile1 makes a good point about dusting of the lens while you are in there but lubricating the rails, if indeed this player has them, will not cause oil to fling around inside the player when the disc spins. By design this is impossible. The service manual to my scd-1 says to lubricated the rails when performing maintenance on the player.

Chuck
saki70
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All great answers , but ...
I have had transport problems in the past . They would start out with something small , as yours . With continued use the problem would grow to the point of not working ! The transports could not be repaired and were replaced !

Why not just wait to see if the problem gets worse as mine did . If it is still under warranty , call the customer service dept. and notify them .

Good luck .
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czbbcl
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Well of course it will get worse with continued use. If something is binding and putting excess load on the motor eventually it is going to fail which is why it needs to be addressed now rather than later. It is not going to heal itself.

Chuck
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mitchb OP
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I was able to bring the player to a Sony repair shop as the transport is a Sony and this shop would have access to Sony parts. This shop specializes in audio repair so I feel comfortable.
saki70
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Czbbcl ; "Eventualy" is true . Maybe I wasn't as descriptive as I should've been !
I am refering to the problem getting continually worse in a relatively short time period of just a couple of hours . According to the repair facility it was not something that could have been addressed early on with any type of repair . This has happened more than once ! Luckily all were under warranty !

Good luck Mitchb .
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