CD Player issue?

@stereo5

Thank you for your answer. So you mean that you also had this problem with a Pioneer CD player not reading CD-Rs that were burned on a computer?

So gluing the lens back in solved the problem? Well of course it did!

The PD-65 reads the disc upside down, so you have to glue the lens in place.

Currently the PD2000 LTD reads any original CD-Rs. The lens is on the bottom like a regular CD player. 

My PD65 could not read CD-R disks either before or after gluing the laser in place.  I was under the assumption that your player also had the "stable Platter".

@stereo5 

Thank you for clarifying. I appreciate it! Guess I will have to sell it then.

I fixed the problem...

Applied hand sanitizer that kills 99.9% of germs to both sides of a qtip, waited a few minutes, then wiped thr lens off on both sides using a microfiber cloth.

Inserted thr lens back in to the optical pickup. And now it reads burned CDs and CDs that are original/store bought without any problems.

I believe that past 1988, vintage CD players should still play CD-Rs. But some odd ones do not. And beyond that, it could simply be laser in the optical pickup that gets weaker due to overuse.

I just want to  ask you A burned CD might not work in your car's CD player for a few reasons, all related to the media type (for example, CD-R, CD-RW, or DVD-R), music format, burn method, and the head unit's capabilities. Some head units are touchier than others, and some recognize a limited set of file types.