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No sound from cdp.

I have a Marantz cd5001. I was just listening to a cd, took it out and put another one in. No sound. It spins, I can hear it, it's read, but no sound. I've tried this with several cd's with no sound. Any advice? I'm not in the financial position to buy a new cdp right now so I'd like to see if this one is repairable, before I launch it out my window.
sprink
dopogue
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This happened to me when I had a preamp that was very sensitive to static charges. It would mute itself and require a reboot before all was well again. If your room humidity is low, I'd suggest a room humidifier.
sprink OP
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Dopogue,

Interesting you mention static. When I took the cd out I was listening to, I "shocked" myself on my cd player from typical static after walking across the room. Perhaps that did it. The pre was fine, at least the tuner and my dac from the computer still worked, maybe it tripped something in the cdp.
dopogue
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It does sound like a static issue. When I was having this kind of problem with my former preamp and the humidity was low I could touch anything made of metal in my system and turn off the sound.

One temporary fix is to take a sheet of aluminum foil roughly 6 x 12", fold it over, put the CD you're about to play in the folded foil, and stroke it a couple times (I know, sounds like voodoo). This will tend to eliminate a static charge from the CD.
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