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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: theolodian on 07 March 2007, 18:35:06

Title: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: theolodian on 07 March 2007, 18:35:06
99 w/ 152K, so CD changer has been used a lot.  It is getting worse about randomly skipping, although this may be more on CDR's than original CDs.  What about plugging in an iPod instead?  Would that be cheaper than a new CD changer?  (I currently use the iPod on a tape adapter which works well.)  I do like using the CD changer for short trips since radio reception is not good around here, and the iPod is a pain for short trips.
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: TheBoy on 07 March 2007, 19:07:39
Try a different brand of CDRs, I had issues with some cheapo no brand stuff in the car, so I changed to a different cheapo no brand, with better results.  Still occasionally does it, or sometimes just insists a disc isn't there (requiring eject to get it to rescan for it), but not often...
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 10 March 2007, 11:22:48
Try a lense cleaner....if you have one.....

It might be that the pick-up is getting tired (although these seem to last very well...)
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: theolodian on 10 March 2007, 13:44:30
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Try a lense cleaner....if you have one.....
Cheers, Ill see if I can find one.
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: Bo Bo on 10 March 2007, 14:35:36
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Try a lense cleaner....if you have one.....
Cheers, Ill see if I can find one.
Worked for me, you can use mine if you don't find one  :)
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: theolodian on 10 March 2007, 17:17:27
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Try a lense cleaner....if you have one.....
Cheers, Ill see if I can find one.
Worked for me, you can use mine if you don't find one  :)
Cool, I'll be in touch.  You ever get yours running right?
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: Bo Bo on 12 March 2007, 14:39:49
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Try a lense cleaner....if you have one.....
Cheers, Ill see if I can find one.
Worked for me, you can use mine if you don't find one  :)
Cool, I'll be in touch.  You ever get yours running right?
The CD player is fine (except for certain CDR's), car's still rough........
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: x25xe on 12 March 2007, 15:33:02
I had exactly this problem - the unit never skipped, but would not recognise my CD-R discs.  There were not cheap brands but Verbatim.

I tried the lense cleaner several times but this did not cure the problem.

In the end, I got so fed up, I installed a complete Pioneer set up.
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 25 March 2007, 14:02:54
I've had problems with Tesco's CDRs, they are sh*te in the Omega changers....

Sometimes it would take 5 mins to pick up a CD..

Any others are OK for me though...
Title: Re: CD changer getting worse about skipping
Post by: bear33 on 05 April 2007, 13:39:14
if you are copying to cdr's on your own computer. check how fast it is recording at. most cheap discs are between 4-12x speed. if your pc is copying at faster it may cause it to skip