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[I_want_an_Omega]

I have a strange issue with the above. Over a period of a month or so the CDC2 will gradually die - by that I mean that it will be able to access fewer & fewer discs until eventually none at all.

I then swap it over with a spare CDC2 - which then works fine for another few weeks and then starts going the same way .............

All's well for another month or so until the replacement dies totally so I put the first one back again - it having done nothing except sit on a shelf in the meantime.

I've tried just unplugging either one when dead for a few days - but it seems it likes this nice long break to sort itself out.

I suppose I ought to replace the 700 - but would welcome comments .......

[Dave DND]

Check the earth connections - failing that could be a capacitor that is dying inside the head unit on the cd interface section.

Cant help much further as no longer got the manuals for that one

[twiglet]

I think I've got a CCRT700 and CDC2 from a MFL elite estate somewhere Rob.  If you get stuck let me know, and I'll try and dig it out for you. 

[I_want_an_Omega]

Thanks for the feedback guys - my plan is to start keeping records (written that is  ) about the failure mode and see if I can pin it down a bit.

I've actually got a "few" CDC2s and a 700 somewhere - so will have to go into detective mode methinks.

[TheBoy]

Suspect its the laser, although normally quite robust in those.

Mrs TB's Rover, before I severely shortened it by a couple of feet, had similar problem (Philips changer, dodgy lasers), worse in the winter. We had 2 changers, and just kept swapping them over every week or so. Always suspected that maybe the condensation forming on lens was just enough to push it over the edge 

[Dave DND]

Suspect its the laser, although normally quite robust in those.

Agreed, the Blaupunkts tend to either work or fail, seldom die slowly

The build quality of the CCRT700 was really piss-poor, and they do seem to suffer all sorts of gremlins along these lines - most commonly dried out caps or software bugs in the main microprocessor