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[Webby the Bear]

Lizzie what does one do with this product? Is it a spray you spray in? I've got the exact same issue.

[STEMO]

It's a fickin disc! 

[Lizzie Zoom]

Lizzie what does one do with this product? Is it a spray you spray in? I've got the exact same issue.

It is a disc with one track with a line of tiny brushes. You put the disc in the changer in position 1 and it goes through track by track a series of diagnostic checks on your whole system, but one track is for cleaning.  It has worked well for me as it was so simple to use. 

[Webby the Bear]

Lizzie what does one do with this product? Is it a spray you spray in? I've got the exact same issue.

It is a disc with one track with a line of tiny brushes. You put the disc in the changer in position 1 and it goes through track by track a series of diagnostic checks on your whole system, but one track is for cleaning.  It has worked well for me as it was so simple to use. 

Excellent. I'll give this a go.  cheers lz

[TheBoy]

Having used similar before, just be aware that somethings the ones with the brushes make things worse.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Having used similar before, just be aware that somethings the ones with the brushes make things worse.

Make things worse?  How can it be worse than the unit not recognising any CD's inserted, let alone playing them?

[Doctor Gollum]

A lens cleaner cannot repair an oppsed lens. Not exactly rocket science... or news

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90496.0

[Lizzie Zoom]

A lens cleaner cannot repair an oppsed lens. Not exactly rocket science... or news

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=90496.0

No doubt that is the case, but my problem was as described above in my last post and the cleaner disc sorted it.

Webby Bear says he has the same problem, so hopefully it will work for him too

[TheBoy]

Having used similar before, just be aware that somethings the ones with the brushes make things worse.

Make things worse?  How can it be worse than the unit not recognising any CD's inserted, let alone playing them?

In most cases, both CD Changers fitted to Omegas (CDC2 and CDC3) start to get fussy on discs and temperature, but other discs/temperatures are fine.

The brush based systems are a bit barbaric, and can easily damage the lens coating or even the carrier completely.  The CDC3 (facelift) is particularly fragile.


Although in virtually 100% of all CDC3 changers not reading discs, its the focusing coils that are shot.  Unless the car was owned by a heavy smoker, the CDC3 is not a particularly dusty envirnoment, and every single one I've taken apart that wasn't owned by a smoker (as these are really obvious) have been pretty tidy inside.

At best, a brush system can only ever really be useful in removing specs of dust (would destroy the lens in a couple of rotations if it were more thorough), and IME, dust doesn't collect around the lens.


I'm really glad its (temporarily ) worked for you LZ , but the only method I could ever recommend to CDC3 owners in particular is stripdown and a proprietry lens cleaner...  ...or better still, laser replacement (fiddly, but not hard).

[TheBoy]

I probably should add I've stripped more CDC3's than I care to remember.  I need to take a photo of the shelves in my office here...  ...and this is the tiny amount I had left following the garage incident.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Having used similar before, just be aware that somethings the ones with the brushes make things worse.

Make things worse?  How can it be worse than the unit not recognising any CD's inserted, let alone playing them?

In most cases, both CD Changers fitted to Omegas (CDC2 and CDC3) start to get fussy on discs and temperature, but other discs/temperatures are fine.

The brush based systems are a bit barbaric, and can easily damage the lens coating or even the carrier completely.  The CDC3 (facelift) is particularly fragile.


Although in virtually 100% of all CDC3 changers not reading discs, its the focusing coils that are shot.  Unless the car was owned by a heavy smoker, the CDC3 is not a particularly dusty envirnoment, and every single one I've taken apart that wasn't owned by a smoker (as these are really obvious) have been pretty tidy inside.

At best, a brush system can only ever really be useful in removing specs of dust (would destroy the lens in a couple of rotations if it were more thorough), and IME, dust doesn't collect around the lens.


I'm really glad its (temporarily ) worked for you LZ , but the only method I could ever recommend to CDC3 owners in particular is stripdown and a proprietry lens cleaner...  ...or better still, laser replacement (fiddly, but not hard).

That's it, give me good news and cheer me up..........not!

[jarqo1981]

Hi! Can anyone advise me where I can buy discs ,,digital audio''? In shops I can see only ,,recordable'' verbatim, maxell etc. Regards