I bought a Panasonic five disc changer with tuner and cassette player in 2004 at Best Buy. It's compact and perfect for me because it's a no frills system.

About three weeks ago, I moved it from my bedroom to the living room and since the move, the cd player (all five disc slots) has been skipping like a little girl. I bought a Memorex CD/DVD player cleaner and have used it in every disc holder of the changer, twice. It still skips. I thought it was just due to burned discs since those usually scratch first, but it happened with a brand new Jam disc that I'd never listened to before.

Any ideas on how to fix this? Besides the skipping, it's still a good unit, so I don't want to trash it. Beyond cleaning the lens, I don't know what else to try. I don't have a warranty through Best Buy, so I don't even know how to do further repair to the lens. Any help would be appreciated.

It's not a "good unit" if it's skipping -- buy a new one.

i had a similar thingy

i could get it to stop skipping with a book under one of the legs
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im not making that up either

you wouldn't know a good unit if it hit you in the face

I guess by "good unit", I mean I can still listen to the radio on it (the local college station is great) and I can still listen to cassettes on it. Plus, I wire my DVD and TV through it and it works for that.

Plus, buying a new cd player isn't really in the budget.

seriously... try the book under a corner... just like an off balance table

will do.

i have heard of that working for a certain playstation game which i cant remember at the moment. a lot of people were reporting problems with it but turning the whole console on its side made the disc spin differently and fixed the problem. its worth a shot, id say.

How would you know? Has your face experienced many good units?

The reason I suggested it is cuz CD players are so inexpensive these days. I figured it would be worth a new one vs trying to have it repaired.

Get a fluffy towel and a level.

I thinking Jasmine is looking for a free (or close to it) DIY solution - buying something usually involves forking over some cash.

Oh, I know. I is po'.

get a sugar daddy to replace it.

Also, check in pawn shops, maybe you can get a replacement, or just a cd deck that you can plug into the ins on the back.

cats is on the right track--the fact that it started skipping when you moved it strongly suggests that the laser got jostled out of alignment in the move. hell, if you can't afford to fix/replace it, and nothing else works, i'd say try giving it a couple of slaps on the side to see of you can't unjostle it. of course, if this doesn't fix it, it will probably break it completely.

Never underestimate the potential in applying brute force to machines.

i have a rca cd alarm clock that won't play cd's anymore. whenever i try it, it makes this horrible clicking sound for about 10 seconds. i mean, i don't even have to put a cd in and it makes that sound. i'm thinking about taking it apart and fucking with it.

my vcr don't go unless you set a dead baby on top of it
i'unno

Beating the shit out of it sounds like a fine idea. That's basically how I got mine to work.

Mine didn't skip, but still... same shit.

dead babia/s

oh ye.s

I once had a buddy whose CD player would only work if you tapped it 3 times with a ruler, & then blew on it. I'm dead serious.

Are you playing your CD's thru the DVD player now? I guess you wouldn't have the "shuffle" option, but it beats nothing.

I didn't even think of this as an option. Thanks!

Giddyup...I know sometimes the most obvious solution is that last one you actually think of. lol.

My old changer did me well until the think started shooting sparks and damn near blew up. Ended up with a much better unit out of the deal though.

Percussive maintenance, yo.