So, I have been struggling with the CD player on a Beocenter 8500, a Philips CDM12.
The damn thing was acting quite nicely and playing like a charm, until suddenly it started skipping tracks forward and backwards.
Sometimes it gave a strange sound when starting, just like when the CD does not getting the right grip.
Dismantling the drive, cleaning, greasing and mounting -same sh**
Measuring the current from the PCB to the laserhead -everything within range.
The wife pops by the workshop with some coffee and calming words (she is a very nice person!)
Looks down at the drive while we are chatting and says, "That label, is it supposed to be there"
It turns out that the typelabel, which resides inside the drive, is 'floating' around because the glue holding it has dried out.
Remove the label, reassemble the BC8500 and Presto: The CD’s playing like never before.
Lex Jesper: Listen to your wife, and first of all, look out for dried labels before tearing everything apart.
