Hudson Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Ok, not much money spent but i bought the above player off ebay from a seller with zero feedback so i guess i should have guessed. Got it last night and knew straight away it was faulty when i head a lot of strange whirls and noises, its saying read error when i put the disc to play, i have tried a few discs and none work. Can this be fixed or is it just a dead duck ? I will of course contact the seller but i think my small outlay of cash has gone, i will leave bad feedback. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim.hoggarth Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 Hi Hudson The N1 is a good machine until the cases get bent. Are there any gaps between the main body and the pop-up lid? this is a definite sign of bending. Even mild bending can cause major mechanism problems. Assuming the metalwork is fine, I would guess the problem is with the optical pickup. Could be the sled motor, which can give similar faults, or indeed the spindle motor not coming up to speed. These machines also famously suffer from the cracked overwrite head cable problem, but of course you wouldn't get to see this if you can't even read discs, let alone write to them. And check the battery contact under the battery access flap. Often these are corroded to hell and covered in green fluff! A repair needn't be too expensive. I currently fix these for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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