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Ok, I've now had problems with two discs. So I'm trying to figure out if it's a warranty issue or not (or if they'll even take me seriously). This is the stock single-CD player (not the 6-disc changer).
First of all, aside from the two discs I've had problems with, all other CDs I've tried in the player have worked perfectly fine. It's just these two. And the two problem discs are both the actual official audio CDs--not burned, not MP3-CDs, not CD-Rs. And both are (or were) in perfectly good condition--few, if any, scratches or anything on the surface of the discs.
The first one was 'At The Soundless Dawn' by Red Sparowes. You know how some CDs will count down (-0:03, -0:02, -0:01) leading into the next track? This CD has long gaps (sometimes over 1:00) that contain interludes. The CD player will randomly just completely shut off in the middle of any one of these gaps, making it impossible to play the album all the way through. Just turns off, and I have to turn it back on. I figured this was an isolated case with a unique CD, and figured I'd live with it.
The second one, however, is the new P.O.S. album 'Never Better'. This one is a normal CD--no gaps between tracks, nothing. And I bought it brand new, perfectly clean, from the label themsleves. Within the first couple spins in my car, I noticed a ticking noise as the disc was spinning in the player, for the whole duration of the album. Didn't think much of it (again, figured it was just an anomaly I'd live with). However, tonight the CD started skipping on me. So I pulled it out and looked at it, and it was clean, but now had numerous light circular scratches over most of the surface. So obviously that ticking was something making contact with the disc itself. I wiped off the disc, put it back in, and now it won't even play--just says "check disc". So it appears that it essentially ruined a brand new CD.
So my questions are: Has anybody ever had any problems with their CD players, or even heard of this? Should I bring this to the dealership under warranty? Will they take me seriously, and believe my stories? Is it worth it to maybe have them take apart my whole deck and replace it just to get a couple CDs to work? Thoughts, ideas, anything welcome.
First of all, aside from the two discs I've had problems with, all other CDs I've tried in the player have worked perfectly fine. It's just these two. And the two problem discs are both the actual official audio CDs--not burned, not MP3-CDs, not CD-Rs. And both are (or were) in perfectly good condition--few, if any, scratches or anything on the surface of the discs.
The first one was 'At The Soundless Dawn' by Red Sparowes. You know how some CDs will count down (-0:03, -0:02, -0:01) leading into the next track? This CD has long gaps (sometimes over 1:00) that contain interludes. The CD player will randomly just completely shut off in the middle of any one of these gaps, making it impossible to play the album all the way through. Just turns off, and I have to turn it back on. I figured this was an isolated case with a unique CD, and figured I'd live with it.
The second one, however, is the new P.O.S. album 'Never Better'. This one is a normal CD--no gaps between tracks, nothing. And I bought it brand new, perfectly clean, from the label themsleves. Within the first couple spins in my car, I noticed a ticking noise as the disc was spinning in the player, for the whole duration of the album. Didn't think much of it (again, figured it was just an anomaly I'd live with). However, tonight the CD started skipping on me. So I pulled it out and looked at it, and it was clean, but now had numerous light circular scratches over most of the surface. So obviously that ticking was something making contact with the disc itself. I wiped off the disc, put it back in, and now it won't even play--just says "check disc". So it appears that it essentially ruined a brand new CD.
So my questions are: Has anybody ever had any problems with their CD players, or even heard of this? Should I bring this to the dealership under warranty? Will they take me seriously, and believe my stories? Is it worth it to maybe have them take apart my whole deck and replace it just to get a couple CDs to work? Thoughts, ideas, anything welcome.