I love my SA-PM 18, but my playback has started skipping and repeating. It is not the discs. Is there anyway I can clean this, or have it cleaned?

CD lens cleaner CDs do not work, they just damage the laser assembly.

Hi,
Do you mean DVD jumps / skips forward in playback?
If yes, please clean optical laser lens in player. It sounds optical lens has thin layer of dust and causing ' tracking error ' in playback.
Put CD Lens Cleaner disc in player and press play to clean optical lens by cleaning disc and if problem still exist, need to clean lens manually with good quality cotton bud.
Hope this will solve your problem.
Thanks.

Kind of sounds that way. They are pretty inexpensive now days, and simple to install.

Good luck

It is likely that the laser head is very dirty, you could try a cleaning disc to see if that helps the situation at all.

what did u mean by cd's jumping... is it physically jumping.. or is it skipping ...?
Mostly it wud be the wear and tear of the rubber inside.. rubber inside in the sense the motor's belt..

Skipping can be the loss of tracking information or a bad motor. Try cleaning the lens using a cotton swab and alcohol. Also, look at the rails that the optics ride on. clean those using a dry cotton swab. There should be small gears close by that move the optics along the rails. Make sure that the teeth are clear.

Keep us posted on your results.
Dan

Try to clean the head by using Head cleaning casatte,if the problem remains same .The head is week .For more information u can call 9448259620

have same problem, get dvd error message "disc error unable to read disc

Take the small back cover off and take some electrical grade contact cleaner and spray all around the lens area, that worked for me.

Mike

Thank You Guest, this this solution is helpful, I clean the head with alcohol and the problem is solved.
And thanks for FixYa for the technical support.