Marantz dr-17 any disc i put in it says no disc

CD-R's must be made for and imprinted with the words "digital audio". Blank DATA discs will not be used. Do you have the manual?

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Marantz-DR6000-manual/id/511bh840/t/2/

You have to take case/lid off and see what is jamming drawer. Its binding on something and putting a disc in when 3/4 open isn't going to fix it

DR-6000 only accepts CD-R audio or CD-R music discs, not the standard CD-R discs. the difference is that the audio and music discs have the OPC formatted differently and they cost a bit more because they include the royalties fee. Standard CD-R discs won't work in this recorder. The correct discs have compact disc "digital audio" logo on them.

check the manual for what types of discs you can use.

still awaiting your reply on my last feedback to you

laser failure on the recording side is very common on marantz and philips cd recorders.
they're well known for it.
so it's most definately the laser in your case.

hope this helps.

Here is the service manual for it: https://www.manualslib.com/manual/992989/Marantz-Dr4050.html

have a look on ebay for a cheap working donor recorder as spares are very expensive and very hard to get hold of.
i'm guessing your recorder either doesn't read discs, or it won't eject? which is very common and means either the servo board is faulty or the laser.

The following recorders i know off hand for a donor mechanism are:

MARANTZ DR-6050
PHILIPS CDR-775
PHILIPS CDR-770

if it proves to be just a faulty laser, all 3 of the above have the same laser unit.
if it proves to be a faulty servo board, all 3 have the same servo boards except if you fit one out of a philips model it will show 'PHILIPS CD RECORDER' on the display at power up but will still work nontheless.
obviously if a marantz is found it will show 'MARANTZ CD RECORDER' as normal.

hope this helps.

The optics are most likely defective. Yes you will need to replace the optics assembly. I don't have a location for parts outside of the US, but you should be able to locate a parts distributor for Marantz in Europe.
Dan

The functions are the same as the cdr870/880 philips unit - google for that and you should be able to work it out from that manual.