New Posts For Thread: Advice please about a CD problemhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31461681/advice-please-about-a-cd-problemI play a lot of CDs in the car and frequently change them. I put one in the other day and the message came up "CD error". I tried it in my CD player in the house but it wouldn't play there either. It is one of a Double CD so I tried the other one. SaDefinitely CDs, JC. And they worked fine before. I probably haven't played them for a few years. I find it strange that both don't work.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31461681/advice-please-about-a-cd-problem?post_id=555837181#555837181Definitely CDs, JC. And they worked fine before. I probably haven't played them for a few years. I find it strange that both don't work.Fri, 26 Oct 2018 09:59:46 -0500It does seem very odd. There is a little bit at the start (near centre) that has the info about what is on it then the actual tracks are laid out after that in a spiral. (Interesting little fact, the data per unit distance is the same so a music CD shttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31461681/advice-please-about-a-cd-problem?post_id=555837105#555837105It does seem very odd. There is a little bit at the start (near centre) that has the info about what is on it then the actual tracks are laid out after that in a spiral. (Interesting little fact, the data per unit distance is the same so a music CD sFri, 26 Oct 2018 09:52:30 -0500Can you play them on a computer? Computers generally have much higher quality lasers in them so you could always copy it to a re-writeable disk. Otherwise try giving it a good clean, you can even polish them with toothpaste to get out fine scratcheshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31461681/advice-please-about-a-cd-problem?post_id=555836845#555836845Can you play them on a computer? Computers generally have much higher quality lasers in them so you could always copy it to a re-writeable disk. Otherwise try giving it a good clean, you can even polish them with toothpaste to get out fine scratchesFri, 26 Oct 2018 09:03:30 -0500Thanks for that JC. There aren't any scratches and as far as I can ascertain there is nothing wrong with the top either. I find it strange that both CDs won't play!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31461681/advice-please-about-a-cd-problem?post_id=555836403#555836403Thanks for that JC. There aren't any scratches and as far as I can ascertain there is nothing wrong with the top either. I find it strange that both CDs won't play!Fri, 26 Oct 2018 07:49:34 -0500Two reasons a CD that used to work now doesn't are normally a scratch (most common reason) which if on bottom can be fixed with special polishes. The other reason is scratch on the top (taking off the aluminium that has the data) which is nigh imposshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31461681/advice-please-about-a-cd-problem?post_id=555832959#555832959Two reasons a CD that used to work now doesn't are normally a scratch (most common reason) which if on bottom can be fixed with special polishes. The other reason is scratch on the top (taking off the aluminium that has the data) which is nigh impossThu, 25 Oct 2018 15:01:42 -0500I play a lot of CDs in the car and frequently change them. I put one in the other day and the message came up "CD error". I tried it in my CD player in the house but it wouldn't play there either. It is one of a Double CD so I tried the other one. Sahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31461681/advice-please-about-a-cd-problem?post_id=555832357#555832357I play a lot of CDs in the car and frequently change them. I put one in the other day and the message came up "CD error". I tried it in my CD player in the house but it wouldn't play there either. It is one of a Double CD so I tried the other one. SaThu, 25 Oct 2018 13:40:35 -0500