I have just purchased a supposedly perfect working order Century on Ebay only to find the  CD player does not work. When I load a CD it spins then stops, the clamper then opens for the CD to be removed all other functions work fine. Anybody have any ideas on how to rectify this before I put it in to B&O for a repair.

John.

are the transport screws still fitted? If so that would stop the player working. They should have been fitted before transportation and then removed before playing. Other than this you may have got a duffer I'm afraid.

johncollyer:

I have just purchased a supposedly perfect working order Century on Ebay only to find the  CD player does not work. When I load a CD it spins then stops, the clamper then opens for the CD to be removed all other functions work fine. Anybody have any ideas on how to rectify this before I put it in to B&O for a repair.

John.

Sounds like a CD mech issue. I have just had the same problem, they do not travel very well I am sorry to say. I am just using mine as a tuner because of the cost of repair. Couple of hundred quid scared me off repairing it for the time being.

  Having said that try cleaning the laser eye with a cotton wool bud first, may be as simple as that!

  Jonnie

Can't offer much more than previously advised but just one point. Are you trying to play standard commercial CDs or are you attempting to play CD-Rs, CD+Rs etc? These may have played fine on other units, but some players are choosy about playing recordable discs and will just reject them. 

wow i have had the exact same problem with my beosound 1 and i was going to send it in for repair today...untill i read this post. i just used a cotton bud and it works just fine now thanks!!!!!

foamywax:

wow i have had the exact same problem with my beosound 1 and i was going to send it in for repair today...untill i read this post. i just used a cotton bud and it works just fine now thanks!!!!!

Nice one, glad to be of help!

  Jonnie