https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/30.aspxA Forum for Technical Help and Support on Bang & Olufsen products over 25 years old.enCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/195822.aspxSat, 11 Apr 2009 06:26:07 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:195822birgerbum0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/195822.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=30&PostID=195822<p>Hi steve</p> <p>Sorry my memory failed disregard what i wrote its not that kind of cd unit that the 5500 uses but still try to clean the laser pickup try to measure the electrolytic cap&#39;s on the big main pcb located on the left side of the 5500.-and change those who are suspecious and look for bad soldering</p> <p>Regards</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>jan</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/195809.aspxSat, 11 Apr 2009 04:50:36 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:195809birgerbum0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/195809.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=30&PostID=195809<p>Hi Steve</p> <p>Try to clean the laser pickup with propylalcohol on a clean soft antistatic cloth:many cd units of that age has problems reading cd&#39;s especially burned cd&#39;s i don&#39;t know how familiar you are with disassempling electronic units but if you are unmount the cd unit unmount the decoder print just under the&nbsp; cd unit take off all connections be very carefull with the flat cable its locked push the white part&nbsp; of the connection upwards and gently pull the cable up.then remove all elecrolytic cap&#39;s and mount new ones buy some of best quality be carefull to mount them with right polarity(+ /-) then reassembel the print to the unit put all connections in place and try.hope it works</p> <p>regards</p> <p>jan</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/195806.aspxSat, 11 Apr 2009 04:06:04 GMT41a2a90c-3a1e-4bd3-b144-3883695a7f38:195806StrangeSteve0https://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/thread/195806.aspxhttps://archivedforum.beoworld.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=30&PostID=195806<p>Hi All and happy Easter,</p> <p>Some years ago i bought a CD5500 of ebay. I live in North Wales (UK) although this was sold as 110v operation (it has a large 115v sticker&nbsp; on the rear). The bloke who I bought it off seemed quite genuine and stated on the advert that the sound was excellent etc....</p> <p>Anyway it arrived plugged it into a 110v step down ( not 115v but shouldn&#39;t really matter) and it doesn&#39;t function. The tray opens and the track light will come on , it will try and read the disk, then it stops.&nbsp; I did speak to the seller at the time who was sorry and would have give me a refund but for one reason or another I kept hold of it. </p> <p>If i remember the 5500 suffered more laser failures than the cd50, that said is bouncing around during shipping likely to cause a failure or could something be misaligned. Ive had the lid of and when it initially powers up the laser output seems very weak ( obviously not looked directly into it !!!!!! ).</p> <p>Im off for a couple of weeks and would really like to get it working so any help would be greatley appreciated.</p> <p>Regards</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Steve</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>