I have just bought a used CD3 player, but it is a bit temperamental when playing discs. I have bought a new puck to try and improve things, and now want to clean the transport. On this group I have seen people advise using Blu-Tak to clean things up. I don't have a manual for my player, and so don't know how I should go about the cleaning. Can someone advise?

Also, if anyone is able to get me a photocopy of a manual (I'll happily pay some dosh for it!) I would be most grateful.

Cheers,
William.

William

Blu-Tak is indeed the way to clean the transport. I had no manual for my CD3; the CD3.5 manual is virtually interchageable.

Welcome!

Rico - musichead

Yes, but what you actually do with it is wipe round the tiny turntable-thing. I think it works best if the Blu Tak is warm and sticky so a small amount of the adhesive is left on the ring that contacts th CD.

Malcolm

Hi William

I've got a copy of cd3 manual. If you can e-mail me your address, then I'll send you a photocopy of it.

ps: your email address seems not working

cheers

wan-chun

Naim have sent me manuals for gear I've bought secondhand. Why not emailthem?

All the best

David

I used to use bluetak to clean my CD3 transport until I accidentally pressed too hard one day and then it would not go round. Luckily I have a fantastic dealer (Basically Sound of Norfolk)who managed to prise the offending piece back up again.

What I do now is this:

The rubber feet of the puck become flattened with time and gain an eliptical shape which does not grip the CD as well as it should ( this happens more quickly if you leave CDs in the player when not in use ). The rubber feet can be easily removed by pushing them to one side. The rubber feet can then be rotated by 90 degrees and replaced by pushing them back onto the plastic retaining lugs with the aid of a very small flat head screw driver. This means that the rubber feet protrude out from the puck more and hence grip the CD with more force. This is basically turning a horizontal sausage shape into a vertical sausage shape.

I no longer let blue tak near my CD3 as this works better.

P.S. It would be very useful if Naim would consent to selling the above rubber feet, possibly in packets of three. My dealer says that these cannot be bought seperately and you must pay a tenner for a new puck. This is obviously not environmentally friendly (as it wastes resources ), so come on Naim do your bit for the environment and sell rubber feet,

General dusting of transport I used a camera lens brush that also puffed out air.I think you can also use the girly,s blushing brush but only if its new.

If you smoke then after a period of time a layer of tobacco gunge may well coat the lens.Being picckie?Hey get a clean cloth,turn off tele and clean screen.And you thought that the colour balence was off?I cleaned my lens every couple of months using a cotton wool swab with a bit of huff to mist lens.

The cd transport is a delicate piece of machinery manafactured to such exacting standards that light can be split.Treat it as such by being gentle.

I agree with everything about the puck which I prefere over the top hat thing on a CDS 1 where the rubber cannot be rotated as its glued in place.Not exactly enviromentally friendly and suffers from rubber deformation faster than the CD3 puck as its only got one rubber.

I,m currently designing and building a CD3 type puck to replace the top hat.

Hope this helps and good listening hooch

You guys have brought up a good point (actually it,s your fault hooch). Dear Naim, surely after so many years of faithful service my cds, lazer lens would like to be cleaned (with a liquid) right?

Can I safely do this at home and if so, with what.

forever yours,

dave

Dave I know I,m stating the obvious but liquids and an electric current through circuitry inevertably lead to a bang.

Anything that may coat the lens may well change the focus of the laser beam.

Before and after cleaning my lens with a huff of breath I never could tell if it made a difference but it sure did in the case of the tele.

To anyone else don,t use your finger as you,ll smear the lens.

Against liquids until Naim say otherwise
hooch

Dave,

When the lens on my CDS became somewhat grungy and dusty, I would use Kodak lens paper and lens cleaner, available at most photo shops to GENTLY clean the lens. Be careful and only apply enough pressure to lift the grime. Whatever you do, DON'T press down hard. I only had to do this once on my CDS and I just use compressed air on my CDSII.

Joe

Thanks guys,

I'll heed you're advice ! I wonder if the Salisbury gang has anything to add to this.

....trying to muster the courage to get some Kodak cleaning fluid and paper...hmmmmmm

dave