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Graomi · Sep 17th, 2003, 04:20 PM

Has anyone else had problems with the standard CD Boost player.

Mine seems to be skipping quite a bit, especially on CDR's. before anyone starts in on me they are copies of my own CD's.

I have only just got the car and will get it back in the garage if it continues but I wondered if anyone else had had this problem?

G

scooterboy · Sep 17th, 2003, 06:05 PM

"especially on CDRs", or "only on CDRs"?

If the former, get a replacement from your dealer. Any car head unit should be able to play store-bought CDs without skipping (unless the CD is in bad shape).

If the latter, try burning with different brands/colors/speeds. Some car head units can be picky. Hopefully you can find a combination that will work.

Paul · Sep 17th, 2003, 06:20 PM

My Cooper's CD skipped a lot, my last 'S' skipped a fair bit, my new 'S' skips less, hardly ever. All on bought and paid for CDs.

Graomi · Sep 18th, 2003, 08:34 AM

I have been using CD's and CDR's both of which have been skipping, although the CDR's seem much more pro to skipping than the shop bought ones.

I will give it a few more days and a few more shop bought CD's to see.

Cheers

G

brett · Sep 18th, 2003, 08:37 AM

Have you thought to clean your laser lens? Even a small amount of dust can block one of the beams and therefore reduced the CD Players ability to read your CD while driving over bumps. Your laser lens should be cleaned every 20 hours of cd operation

Paul · Sep 18th, 2003, 08:45 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by brett

Have you thought to clean your laser lens? Even a small amount of dust can block one of the beams and therefore reduced the CD Players ability to read your CD while driving over bumps. Your laser lens should be cleaned every 20 hours of cd operation

Mine did this from new, mostly in the cold though, so could be partly a condensation issue?

brett · Sep 18th, 2003, 09:00 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Mullett

Mine did this from new, mostly in the cold though, so could be partly a condensation issue?

At work we find the cheaper head units jump sometimes when it's cold or hot, That is because the suspension is silicon based not oil based (like the Pioneers) and as it cold or hot the silicon loses it viscocity, therfore it doesn't absorb the shocks as well, or just faulty suspension we have had it before

Cheers
Brett

d1bble · Sep 18th, 2003, 06:04 PM

Ive found this jumping thingy too. Although it seems to have stopped this last week.

If it does comtinue...does anyone know the plan of attack? Will Sytners just take the car in, whip it out (while you wait) and pop in a new head unit?

Just curious

cristo · Sep 18th, 2003, 09:42 PM

My cassette player hasn't skipped yet, not even with back to back
potholes and rough roads.

Faz · Oct 3rd, 2003, 07:26 PM

Mine's skipped from day one.

Mentioned it to the dealer while having some other minor niggles sorted. They couldn't make it skip (suprise, suprise) but did offer to replace the head unit if my problem continued.

Skipping contiuned but it wasn't often enough to bug me so I didn't go to have the head unit replaced. However, the skipping has got much less frequent as time has gone on (MINI 8mths old now). It used to skip at least 3-4 times per album, now its more like once every few days. Maybe the head units are like a fine wine, they get better with age!!

Sep 17th, 2003, 04:20 PM	#1
Graomi MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Scottish Borders Local Time: 11:03 PM Posts: 12 Offline	CD Jumps Has anyone else had problems with the standard CD Boost player. Mine seems to be skipping quite a bit, especially on CDR's. before anyone starts in on me they are copies of my own CD's. I have only just got the car and will get it back in the garage if it continues but I wondered if anyone else had had this problem? G

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scooterboy MINI2 Master Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: NH Local Time: 07:03 PM Posts: 795 Offline	"especially on CDRs", or "only on CDRs"? If the former, get a replacement from your dealer. Any car head unit should be able to play store-bought CDs without skipping (unless the CD is in bad shape). If the latter, try burning with different brands/colors/speeds. Some car head units can be picky. Hopefully you can find a combination that will work. My MINI Mods

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Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 12:03 AM Posts: 41,266 Offline	My Cooper's CD skipped a lot, my last 'S' skipped a fair bit, my new 'S' skips less, hardly ever. All on bought and paid for CDs. There aint no party like my nana's tea party

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brett 1st MINI Owner in QLD !!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St George Local Time: 09:03 AM Posts: 2,438 Offline	Simple Idea Have you thought to clean your laser lens? Even a small amount of dust can block one of the beams and therefore reduced the CD Players ability to read your CD while driving over bumps. Your laser lens should be cleaned every 20 hours of cd operation 1968 Mk1 Morris Cooper S 1310cc Downton Lake Green - White 1974 Leyland Mini 1098c Country Cream 2008 MINI Cooper S Chilli Pepper White - Black Roof

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Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 12:03 AM Posts: 41,266 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by brett Have you thought to clean your laser lens? Even a small amount of dust can block one of the beams and therefore reduced the CD Players ability to read your CD while driving over bumps. Your laser lens should be cleaned every 20 hours of cd operation Mine did this from new, mostly in the cold though, so could be partly a condensation issue? There aint no party like my nana's tea party

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Sep 18th, 2003, 08:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
Graomi MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Scottish Borders Local Time: 11:03 PM Posts: 12 Offline	I have been using CD's and CDR's both of which have been skipping, although the CDR's seem much more pro to skipping than the shop bought ones. I will give it a few more days and a few more shop bought CD's to see. Cheers G

Sep 18th, 2003, 09:00 AM	#7 (permalink)
brett 1st MINI Owner in QLD !!! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St George Local Time: 09:03 AM Posts: 2,438 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Paul Mullett Mine did this from new, mostly in the cold though, so could be partly a condensation issue? At work we find the cheaper head units jump sometimes when it's cold or hot, That is because the suspension is silicon based not oil based (like the Pioneers) and as it cold or hot the silicon loses it viscocity, therfore it doesn't absorb the shocks as well, or just faulty suspension we have had it before Cheers Brett 1968 Mk1 Morris Cooper S 1310cc Downton Lake Green - White 1974 Leyland Mini 1098c Country Cream 2008 MINI Cooper S Chilli Pepper White - Black Roof

Sep 18th, 2003, 06:04 PM	#8 (permalink)
d1bble MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leicestershire Local Time: 11:03 PM Posts: 27 Offline	Ive found this jumping thingy too. Although it seems to have stopped this last week. If it does comtinue...does anyone know the plan of attack? Will Sytners just take the car in, whip it out (while you wait) and pop in a new head unit? Just curious

Sep 18th, 2003, 09:42 PM	#9 (permalink)
cristo BLIKSEM (my brg/brg mc) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: york, pennsylvania Local Time: 07:03 PM Posts: 2,210 Offline	My cassette player hasn't skipped yet, not even with back to back potholes and rough roads.

Oct 3rd, 2003, 07:26 PM	#10 (permalink)
Faz MINI2 Regular Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Worksop, Notts Local Time: 12:03 AM Posts: 249 Offline	Mine's skipped from day one. Mentioned it to the dealer while having some other minor niggles sorted. They couldn't make it skip (suprise, suprise) but did offer to replace the head unit if my problem continued. Skipping contiuned but it wasn't often enough to bug me so I didn't go to have the head unit replaced. However, the skipping has got much less frequent as time has gone on (MINI 8mths old now). It used to skip at least 3-4 times per album, now its more like once every few days. Maybe the head units are like a fine wine, they get better with age!!

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