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Created:	Mon Feb 17 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Mar 03 1989
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1517
Total number of notes:	13349

1030.0. "Problem with a mini-CD" by TALLIS::MATSUOKA (Masamichi @LTN1) Tue Dec 29 1987 11:59

    
    Over the past weekend in New Jersey I bought a Delos mini-CD which contains
    Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1 and 5.  When I tried to  play
    the disc, the Magnavox CD9150 portable had no trouble reading the
    total number of tracks and the total playing time, but could not play
    any of the tracks: the servo kept searching for the first track for a
    few times and then quit. The disc has no obvious warps, flows, scratches
    nor dust. The only way I could play the mini-CD was to stack a standard
    size CD on top of the mini disc.   Has anyone had problems with mini-CDs?

    Masamichi

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1030.1		FSHQOA::SBEAUPRE	out the next	`Tue Dec 29 1987 12:51`	2
	I believe that there is a adaptor available for players unable to track mini-c.ds. The problem you are having is not unusual.
1030.2	Yup - you need an adapter	STAR::BIGELOW	Bruce Bigelow, DECnet-VAX	`Tue Dec 29 1987 13:53`	17
	.1 is right. I got the first of the Delos mini-CDs (numbered 2001) and it came with an "adapter" that they claimed was only needed for players with drawers. It snaps on the outside of the mini and makes it full sized. My D-7 didn't have a drawer, so I tried to play it without the adapter and it wouldn't play. Just for kicks, I put the adapter on and it played fine. Without the adapter it usually behaved as you described, but occasionally it would play the first few (inside) tracks, but not the outside 2 tracks. My conclusion was the the adapter was required for "mass" on my player and that the motor had trouble keeping a steady speed without the flywheel effect of the adapter. Since the D-7 is a portable, it doesn't have a very macho motor. I have never had any trouble with my mini-CD with the adapter on it. Bruce
1030.3		TALLIS::MATSUOKA	Masamichi @LTN1	`Wed Dec 30 1987 11:07`	6
	Re: .1 and .2 Thanks! I'll get an adapter for the mini-CD. Masamichi
1030.4		MENTOR::REG	It was 20 years ago next May	`Wed Dec 30 1987 17:36`	3
	Never mind the problem. Who is the performer ?
1030.5		SOFTY::HEFFELFINGER	Give my body to science fiction.	`Wed Dec 30 1987 21:50`	6
	Don't know a thing about the performer, but I just wanted to throw in what I read on the package of one of the mini CD's. It claimed that owners of portable players and certain full-sized players manufactured in 1988 (yes, 1988), won't need the adaptor. Gary
1030.6	I've got 2 too.	RHODES::BOYD		`Sat Jan 23 1988 00:11`	9
	I have bought two of the Delos mini CDs and they both have played fine with the adapter. I tried to play one without the adapter, but because my "boom Box" player loads vertically, I would have to move the whole unit to allow the cd to sit and then close the door. Once that is done the cd plays fine no matter what position the player is in. I think they are a great idea if they keep the price to $4.00 or less. I would not be suprised if this size cd becomes the new 'single'.