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

1271.0. "CD360 that "crashed"" by MARVIN::WARWICK (DNA puts life into your network) Sat Jul 16 1988 16:50

    
    A strange thing happened to my Philips CD360 the other day - it stopped
    responding to any of the controls. I had pressed "Next track" on the
    remote handset, and it didn't do anything. None of the other controls
    on the remote handset did anything either, so I assumed the batteries
    were going flat, and walked over to the machine and pressed "NEXT
    TRACK" on the front. That didn't work either ! 
    
    In fact, none of the front panel controls worked, although the machine
    was still quite happily playing the disc that was in it. After powering
    it off and on, it started working properly (rebooting computers often
    fixes things...). Has anyone else seen anything like this ? 
    
    Trevor
     
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1271.1LESLIE::LESLIESat Jul 16 1988 17:355
    Yes. My Aiwa got confused like that as the batteries on my remote
    were dying. I assumed it had recxeived a partial code and was waiting
    for the rest - bit like a partial escape sequence I guess.
    
    a
1271.2Sony tooSTAR::BIGELOWBruce Bigelow, DECnet-VAXSat Jul 16 1988 22:518
    My Sony D-7 and D-15 have both done this on occasion - no remote
    involved.  Power-up reboot fixes it for me, too.  Usually this happened
    when I'm driving - watching where I'm going and trying to control
    the player by feel.  I don't know what I do to confuse it, but whatever
    it is it does a good job!
    
    B
    
1271.3Displays tooWONDER::STRANGENo sense of harmonyMon Jul 18 1988 11:145
    My Magnavox 650 has bugs in the remaining-time display code.  Sometimes
    it displays things that aren't numbers, or displays some huge number
    which couldn't possibly be right.  If I play the same disc again,
    the problem usually goes away.
    			Steve
1271.4Me too...LARVAE::BRIGGSThey use computers don't they?Wed Jul 20 1988 06:598
    I have a Phillips CD450 (or is it 460, can't remember) with remote
    control. I seem to remember that that crashed one day. I can't remember
    the circumstances and it never happened again but the events you
    describe sound familiar. I've had the machine 18months now so I'm
    not too worried.
    
    Richard
    @snam, basingstoke