Name this Symptom

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Pioneer 604.

Put disk in, push PLAY. Load bearing type noise (no actual scratching of
media though).

Movie wont play from 1st few chapter stops but if you advance towards
the middle of the disk it will play OK until the end, where upon the
symptoms are repeatable on the other side.


Watcha' tinks wrong?


TBerk

Archived from groups: alt.video.laserdisc (More info?)

douglas pratt wrote:
> your tracking assembly has gone so far out of alignment that the laser head
> can no longer read the disc within the correctional tolerances of the
> focusing system. the player needs an alignment job, and there may possibly
> be a problem with one or both of the tracking servos. if all the hardware is
> good, it's not a big deal to fix this problem-- the player will have to be
> serivced by someone who knows what they're doing, and has the proper
> equipment to re-align the tracking. it could very well be as simple as one
> loose screw or wire.
> good luck with it---


OK, if this is true then all hope is not lost. I thought it might be the
main motor.



TBerk