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Anonymous   06-09-2004 at 04:19:33 AM

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I purchased a Creek CD43 MKII last year and have been having
intermittent problems with it. There are certain discs that it just will
not
read, both burned and commercially manufactured. I've had this
experience with other players in the past, but it usually results in a
"no disc" readout on the display and that's the end of it.
With the Creek unit, the disc spins and spins, and then ten seconds
later it just switches into "standby" mode - the power indicator
turns from green to amber and you then have to turn the player back
on to eject the disc.

Does this sound like a malfunction to you?

One of the Creek tech guys claimed that "there is no way of
controlling what the player does when you attempt to play a
media/copy protected disc". I'm just looking for a second
opinion, I guess, or any insights from the group.

thanks much

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Anonymous   06-09-2004 at 10:33:41 AM
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On 6/8/04 6:19 PM, in article ca5e1l01qq5@news2.newsguy.com, "Santos L
Halper" <dirtwhale@att.net> wrote:

> I purchased a Creek CD43 MKII last year and have been having
> intermittent problems with it. There are certain discs that it just will
> not
> read, both burned and commercially manufactured. I've had this
> experience with other players in the past, but it usually results in a
> "no disc" readout on the display and that's the end of it.
> With the Creek unit, the disc spins and spins, and then ten seconds
> later it just switches into "standby" mode - the power indicator
> turns from green to amber and you then have to turn the player back
> on to eject the disc.
>
> Does this sound like a malfunction to you?

Yes it does - but as you said below that copy protectd discs are not Redbook
and Creek players, older ones at least, are noted for this.

I believe the players use CD-ROM drives instead of transports from the major
OEM's.

> One of the Creek tech guys claimed that "there is no way of
> controlling what the player does when you attempt to play a
> media/copy protected disc". I'm just looking for a second
> opinion, I guess, or any insights from the group.

If it is any consolation, the newer ones play copy protected disks - I don't
know if the Creek players can be retrofitted.

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chung   06-10-2004 at 05:47:28 AM
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Santos L Halper wrote:
> I purchased a Creek CD43 MKII last year and have been having
> intermittent problems with it. There are certain discs that it just will
> not
> read, both burned and commercially manufactured. I've had this
> experience with other players in the past, but it usually results in a
> "no disc" readout on the display and that's the end of it.
> With the Creek unit, the disc spins and spins, and then ten seconds
> later it just switches into "standby" mode - the power indicator
> turns from green to amber and you then have to turn the player back
> on to eject the disc.
>
> Does this sound like a malfunction to you?

Definitely. The player should not go into standby mode by itself. Some
players are very picky about CD-R's, and some will not play dirty discs,
but they should not turn itself off.

>
> One of the Creek tech guys claimed that "there is no way of
> controlling what the player does when you attempt to play a
> media/copy protected disc". I'm just looking for a second
> opinion, I guess, or any insights from the group.

The tech guy is clueless.

>
> thanks much

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