There is no difference in most lens cleaners made nowadays, as most are designed to clean CD, DVD, Blue-ray, and other CD or DVD lens types. If the item comes direct from a manufacturer, it may be delivered in non-retail packaging, such as a plain or unprinted box or plastic bag. I'm delighted with it, bearing in mind it was new this year, and succeeded a much loved Krell KAV300 now almost 20 years old. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. Once you have access to the tray that holds the CD, look for small catches or screws holding down the plastic cover over the lens assembly.

You should see a small, circular lens to one side of the spindle, similar in size to the camera lens on a phone. Kind of like the tone arm on a record player sticking rather than a dull needle ( which would affect sound throughout the recording). you put the solution on 1 brush (it tells you which) and the other, i presume wipes it dry/polishes it. Tease the end out slightly and lightly moisten (not wet), then gently clean the lens using a slow spinning action on the bud. If your Windows computer is failing to run CDs, you might have a software problem rather than a dirty CD drive.

The moving part is just a lightweight plastic lens that is moved by the solenoids in front of the fixed laser. You may need to update your firmware to fix a bug, or to allow your computer to play new types of discs. I personally won’t copy at greater than 4X for audio and still use 650 MB CDs as long as I can find them.

Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.In most cases, a cleaner disc is less effective than the methods above, and a low-quality disc could even cause more damage. But how do you access the laser lens - do you have to open up the cd player or just open the cd drawer? Even then, it's unlikely to do so unless you put your eye quite close, or stare at it for a long time.

If the CD drive is tray-loaded, open the tray and disconnect the power cable without switching it off from the power button. when I record a CD, it'll play on a couple of my CD players, but in others (like my car CD player) it sounds all static-y and eventually won't play the whole CD.I played the home made version three times before the sides of the material turned blackish due to dust. They'll all much of a muchness, in that they're just cds with a line of soft bristles on the playing surface, but you'll pay a premium for the big names like Sony or Maxwell. Well, was I going to take the unit apart to see if I could see what the problem might be, or spend just a little bit of money to see if cleaning the lens would do the trick. Furthermore, the kit comes with a cleaning fluid and replacement cleaning pad to aid the cleaning process.