Teac CD disc tray won’t open

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Mr. Sharpe
Mr. Sharpe Posts: 1,354
edited June 2018 in Troubleshooting
My father gave me an older teac RE-D200 cd recorder and the playback drawer won’t open. I can open the top and push the pickup down and it will open and it will close but I have to pull it back up so it will read the disc.

What could it be? Just old?
Home theater:
43” Westinghouse Displayer
Marantz UD-7007 Player
Emotiva MC-700 Processor
Adcom GFA-5006 Amplifier
Parasound Zamp Amplifier
Ethereal ESO-1 Power Conditioner
Klipsch RC-10 Center
Klipsch R34c Fronts
Klipsch RB-41 Surrounds
Polk audio PSW-505

Stereo:
Polk audio RTA-12c’s fully upgraded crossovers
DIY 12tc braided speaker cables
Denon DVD-5910ci Spinner
Parasound P6 Preamplifer
Parasound HCA -1500a Amplifier
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,027
    edited June 2018
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    Short answer: I know nothing about that deck, so I really don't know the answer...

    but...

    If the tray is driven by a belt -- the belt is probably stretched, stiff, or disintegrated.
    The ol' Yamaha decks, IME, are notorious for this. I fix 'em - Philistine that I am - with very small rubber bands left over from our kids' orthodontics days :p Not a permanent fix, but cheap (free) and easy. I can't imagine ordering one little belt from any supplier ;)

    38459252820_4cdb0c0964_b.jpgDSC_6284_zps0d973208 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    The old, stretched belt is still "installed" in situ on the pulleys (even if way too stretched to do its job) in the photo above; the soon-to-be installed rubber band is in the foreground :) I use a dental pick to worry the new "belt" into place, appropriately enough :|

    If it's 'direct drive' (so to speak) -- my guess would be that the gears for the tray and/or the laser's sled tracks need to be cleaned/lubricated. I'll defer to others to comment on best practices for such activity.

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  • Mr. Sharpe
    Mr. Sharpe Posts: 1,354
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    Sounds good sir. I couldn’t tell ya if it’s direct or belt drive but dad told me if I can get it repaired easily he wanted it back haha i did open this unit and took the transport apart to bare bones where it was still spinning and i couldn’t tell much about it but will have to look again. Hopefully some folks with the same unit or one similar will chime in
    Home theater:
    43” Westinghouse Displayer
    Marantz UD-7007 Player
    Emotiva MC-700 Processor
    Adcom GFA-5006 Amplifier
    Parasound Zamp Amplifier
    Ethereal ESO-1 Power Conditioner
    Klipsch RC-10 Center
    Klipsch R34c Fronts
    Klipsch RB-41 Surrounds
    Polk audio PSW-505

    Stereo:
    Polk audio RTA-12c’s fully upgraded crossovers
    DIY 12tc braided speaker cables
    Denon DVD-5910ci Spinner
    Parasound P6 Preamplifer
    Parasound HCA -1500a Amplifier
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,027
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    note that I used the term "direct drive" with extreme literary license :p
    If the tray doesn't use a belt, it's probably gear drive.
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  • Mr. Sharpe
    Mr. Sharpe Posts: 1,354
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    Eh direct/gear hahaha I know what you mean
    Home theater:
    43” Westinghouse Displayer
    Marantz UD-7007 Player
    Emotiva MC-700 Processor
    Adcom GFA-5006 Amplifier
    Parasound Zamp Amplifier
    Ethereal ESO-1 Power Conditioner
    Klipsch RC-10 Center
    Klipsch R34c Fronts
    Klipsch RB-41 Surrounds
    Polk audio PSW-505

    Stereo:
    Polk audio RTA-12c’s fully upgraded crossovers
    DIY 12tc braided speaker cables
    Denon DVD-5910ci Spinner
    Parasound P6 Preamplifer
    Parasound HCA -1500a Amplifier
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