G'day aagin,

That posting fell over...

Encore ... Sheila, the lens cleaning CDs Les in Hull mentions work well. His is costly at UK£5. I use one from a discount store that cost Australian $2 - about a sixtnhof the price, but it still gets CDs that skip and stall working again in short order.

There can be more basic problems: Some CD-R and CD-RW formats don't work in audio players, especially older ones ... and there can be alignment faults in the laser set-up ... but start with a good gentle cleaning CD and system.

Regards,

Bob Bolton