How to clean CDs?

Zeke. · #1 14th January 2006, 06:38 PM

Recently my copy of (miss)understood has begun to skip, but only on one song towards the middle ... alterna! This makes me angry since I just got my CD on the 9th and there isn't a smudge or scratch on it! I tried wiping it with kleenex and it still skips! Please help me out on how to fix this problem or I am going to have to buy a new one!!

Sweer · #2 14th January 2006, 06:56 PM

maybe its an issue with your player.
did you try this with different CD's?

sidenote: this is one of the reasons why I dont use my original CD's, but copy them right away and put them in the shelves ^^

alternarist · #3 14th January 2006, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweer

sidenote: this is one of the reasons why I dont use my original CD's, but copy them right away and put them in the shelves ^^

wow.. do your CDs grow spider webs?

i thikn you can buy those special cleaning kit and all you needa do is to spray the solution and clean it..

my house has one!

Sweer · #4 14th January 2006, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by alternarist

wow.. do your CDs grow spider webs?

of course not

...I clean them once in a while ^^ and of corse I get them out when i want to look at the booklet or want to use the DVD

Zeke. · #5 14th January 2006, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sweer

maybe its an issue with your player.
did you try this with different CD's?

sidenote: this is one of the reasons why I dont use my original CD's, but copy them right away and put them in the shelves ^^

It started skipping in my stereo once and it skips in my walkman too so it must be the CD...

Yeah, I did the same with MY STORY (copied it and used that one instead), lol!

evolution105 · #6 14th January 2006, 08:34 PM

my (miss) understood has been doing very light skipping as well. I'm afraid to clean the disk cause i might ruin it more. I'm waiting for my mom to be me an mp3 player so i can transfer it there.

aYuH-evolution · #7 14th January 2006, 08:50 PM

Uh, I heard that sometimes new CDs need to get stratched a little. Just a little. Just like for a violin, the rosin(sp?) needs to be rough in order to rosin the violin bow. Yeah, I play it and I don't even know how to spell rosin. Haha. Sad. Oh well. But yeah, um...when I clean my CDs, I just rub it on my shirts real hard to wipe out the really small smudges we probably don't see. I've done this to a movie and another CD, and it worked good afterwards.

bluegie · #8 14th January 2006, 09:15 PM

really? cd needs scratches?? this is new to me... I just know scratches lead to the death of the disc eventually..

oh well all my jpn version cds never have scratch even i played them for over 5 years.

anime_fanatic21: if this is the only cd you get this problem, probly it's not about the player... why dun you ask for an exchange of the cd?

***nmskalmn*** · #9 14th January 2006, 11:16 PM

I bought a cloth for cleaning CDs at an electronics store. It's for removing dust.

Zeke. · #10 15th January 2006, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by bluegie

really? cd needs scratches?? this is new to me... I just know scratches lead to the death of the disc eventually..

oh well all my jpn version cds never have scratch even i played them for over 5 years.

anime_fanatic21: if this is the only cd you get this problem, probly it's not about the player... why dun you ask for an exchange of the cd?

Do you think YesAsia will let me exchange?

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Originally Posted by Sayonara_Ne

im so glad i got my iPOD for my birthdy.....

I hate IPODs and mp3 players! I carry my CDs everywhere and listen to them in the car and in my house and my friends houses when I want others to hear it. I couldn't imagine always having to listen to your songs on a player and not in a stereo or at someone elses house...

JesA · #11 14th January 2006, 11:41 PM

im so glad i got my iPOD for my birthdy.....

**Corybobory** · #12 14th January 2006, 11:50 PM

Whenever we had DVDs that started skipping, we'd flush them down the toilet. No joke! (clean toilet) It would swirl around getting a good wash with the toilet water, not go down the hole cause it's too big, then when the water's all flushed out for a sec, grab it and voila! Clean CD. Make sure the toilet has been flushed before you try this at home, kids. And dont lick the CD afterwards.

Sweer · #13 15th January 2006, 12:11 AM

^ewww, thats still gross

but isnt there always this mark on the cd packaging telling you not to clean it using water?

Raleigh · #14 15th January 2006, 12:15 AM

O_o flush it..

cleftjuston · #15 15th January 2006, 01:06 AM

i didn't know cds needed scratches to work perfectly

lotusoka · #16 15th January 2006, 01:27 AM

Using kleenex or paper towels to clean a CD isn't good...

paper is made out of wood.

use cloth.

**Corybobory** · #17 15th January 2006, 04:38 AM

^ you just listed all the reasons we have ipods lol

Zeke. · #18 15th January 2006, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Corybobory

^ you just listed all the reasons we have ipods lol

what? So you can't listen in the car or have your friends listen?

**Corybobory** · #19 15th January 2006, 04:47 AM

you can easily, there's an extension to play them in your car and and an extension so if you set it on a stereo it registers that isnt too expensive

Zeke. · #20 15th January 2006, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Corybobory

you can easily, there's an extension to play them in your car and and an extension so if you set it on a stereo it registers that isnt too expensive

oh really? Well I guess I still prefer the CD. It just seems more official, lol!