Dear Paul, Dear MiniDisc Afficionados, You recently asked about the frequency of using an MD lens Cleaner. I am sorry to tell you that this product SHOULD NEVER BE USED ! Why ? In fact, how does a lens cleaner works (also valid for CD). There is a prerecorded track, which informs the computer inside the device to place the optical block at a certain level of the disc. At this point, the optical block will read another prerecorded track (usually classical music) and while this reading operation, the brush will pass over the lens (ie and the laser beam), which will brush the lens (good) but cut the laser beam. This means that the optical block loses the track and needs a little while to recover the right point. This operation will ask strong efforts on the mechanical tray and if you use the lens cleaner often, you will reduce the lifetime of your mechanical parts. Moreover, when you record, the most important part is the magnetic head (on the other side of the optical block). This head can have dust or other bad parts, and this MAY occur writing problems. But if this happens, that means that you have let your MD Recorder open too long ! And to clean up the magnetic head, a lens cleaner is not helpful at all, because the brush is on the other side !! You can use a MD head cleaner, which has on the other side of the disc a sort of soft layer which normally cleans the magnetic head. In fact, we tried to measure the cleaning process of the magnetic head, but it was unmesureable. Anyway, the best method to clean up the magnetic head and the optical lens is a spray dust (the one you use for your pc keyboard). If you need further information, feel free to contact me. Best regards. Arnaud DEVILDER Area Sales Manager MPO MEDIA - 77 rue de Paris F-92100 BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT Tel : +33141105151 - Fax : +33141105144 EUROPEAN LEADER OF DISC MANUFACTURING http://www.hi-space.com - http://www.mpo.fr http://www.americdisc.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
