QUESTION: Extended pause harmful for equipment?

[i.be.me]

If you keep a cd on pause for more than 5 minutes is this harmful to the cd player? What type of damage may occur?

[ December 03, 2003, 02:13 PM: Message edited by: i.be.me ]

[i.be.me]

^BUMP^

come on ya'll. help me settle an arguement. i think it doesn't hurt the player no matter how long the pause is on...

back me up or prove me wrong!

[dj c-los]

It shouldn't hurt the CD.
The infrared light that reads does not burn into the CD. If this was the case, playing a CD too much would damage it also.
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[ December 03, 2003, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: clos7 ]

[darrow]

The only thing I can imagine is that there continues to be wear and tear on moving parts even in pause mode. Doesn't the CD keep spinning, even when it's paused? How BAD that is...I have no idea.

(so why did I respond?) :D

[E-Phi]

Originally posted by clos7:
It shouldn't hurt the CD.
The infrared light that reads does not burn into the CD. If this was the case, playing a CD too much would damage it also.
graemlins/conf44.gif Also I think the light is turned off when you pause a cd. The spindle keeps spinning though. So the only possible damage is the motor wearing out over time (a long time much longer than 5 min).

[DJ Shellac]

The cd will keep spinning so I believe there is nothing you have to worry about. To me this is the same as normal wear and tear on the drive itself if you are using it a lot.

[The Buddy Love Show]

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[i.be.me]

Originally posted by St Magus the Reviled:
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Thanks for the responses all. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

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