Labels were on the wrong sides, then one fell off

chrisw6atv · Posted: 11 Oct 2023, 06:36

Hi-

Tonight after fixing my CLD-D604 player (I hope), I watched Wavelength:

Wavelength (1983) [40185]

It is the -one- "regular" Hollywood movie from the 1980s (or newer) I know that has not been released on DVD or another newer format. But here are the weird parts: I put the disc in the player the normal way, and it came up on Side 2. I physically flipped it over (side 2 label up), and then it played normally ("Side A" was content of Side 1, then later it automatically played Side 2 as expected). The disc started to skip in the end credits (at the 40-minute point?), though, but a scan back and forward went to the end of the disc and back OK. However, a second normal-speed play from the 40-minute point of the 45-minute side started skipping at the 41-minute point and then stopped. I ejected the disc, and its Side 1 label (which was on physical side 1) had fallen off in the player. Very strange. I have never had a disc label fall off before.

In this case, if both labels fell off, I could reattach them on their correct sides.

Now, I need to check the player to see if the side B skipping was related to the label issue or not.

dolorespettr · Posted: 26 Oct 2023, 15:50

chrisw6atv wrote:

Hi-

Tonight after fixing my CLD-D604 player (I hope), I watched Wavelength:

Wavelength (1983) [40185]

It is the -one- "regular" Hollywood movie from the 1980s (or newer) I know that has not been released on DVD or another newer format. But here are the weird parts: I put the disc in the player the normal way, and it came up on Side 2. I physically flipped it over (side 2 label up), and then it played normally ("Side A" was content of Side 1, then later it automatically played Side 2 as expected). The disc started to skip in the end credits (at the 40-minute point?), though, but a scan back and forward went to the end of the disc and back OK. However, a second normal-speed play from the 40-minute point of the uno online 45-minute side started skipping at the 41-minute point and then stopped. I ejected the disc, and its Side 1 label (which was on physical side 1) had fallen off in the player. Very strange. I have never had a disc label fall off before.

In this case, if both labels fell off, I could reattach them on their correct sides.

Now, I need to check the player to see if the side B skipping was related to the label issue or not.

Though extremely dated the film is interesting enough to keep a viewers attention but has severe pacing issues and the ending is highly predictable and underwhelming.

I was just waiting for Carradine to deliver his trademark laugh and always find myself struggling to take him seriously despite him being a terrific actor.

chrisw6atv · Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 00:54

Welcome to the LDDB forum, dolorespettr!

I enjoyed "Wavelength" because it has interesting concepts and is quirky in a fun way. It did not hurt that I had a crush on Cherie Currie at that time, though these days I might be more attracted to Robert Carradine.

In some ways now, it does seem kind of "low-budget", but when it was released it got plenty of promotion if I remember right.

chrisw6atv · Posted: 27 Oct 2023, 01:20

After cleaning the disc surface where the label had been, I played this disc in the CLD-D604 again, and the player will not play "side B" whether it is side 1 or side 2.

I also tried it in my now-also-repaired CLD-D704, and in that player side 2 (as side B) played fine, including smoothly from the 38-minute point until the end of the disc (42 minutes or so). Several other discs I put in the CLD-D604 played both sides fine, so it must be a semi-random problem in the player that happened to show up on this disc. The label falling off seems to be completely coincidental.

Labels were on the wrong sides, then one fell off

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