Oh no!

[Al ears]

Come to think of it.
If I remember correctly. Powering on and holding certain buttons performs some kind of reset.

In fact my AVR works that way...

completely different beast...

 

[Al ears]

Well....
My CD player would not recognise SACDs (bought it second hand)
Reading through the manual. A reset solved the problem.

Mind you, I think that a factory reset is very very rare on these things.

Your player will either play SACD or it will not, a reset will not resolve that.....

 

[Symples]

Your player will either play SACD or it will not, a reset will not resolve that.....

Aha young man. That's just it.
It began to recognise SACDs after the reset.

Strange but true

 

[Al ears]

Aha young man. That's just it.
It began to recognise SACDs after the reset.

Strange but true

the OP has a CD player.....
As I said the he nothing to reset....

 

[bigboss]

Try 2 things. If both don't work, contact Rotel.

1) https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00025875

2) https://rotel.com/en-gb/faq/there-way-manually-eject-jammed-disc-cd-player

 

[npxavar]

If the Rotel method works, then it seems that some gear has gotten stuck. If that is the case, it will happen again.

 

[Rotelfrustration]

Have a Rotel CD14 - CD was distorting on play. Stop the CD and start it again, it usually plays without distortion second time. Other major issue is the CD not loading...just spins, makes sound but doesn't load. Mine used to eject the CD showing an error message for years, now it just keeps spinning and you have to open the CD drawer manually (there is a drawer open tab under the player). I found an easier fix for this...lift the unit slightly and drop it.

The Rotel CD14 has lots of issues - will not be buying another Rotel CD until they do something about them. My unit is effectively useless now...I have had it only 6 years. My original Rotel CD player lasted almost 20 years.

 

[Al ears]

Have a Rotel CD14 - CD was distorting on play. Stop the CD and start it again, it usually plays without distortion second time. Other major issue is the CD not loading...just spins, makes sound but doesn't load. Mine used to eject the CD showing an error message for years, now it just keeps spinning and you have to open the CD drawer manually (there is a drawer open tab under the player). I found an easier fix for this...lift the unit slightly and drop it.

The Rotel CD14 has lots of issues - will not be buying another Rotel CD until they do something about them. My unit is effectively useless now...I have had it only 6 years. My original Rotel CD player lasted almost 20 years.

Interesting but the OP hasn't been seen on the forum for over 2 years

 

[Rotelfrustration]

Interesting but the OP hasn't been seen on the forum for over 2 years

I have not seen any other person mention the manual CD drawer slide under the unit...I thought I would post it as all these comments suggest opening the unit or taking it to be opened by a technician. I was searching for a solution to my issue today (the constant/persistent loading message) and found this older post. My comment was actually written in response to another forum but I needed to register and couldn't be bothered.

 

[Al ears]

I have not seen any other person mention the manual CD drawer slide under the unit...I thought I would post it as all these comments suggest opening the unit or taking it to be opened by a technician. I was searching for a solution to my issue today (the constant/persistent loading message) and found this older post. My comment was actually written in response to another forum but I needed to register and couldn't be bothered.

Seems strange they would fit one of these, almost like they had an idea the mechanism would fail at some point