cd player not reading a disc? Laser dirty?

What causes this erratic situ where sometimes the player won't fire up a disc that it was playing a 1/2 hour before?
Could it be the laser is dirty? I clean the disc(again) to no effect.

ptss09-20-2013 5:25pm

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ptss OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,649 posts 09-22-2013 at 07:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete It is erratic. Sometimes not the one in the disc; then may not play another I have played recently. I may move the disc in the tray and it may play after 1 or 2 attempts; or I may put in another disc and it plays. Only happens with CD's not DVD's. DVD's always play...?? It is frustrating.
ptss OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,649 posts 10-25-2013 at 05:58am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete FWIW. The problem is worse when the unit is well warmed up, say after playing a dvd.

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