[slinkelist] CX-270 forgetting slots

[Ron Tugender]

I have a CX-270 and a CX-350 connected to my Slink-e (the CX-350 is the
master).  The CX-270 has been doing something rather disturbing.
Occasionally, but all too frequently lately, the CX-270 will begin reporting
that one or more slots no longer have CDs in them.   These are slots that
most certainly DO have CDs in them, CDs that have been properly inserted,
and not touched since the last time they were successfully accessed and
played.

I usually find out about this when CDJ attempts to play a track on a disk,
gets a "No disk" report from the CX-270, and marks the disk as no longer
having a slot assignment (graying out the disk entry and putting a "?" in
the player/slot field).  I find this is not a glitch in CDJ, because when I
go to the player, the player treats such slots as though they had no disk
present.  They cannot be selected using the jog wheel, but will be skipped
over as though the slot were empty.

I have found that by opening the player's access window and closing it
again, causing the player to re-inventory the slots, the slot's CD is
usually "re-discovered", and CDJ will subsequently find the CD in a player
scan and restore the proper player/slot address in CDJ's disk entry.  But I
continue to see disks "disappear" again, sometimes affecting the same slot.
I've switched the CD's in slots that seem to be particularly affected and
they will frequently disappear again, making it clear it's not a problem
with reading the CD itself.

Has anyone else encountered this behavior?  Do you know what causes it, and
any way to stop it?

Thanks,
Ron Tugender