I am hoping somebody can help me with this.

I still play CDs on my 16 year old system, have a Sherwood CD player as part of a separates system, but since the start of the year some CDs jump and it’s always the first track. If I go back again to start again, everything is fine and plays normally. Sometimes I have to go back 2/3 times. When it happens more than once, the jump tends to happen at different times. It doesn’t happen when the same CD is loaded and played on laptop/itunes. Sometimes it just doesn’t happen at all. I clean the sodding CDs, have done that de-magnetising thing but it still happens. To look at the CDs there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with them; smudges or scratches. Some friends have suggested it’s the cd, others have said it’s my system, but it largely is fine and have no complaints.

I don’t know what to think. Does the above make sense ? If anyone has any ideas or guidance, would welcome your advice.

Thankyou and have a good day.