Arcadium - MARS 2nd disc DEFECTIVE?
928455
A surprise came when my computer and stereo did not read the second disc to Stadium Arcadium.  On my way back to the store to exchange, I discovered that my *new* CD player could read the disc.  Is this part of an anti-piracy campaign?  Fine, I just wish there was a disclaimer...so there it is from me.

*RHCP continue to rock- Dont criticize, just ease back and listen.*
220874
I own tons of Dual Discs and have had no problems with any of them. I own a Sony high-end SACD/DVD player and it'll play anything I throw at it. The CD side of this item plays fine. The extra features are pretty swell, too. The very opening seconds of the DVD side are improperly mastered which causes an annoying "stutter" as the disc attempts to initiate the Surround Sound. I checked it on my other player, same thing. Being that there are no surface scratches or any defects visible, rather than bothering Amazon with returning the item, I have contacted the manufacturer(Hip-O) THREE TIMES to try to have this addressed only to be told someone will get back to me with no replies. This has been since 10-28-06. So if you want to listen to the first cut on the CD side, stop, flip it over to the Dual Disc side and reinitiate play at the second track, it's pretty swell. For those of you nostalgic about missing the flipping over of a vinyl record(not I), it may be right up your alley. No more Hip-O purchases for me. There's plenty of other music out there.
37785
Just wondering if anyone else is having this problem? My first copy skipped a lot on side two. Amazon just sent me a replacement disc and this one skips as well. My player and needle are fine and working well on other discs, including other 180 gram vinyl. I just wanted to see if this is a common issue from others who have purchased this disc. It's a bummer because the new remastering sounds terrific otherwise. It's the best I've ever heard Dirty Mind sound.
4446320
the second disc of season one is skipping. I have not got to the others
2968373
It's a bad disc. It pauses every 15 seconds. Can I have a replacement please. It's one of my favorite movies.
652992
I payed like 40 some odd dollars and its ok but the second disc has two bad scraches on it i mean bad scraches
1469866
The second cd is not in correct order...it starts playing from the middle.  I ordered two sets and both are defective.  The second has the same defect.
2835950
afraid to open sounds like the disc is loose. i hope it is in good condition. i have seen this in VCR format.
1886244
I just received my Oranges & Lemons The Surround Sound Series. The CD plays wonderfully, but the Blu-ray disc does not function. The Ape House logo appears and then the screen goes blank. No menu appears. None of the play functions or menu functions on the player respond. I have tried multiple players and multiple Blu-ray discs (I purchased one directly from Burning Shed in Norwich, UK). I own the other XTC Blu-ray releases and they all work perfectly. I believe there is an issue with the Blu-ray authoring. I really want to hear this album in 5.1!
3246038
Disappointed! This DVD doesn't play correctly.  The first disk is entirely useless. Menu on the second disk doesn't work, but can access individual segments via the library function.  Sigh!  Portions I can view appear to be informative and interesting.
3336725
My son tried the game for the first time last night and got a message that the disc was unreadable.  I am going to try having the disc cleaned.  If no success i will contact the seller.  Turns out the problem was with the console.  It scratched the disc.  microsoft is replacing the disc.
1145855
Well, sadly, I ordered this double disk on Amazon and once you have unwrapped the cellophane, you don't qualify for a return anymore.  I found that disc 1, labeled, "THIS SIDE", absolutely will not import to my itunes on my laptop. Ugh, this is uber frustrating, to say the least. I have tried over 20 times with no luck.  Right now I was able to get the command going, only to find out that the first song is jamming my download. I have imported over 500 disks, so I'm familiar with the process.  Has anyone else experienced this problem?
4430776
Not sure why this has happened.

I bought a bogus copy (s) that I couldn't even install

so I took it back and bought another copy, the same.

It seems that there was a missing file on the CD(there are six) for the U.S. version. Now, I not new to this series. I have and played X Frontier and X2 and they both installed with no problem at all at the time. So I'm very frustrated to say the least.

I haven't played this because of this fact but I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem with the U.S. version? Ego-softs web site offered very little explanation on why this was happening and a few others had posted the same issue I was having but I found that the advice they gave these people did not work for me such as copying the exe to the desk top and cleaning the disks.

This has caused me to believe the integraty of such a publisher as ego-soft was invalid and insuficiant on solving the problem overall.

I'm sure the game is good as was the last two but when you can't even install it how would I determin such a thing?
1665542
This would all be great if the drive disc was intact but the item was shiped with a disc that was snapped in half.  Is the driver downloadable somewhere?
28460
After recieving the disc's it would not load or respond to the command to open. wrote tech support twice with out responses. I'm either stuck with it or may send back for refund, but to who. It sounds like a good program/deal if it only worked. My computor checks out fine with other discs. Tech support is none existant so far.
1823331
Disc 2 wouldn't load at all.  Got a relacement sent.  Disc 2 on the new one wouldn't load either.  Upgraded my firmware and all my other discs load so it ain't me or the blu ray player.  DEFECTIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2044550
I was thrilled when I received my items finally after a month and looked forward to listening to it. When I listened to the 1st and 2nd track, (Opening Bombing mission and Liberi Fatali), I really loved it although the vocals in Liberi Fatali seemed a little recessed. Then when I arrived at Aerith's Theme, another of my favourite, that was when I was a little shocked. After the 1st 2 minutes of the music, there was a very audible and intermittent ticking sound, like someone is knocking against the side of the speaker cabinet. I replayed the track several times to confirm my observations and even got my wife to verify. On the 4th track, the same thing happened. Does anyone hear the same thing? I didn't see any visible scratches on the disc so I'm assuming either I got a defect product or the mastering quality was lacking. By the way I played it on a pretty high end audiophile system. On Distant Worlds 2, I haven't heard the same ticking sound although I haven't gone through the entire cd, just a select few so far.