Disc player

A disc player, comprising:

• a turntable for rotatably holding an optical disc;
• an optical pickup for recording information into and reading information from the optical disc;
• an elongated guide shaft arranged in a predetermined moving direction of the optical pickup for guiding the optical pickup to move in said predetermined direction;
• a chassis for mounting the turntable, the optical pickup and the elongated guide shaft;
• a cartridge holder for receiving and holding a cartridge containing the optical disc;
• characterized in that:
• an adjustment mechanism is provided on the chassis for adjusting a positional relationship between the optical pickup and the turntable by moving one end of the elongated guide shaft in a plane which is generally parallel with a recording surface of the optical disc,
• wherein the adjustment mechanism includes an adjusting plate made of a resin or a metal, said resin or metal adjusting plate including a plastically deformable portion which is plastically deformable during said adjustment effected by the adjustment mechanism,
• wherein the adjusting plate includes a front portion and a rear portion, the front portion will be covered up by a cartridge after the cartridge has been inserted into the cartridge holder, while the rear portion is located on the outside of the inserted cartridge.