It swallowed my CD!!! (Car Radio)

jozi · 08-09-2006 8:51am #1

Is there a cure for car cd head units that swallow cd's?

Was putting one into the car from dads old van, cd went in offcourse and it played but wouldnt come out :mad: I think even pressing the button doesnt activate the mechanism for pushing it out again

Is it just a mater of cleaning it out on the inside? I've no problem opening up the unit.

Jozi

crosstownk · 08-09-2006 8:55am

This happened to me with an old Blaupunkt CD player. I ended up having to remove the head unit and then taking off its top cover and gently teased the CD out. After that it worked perfectly

I suppose there may have been dirt or something in it that shifted as I was taking out the CD, but I didn't see anything.

08-09-2006 10:15am

What make of radio is it?Alot have a "reset" button on them which you stick a nib or pin into and it will eject the cd,another one that works when it seems like the unit has stalled is to disconnect the iso block for a minute and reconnect and it shoukd pop out

Signpost · 08-09-2006 10:38am

my radio is like the cd roms in pc's. There is a pin hole under the space for the cd and this will manually eject the cd. Not ideal but if you have a paperclip handy will do the job grand!

zilog_jones · 08-09-2006 2:15pm

yeah, check for a pin hole on the front, and jam a straightened paper clip in it if there is one. And if you do have to take it apart to get the disc out and find it's full of dirt, I'd recommend getting a can of compressed air to clean it out (you can get them from Maplin and similar places that sell electronics junk).

It swallowed my CD!!! (Car Radio)

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