The Prophet

ok all of a sudden when i put a cd in my cd player, it starts clicking quickly for a few seconds and then the cd pops back out... im getting very annoyed at this cause its never given me problems before... any ideas??

Brett

Do the cd's have condensation from the cold? I know at this time of the year i warm mine up before changing other wise i run into similar problems

The Prophet

no the cds are fine, it is defenately something inside the cd player

PULOVR

Sounds like the guts might be out of place, or something broke inside.


Bring it in to get serviced..............but before you do that, see if the deck has a reset button. If yes, press it, and see if that helps. If it doesn't, then bring it in.

The Prophet

thanks, i give it a try

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

broken... lemme guess, it's a Kenwood LOL

Fords have this exact problem on a great majority of their OEM cd players

imported_05CivicSi

its actually a pioneer...and its not all the old either...just maybe over a year...i could be off though

The Prophet

ya its about 8 months old

the radio works and everything else, but the cd wont work...

anyone know a place that will service cd players??

shlammed

tank colin was just asking me about how future shop works...they MIGHT be able to find your receipt but i think they can only do that for credit card purchases...call the store and ask. as for the warranty you better hope it's less then a year old cuz everything in future shop almost only comes with 1 year unless you buy the PSP. anyways, i had my blaupunkt serviced by an authorized repair place in missisasuga and it was only like $50 to re-solder a bunch of connections and clean the oxydation on my volume thingy.

The Prophet

thats cool, ya i know for a fact its under a year old cause i got my car jan 2003 and i had the cd player that came with it in my car till may and i sold it and bought this one...

thanks alot

Cynikal.Mindset

that clicking noise is the laser trying to focus (goin up and down) and when it reaches its max elevation it clicks and resets...so it seems like the laser has bit the dust or is infact covered with dust...I would try a cd lens cleaner first and if that fails take it in for service as you prolly need a new laser

and futureshop has a **** *** repair policy, takes like a month to get it fixed, they have no loaners...but if it takes over a month they give you a new stereo, thats how I got mine upgraded...then 2 days later they call me and say my old one is back in and its fixed so I picked that one up and made off with 2 decks!

The Prophet

the cd lens cleaner, would i just use anyone, like ones used for house cd players and cd rom drives??

Cynikal.Mindset

yep, thats the one...the one with the lil brush built in...let the whole thing play through and if it doesnt work after that take it in

PULOVR

A dirty lazer is not always the problem.


1. I have come across loose screws on the lazer assembly's, which put the alinement out of wack.

2. a broken gear that got jamed in the player. (part has to be replaced).

3. Dislodged part in the deck.....but can easily be put back into place, and the eck will work again.

4. the spindle on the drive motor was brokem/cracked/warped. (have to replace motor)


(just to name a few)

imported_gatherer

Future shop keeps all receipts on record for warrenty stuff....

at least according to the commerical......

The Prophet

ya, cause i seem to remember they put my name and info into their computer when i bought the cd player... so i would assume that its still in there somewhere with the record of purchase

The Prophet

i got it all fixed, took it inside and opened it up, it seems to me that condensation had gotten into it and temporarly froze the track that the lens moves along... cause i put it back into the car and its working great now

thanks everyone for the advice and info