Anyone know how to get a CD out when its jammed in?

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 1:39 pm

I have a 2 year old Alpine unit and have taken off the casing.Is there an easy way to get the white lugs apart which seem to part to allow the disc to be released??

Flipping thing!Want bloody Sat Nav back anyway!!!!!

wedge69 · Post by **wedge69** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:14 pm

Don't know about your model, but most drives, be them CD or DVD have a small pin-hole that you can shove a small piece of metal, say a straightened paperclip, into to mefchanically eject the CD.

It's jsut a matter of finding the hole....

pol · Post by **pol** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 3:19 pm

Is that not just for like computer drives with slide out trays? I have done it before on an old panasonic but cant remember how. How come its jammed anyhow? Has it got a reset button? There's maybe some sort of mechanism locking the lugs?

pol

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:05 pm

how about a hammer, mr groom?? thats someone getting you back for skipping the scotland meet!!!

if you cant get the CD out i'll buy it off you for a fiver

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 4:31 pm

If I'd come to Scots meet mate Id have been seriously putting my sobriety in jeopardy by all accounts!!!

Anyway never mind that,Ive tried the reset button and cant see any hole whatsoever.

I really see this as a Sat Nav call!!!!!!So if anyone knows of one,damaged,b grade stock,whatever as long as the system powers up and does the job I'll be very grateful!

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:27 pm

I had a CD stuck in my Volvo changer a few weeks ago. No reset-button on the changer sadly.

When I changed my battery I tried to eject the cd-rack once more. And guess what: the cd-rack came out!! I noticed that 1 CD was missing, so I removed the 5 CD's that were inside, re-inserted the cd-rack, it made a lot of clickerdyclick sounds and travelled passed all positions (1 to 6). When I ejected the cd-rack again the missing disc was inside!

My guess is that my cd-changer didn't have enough juice to put the CD in the rack before ejecting, jamming everything. And that somehow the new battery provided enough juice to do this.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Mon Feb 07, 2005 5:54 pm

If I'd come to Scots meet mate Id have been seriously putting my sobriety in jeopardy by all accounts

we had considered that and there were a few people driving and drinking soft drinks and Adam was really dying for a shot in an auto, missed yourself dude! are you going to the wales meet??

if you want to post me your HU i'll try and sort it for you for the price of return postage, ive sorted a couple of household CD players and one car cd player, its worth a shot before you bin it!

felyx · Post by **felyx** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:15 pm

Hiya Groom take the covers off carfully (watch makers screwdrivers needed) and you should be able to manually turn the electric motor with a corkscrew gear , turn this by hand(with small screwdriver) which will take quite a while about 30 to 40 turns etc then it will spit out the CD very very slowly, this also works on motor fed tape players.

cheers felyx

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 2:19 pm

Yank it out and smash it up

MGB_GT · Post by **MGB_GT** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:38 pm

volvo-bigbrother wrote:Yank it out and smash it up

Worked a treat when my 48k ZX Specturm was faulty, oddly I never had a problem with it after I ripped the cover off and threw it about a few times!

More seriously, I had to take apart a kenwood 3+1 MD changer because the discs got stuck in it. They come apart easilly enough, but it took me 45 minutes to get one disc out. The other I eventually gave up on as it's only a copy anyhow. I'd imagine a CD player would be far easier given that none of the loading mech for the changer would be present. Don't throw it before having a go, you've nothing to loose.

pol · Post by **pol** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:34 pm

You smashed up a ZX Spectrum? Murderer!

pol

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:24 pm

catgroom wrote:Anyway never mind that,Ive tried the reset button and cant see any hole whatsoever.

bummer dude.....personally, ive never been that bad before

rob

0603 · Post by **0603** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:41 pm

although i dont know your unit, there is an industry standard which states that cd players must have an emergency eject mechanism! this is usually a small hole about 1mm or less around the opening that you put the cd intoyou will need a piece of wire (or a paperclip) at least 2 inches long and the cd will come out!
alternativly contact your manufacturer quoteing "your cd player has stolen my cd"

Breeze · Post by **Breeze** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:02 pm

Dyson?

catgroom · Post by **catgroom** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 10:30 pm

Its soon to be on its way up to a mate for a damned good seeing to!

Then,all being well,it can give my windows a damned good thudding on a daily basis once more......

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:07 pm

Its soon to be on its way up to a mate for a damned good seeing to!

he he, ive got my favourite Estwing hammer all polished up and ready!

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Anyone know how to get a CD out when its jammed in?

Anyone know how to get a CD out when its jammed in?

leave it out!!!!

taker the case off

Re: leave it out!!!!

Nah!