In dash CD player won't

raleigh5 · 02-07-2005, 06:27 PM

1994 911 C2 with in dash radio/cd player. put ta CD in the slot and it spins up(sometimes), but will no longer play. press the 'eject' and it has a mind of its own...always ejects, but not on the first command anymore. so...anything that i might be able to do to salvage this unit? could it be as 'simple' as a slipping belt/band? the radio and other controls still work as designed. thanks for any insight.

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

MY CD changer did the same thing and I had it "rebuilt" by a car audio shop near my house. Set me back $125 but they gave me a 30 day warranty and it's been fine for over a year. Does it do that with prerecorded CDs or ones that you have burned?

raleigh5 · 02-07-2005, 06:38 PM

it does this with the store bought cd's. thank you for the reply by the way.

slater · 02-07-2005, 09:39 PM

You could take that 125 bucks and almost buy a brand new one. just a thought.

MAS · MAS's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by slater
You could take that 125 bucks and almost buy a brand new one. just a thought.

Agreed... it's absolutely not worth fixing an 11-12 year old CD player. Even if the parts were still available (which they probably are not), fixing it could easily cost the price of a new one. Besides, the newer players are less prone to skip, are more powerfull... and feature for feature, are probably 1/2 the price of what your original CD player cost.

Also, if you get a new CD player, it's worth the extra few dollars (and it's only a few dollars) for a CD player that also plays data discs with mp3s. That way you can make 7-8 hour long discs for your car. No need for CD changers

-MAS

ruf-porsche · ruf-porsche's Garage

If you have the Porsche factory CD-2 radio it is really an Alpine unit. I think the comparable alpine unit was the 7904.

klaucke · 02-08-2005, 04:41 PM

I have a CD with a little brush on it, you use it to clean the lens on CD players, it muts have only been about 8 bucks, and it's worked wonders on probably 5 or 6 CD players.

azasadny · azasadny's Garage

I didn't want to replace my in-dash tuner, which I would have had to do if I replaced the CD changer. I opted to repair mine because the Pioneer headend is really nice and in great shape. Someday, I'll replace the in-dash unit with a MP3 player and replace the speakers, but that wont be soon as I'm putting an addition on my house and $ will be in short supply for awhile!